In Memory of Quorthon
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In Memory of Quorthon is a box set of three audio CDs and one DVD
with remastered material from Bathory
, Quorthon
's solo efforts, and the Jennie Tebler project.
The track list was selected by "Boss" Forsberg. The album cover was drawn by Kristian Wåhlin
and was meant to be the artwork for Bathory's last album which was never released.
All songs were remastered. A poster of Quorthon breathing fire taken from the 1987 Session in London's Railway Bridge of London was included. Text written by Quorthon personally appears in italics. Besides lyrics, the book features Bathory’s history, discography, background on the first recordings – with titles, years, studios, covers – and even a couple of photographs. Nearly all of this is from Quorthon’s and Boss's own private archives.
The fourth disc is a DVD containing the 11-minute video for “One Rode to Asa Bay”, as well as the MTV interview Quorthon did in London for the release of Hammerheart
.
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
with remastered material from Bathory
Bathory (band)
Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and viking metal. Quorthon remained the main songwriter and member of Bathory for more than two decades. Bathory was permanently ended after Quorthon's death in 2004...
, Quorthon
Quorthon
Tomas Forsberg, better known as "Quorthon" , was a multi-instrumentalist and the founder and songwriter of the pioneering Swedish black metal band Bathory. He is also credited with creating the Viking metal genre...
's solo efforts, and the Jennie Tebler project.
The track list was selected by "Boss" Forsberg. The album cover was drawn by Kristian Wåhlin
Kristian Wåhlin
Kristian Wåhlin is a Swedish musician, graphic designer, and album cover artist for many bands in the extreme metal scene worldwide. He is often credited under his pseudonym, Necrolord....
and was meant to be the artwork for Bathory's last album which was never released.
All songs were remastered. A poster of Quorthon breathing fire taken from the 1987 Session in London's Railway Bridge of London was included. Text written by Quorthon personally appears in italics. Besides lyrics, the book features Bathory’s history, discography, background on the first recordings – with titles, years, studios, covers – and even a couple of photographs. Nearly all of this is from Quorthon’s and Boss's own private archives.
The fourth disc is a DVD containing the 11-minute video for “One Rode to Asa Bay”, as well as the MTV interview Quorthon did in London for the release of Hammerheart
Hammerheart
Hammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory. It continued Blood Fire Deaths transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as Viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre.-Track listing:...
.
Disc 1
- Bathory – "Song to Hall Up High" (from HammerheartHammerheartHammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory. It continued Blood Fire Deaths transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as Viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre.-Track listing:...
) - Bathory – "Oden's Ride Over Nordland" (from Blood Fire DeathBlood Fire DeathBlood Fire Death is the fourth album by the Swedish band Bathory. It was released in October 1988. The album, although mostly black metal, includes some of the first examples of Viking metal....
) - Bathory – "Twilight of the Gods" (from Twilight of the GodsTwilight of the Gods (album)Twilight of the Gods is the sixth album by Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays heavy Epic doom and classical influences; it is titled after an opera by Wagner, and the melody of "Hammerheart" is lifted from Gustav Holst's The Planets...
) - Bathory – "Foreverdark Woods" (from Nordland INordland INordland I is the eleventh full-length album by Bathory, released in 2003. It is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal of Bathory's middle period, and features songs written mainly about Norse mythology...
) - Bathory – "A Fine Day to Die" (from Blood Fire Death)
- Bathory – "The Woodwoman" (from Blood on IceBlood on IceBlood on Ice is a concept album by the Swedish viking metal band Bathory. The master tapes were recorded in 1989, but the album was not immediately released, both because the album was never properly finished, and because founder and song-writer Quorthon was worried that it presented too drastic a...
) - Quorthon – "I've Had it Coming my Way" (from Purity of Essence)
- Bathory – "Armageddon" (from BathoryBathory (album)Bathory is the debut album of the Swedish band Bathory. It is considered one of the first recorded examples that defined the black metal style....
