• Limited Edition
• 180g Gold Vinyl
• Limited to 500 Copies
• Import
  
  

Bathory's self-titled debut arrived in 1984 as a raw, uncompromising statement that helped crystallize the emerging black metal sound. Recorded at Heavenshore Studio in Stockholm in June of that year, the album established the Swedish band's template: primitive production, tremolo-picked riffs, and a vocal approach that prioritized atmosphere over technical polish. This record remains foundational to the genre's development, capturing a moment when metal was fracturing into increasingly extreme territories.

The album opens with a brief intro before diving into the urgent hostility of "Storm Of Damnation" and the grinding menace of "Hades." Tracks like "Reaper," "Necromancy," and "Sacrifice" demonstrate Bathory's ability to construct compact, effective songs from minimal elements—distorted guitars, pounding drums, and lo-fi vocals that blur into the mix. "In Conspiracy With Satan" and the closing material sustain the record's relentless, ritualistic tone throughout. The production's deliberate crudeness becomes an asset, lending the music a genuinely unsettling character that would prove more influential than many technically superior efforts that followed.

This limited 2012 repress presses the album on 180-gram gold vinyl, restricted to 500 copies. It arrives with a black inner sleeve and lyrics insert, restoring the complete tracklist—notably, the intro on Side A appears on both the center label and the insert, correcting the omission from some earlier editions. For collectors and purists, this pressing captures the album's essential aggression while offering superior sound quality and durability over original pressings.

Tracklist:

A1. Storm Of Damnation (3:04)
A2. Hades (2:45)
A3. Reaper (2:44)
A4. Necromancy (3:39)
A5. Sacrifice (3:16)
B1. In Conspiracy With Satan (2:28)
B2. Armageddon (2:30)
B3. Raise The Dead (3:40)
B4. War (2:16)
B5. Outro (0:23)