BATHORY

Release Year: 2023
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: gritty thrash / epic heavy metal

talking a lot about viking style resurrection on the final double Nordland saga, everybody forgets this transition album [2001] that eventually led to the full return of Bathory we know and appreciate the most: pretty versatile set pays tribute to epic heavy metal grandeur as much as to gritty thrash and groovy metal spontaneity, akin to 1994-1995 era, surprising with heavy riffs and looser, more experimental structure, and despite that these thirteen tracks might be just leftover material from several writing sessions, including time spent with solo albums, where diverse directions are difficult to unite under the same banner, it obviously shows potential and growth, revealing Quorthon's itch to try new things in music, in a way surpassing certain releases in mid-nineties; recent double black vinyl edition comes with a double-sided pro-printed lyric inner sleeve