BATHORY

Release Year: 2014
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: monumental majestic epic viking metal

grandiose sixth longplay [1991] by exceptional Swedish legend was titled after one of Richard Wagner's most famous operas, and originally it was intended to become the final Bathory opus - seven unbelievably epic songs continue where Hammerheart milestone has left off, expanding the vast bombastic sound with the growing viking/ancient folk influence and subtle influx of classical music; it is a slow-paced, heavy, monumental, and certainly confident experience, dominating with acoustic and electric guitars, pounding drums, and passionate emotional male chant choruses that follow meaningful, well-thought out lyrics, creating a storytelling effect; recent picture disk edition comes with cut out black Bathory sleeve