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1984 was an interesting year for metal which saw the birth of peak albums like Iron Maiden's Powerslave and Metallica's Ride The Lightning, as well as offerings from Dio like The Last In Line and Metal Church's self-titled debut. Mercyful Fate's Don't Break The Oath was easily the darkest and heaviest album out of that group. The band would finally peak with the original lineup to bring us an album that showcased everyone's talents. From King's behemoth satanic prayer Don't Break The Oath to Timi Hansen's relentless driving bass lines in Night Of The Unborn, the band would make their mark in history as a serious black metal act. It's unfortunate that the world would have to wait nearly ten years before the band would return again in 1993.
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This is one hell of an evil album, especially for 1984! I mean, just look at the lyrics for "The Oath". There are modern BM bands that don't come close to being as sinister as that.
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Written by Got Mayhem? on 19.04.2010 at 08:44
This is one hell of an evil album, especially for 1984! I mean, just look at the lyrics for "The Oath". There are modern BM bands that don't come close to being as sinister as that.
Agreed. King Diamond is fuckin evil as hell, amazing voice too! 
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I normally steer clear of these 80's Traditional metal releases, but fuck me, this one has some catchy tunes.
It's only a shame that the vocals ruin some sections for me...
"Come to the Sabbath" is just brilliant.
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 Lit. - 16.09.2011 at 23:20
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Scares the shit outta me. A Dangerous Meeting is just a haunting track.
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Cuca Beludo - 01.01.2012 at 17:51
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Hi voice is kinda  for a black metal group.
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Written by Guest on 01.01.2012 at 17:51
Hi voice is kinda for a black metal group.
It is not Black Metal. It's traditional Heavy Metal, only darker than usual.
Among the so-called first wave of BM, only Bathory can be considered as BM for today's standards, imo.
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Written by RavenKing on 02.01.2012 at 04:48
It is not Black Metal. It's traditional Heavy Metal, only darker than usual.
Among the so-called first wave of BM, only Bathory can be considered as BM for today's standards, imo.
Agreed on both accounts. Maybe back in the day they were extreme enough to be considered black metal, but by today's standards they're nothing more than a heavy metal band with the "black metal image".
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 02.01.2012 at 04:52
Written by RavenKing on 02.01.2012 at 04:48
It is not Black Metal. It's traditional Heavy Metal, only darker than usual.
Among the so-called first wave of BM, only Bathory can be considered as BM for today's standards, imo.
Agreed on both accounts. Maybe back in the day they were extreme enough to be considered black metal, but by today's standards they're nothing more than a heavy metal band with the "black metal image".
If we look at the music now, we can say that Bathory stood the test of time, as far as BM goes. I mean, it's not exactly like today's BM and was still obviously rooted in Thrash but, if you want to put a label on Bathory's first 4 albums, the only one you can give is BM. It has everything BM is known for nowadays, except for blastbeats.
We can't say the same about Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost or Venom.
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Written by RavenKing on 02.01.2012 at 04:58
We can't say the same about Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost or Venom.
Agreed again. 
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Cuca Beludo - 02.01.2012 at 20:27
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Written by RavenKing on 02.01.2012 at 04:48
Written by Guest on 01.01.2012 at 17:51
Hi voice is kinda for a black metal group.
It is not Black Metal. It's traditional Heavy Metal, only darker than usual.
Among the so-called first wave of BM, only Bathory can be considered as BM for today's standards, imo.
It is still great, black or not. And Quorthon was the best on what he did... 
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Korah - 04.03.2012 at 22:15
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Wonderful album! Solos are amazing. espacialy on The Oath!
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If we look at the music now, we can say that Bathory stood the test of time, as far as BM goes. I mean, it's not exactly like today's BM and was still obviously rooted in Thrash but, if you want to put a label on Bathory's first 4 albums, the only one you can give is BM. It has everything BM is known for nowadays, except for blastbeats.
We can't say the same about Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost or Venom.
I completely agree with you on this, although i feel that Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion album has a lot of BM aspects to it, not as much as Bathory but the BM sound is still there. There are some other less noted first wave bands that had the BM sound similar Bathory; My favorite being Tormentor, but there is also Root, Torr, Bulldozer, and a few others I cant really think of off the top of my head.
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