Well, Bathory has always been among my favourites. By this I mean the old work, and the even more brilliant Viking LPs, ‘Hammerheart’, ‘Twilight of the Gods’, and ‘Blood on Ice’.
I bought this compilation because it was on sale, and for the two previously unreleased tracks from ’84, ‘Satan My Master’, and ‘Witchcraft’. For the rest, the CD consists of material from ‘Octagon’, ‘Requiem’, and ‘Blood on Ice’, plus the backing vocals multitrack sample from ‘Valhalla’. I do not see the point of that last one.
What I also still do not understand is why Quorthon started making such unimaginative music with Bathory after a series of majestic albums. I think the albums ‘Octagon’ and ‘Requiem’ are downright terrible.
Fans, buy the CDs on sale to complete your collection. This goes for ‘Jubileum I’, ‘Jubileum II’, and ‘Jubileum III’, too. I am going to put on ‘Under the Sign of the Black Mark’, again.