) - Bathory – "Born to Die" (from Octagon)
- Quorthon – "God Save the Queen" (Sex PistolsSex PistolsThe Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
cover, previously released on the Black Mark Tribute vol. 1 compilation) - Bathory – "The Sword" (from Blood on Ice)
- Bathory – "For All Those Who Died" (from Blood Fire Death)
- Bathory – "Call from the Grave" (from Under the Sign of the Black MarkUnder the Sign of the Black MarkUnder the Sign of the Black Mark is the third album by Bathory. It had a major influence on the black metal genre, specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that emerged in the early 1990s. The song "Woman of Dark Desires" is a tribute to the band's namesake, Elizabeth Báthory, and has become...
) - Bathory – "Born for Burning" (from The Return of the Darkness and Evil)
- Quorthon – "Boy" (from Album)
Disc 2
- Bathory – "One Rode to Asa Bay" (from Hammerheart)
- Bathory – "The Lake" (from Blood on Ice)
- Bathory – "The Land" (from Nordland IINordland IINordland II is the twelfth and final album by Bathory. It is the successor to Nordland I. Like its predecessor, it is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal style of Bathory's middle period, and the songs on this release deal primarily with Viking culture...
) - Bathory – "Raise the Dead" (from Bathory)
- Bathory – "War Pigs" (Black SabbathBlack SabbathBlack Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
cover, previously released on the Black Mark Tribute vol. 2 compilation) - Bathory – "Enter the Eternal Fire" (from Under the Sign of the Black MarkUnder the Sign of the Black MarkUnder the Sign of the Black Mark is the third album by Bathory. It had a major influence on the black metal genre, specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that emerged in the early 1990s. The song "Woman of Dark Desires" is a tribute to the band's namesake, Elizabeth Báthory, and has become...
) - Bathory – "Blood Fire Death" (from Blood Fire Death)
- Bathory – "Ring of Gold" (from Nordland I)
- Bathory – "War Machine" (from Requiem)
- Bathory – "War" (from Bathory)
- Bathory – "Ace of Spades" (Motörhead cover, previously released on the Black Mark Tribute vol. 1 compilation)
- Bathory – "Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son" (from Nordland II)
- Bathory – "The Ravens" (from Blood on Ice)
Disc 3
- Bathory – "The Wheel of Sun" (from Nordland II)
- Bathory – "Apocalypse" (from Requiem)
- Bathory – "Black Diamond" (KISSKISS (band)Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
cover, previously released on the A Tribute to the Creatures of the NightA Tribute to the Creatures of the Night-External links:* [ Album review], allmusic.com...
compilation) - Bathory – "Woman of Dark Desires" (from Under the Sign of the Black MarkUnder the Sign of the Black MarkUnder the Sign of the Black Mark is the third album by Bathory. It had a major influence on the black metal genre, specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that emerged in the early 1990s. The song "Woman of Dark Desires" is a tribute to the band's namesake, Elizabeth Báthory, and has become...
) - Bathory – "Destroyer of Worlds" (from Destroyer of WorldsDestroyer of WorldsDestroyer of Worlds refers to the tenth full-length album release by Bathory. It takes its name from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer about the atomic bomb, "I am become death, destroyer of worlds," which was itself mistakenly quoted from a verse in the Bhagavad Gita...
) - Bathory – "Sea Wolf" (from Nordland II)
- Bathory – "Deuce" (KISSKISS (band)Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
cover, from Octagon) - Bathory – "The Return of Darkness and Evil" (from The Return of the Darkness and Evil)
- Bathory – "Day of Wrath" (from Destroyer of Worlds)
- Quorthon – "I'm Only Sleeping" (The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
cover, previously released on the Black Mark Tribute vol. 2 compilation) - Bathory – "Ode" (from Destroyer of Worlds)
- Bathory – "Hammerheart" (from Twilight of the GodsTwilight of the Gods (album)Twilight of the Gods is the sixth album by Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays heavy Epic doom and classical influences; it is titled after an opera by Wagner, and the melody of "Hammerheart" is lifted from Gustav Holst's The Planets...
) - Bathory – "Heimfard" (from Nordland I)
- Bathory – "Outro"
- Quorthon – "You Just Got to Live" (from Purity of Essence)
- Jennie Tebler – "Silverwing" (music and all instruments by Quorthon, previously released on Jennie Tebler's Silverwing single)
- Jennie Tebler – "Song to Hall Up High" (instrumental tracks by Bathory with new vocals by Jennie Tebler, previously released on Jennie Tebler's Silverwing single)