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Bathory - Blood Fire Death



8.8 | 762 votes |
Release date: 8 October 1988
Style: First wave of black metal, Viking black metal

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01. Odens Ride Over Nordland
02. A Fine Day To Die
03. The Golden Walls Of Heaven
04. Pace 'Till Death
05. Holocaust
06. For All Those Who Died
07. Dies Irae
08. Blood Fire Death
09. Outro

Top 20 albums of 1988: 6
Top 200 albums of all time: 141

Additional info
Produced by Boss & Quorthon
Recorded at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm Sweden
Album cover design by Quorthon
Album cover painting by Peter Nicolai Ardbo
Album fold-up photo by Pelle Mattéus

Staff review by
Lucas
Rating:
9.3
Bathory, a legend among extreme metallers and especially Black metal fans, without doubt one of the most important bands in Black metal history. Period. "Bathory", "The Return", "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark" and "Hammerheart": they have all left their mark on the face of metal. Another undeniable classic from the warrior mind of Quorthon, leader of Bathory, is the fourth album named "Blood Fire Death".

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published 13.11.2008 | Comments (11)

Guest review by
Head of Metal
Rating:
9.0
"You are walking out of here with that," my metal friend commanded, nodding towards the copy of this album with a five-dollar price tag in my hand. "You won't be sorry."

I had come into the black metal genre rather later than I had gotten into other genres, and although I like it now, it was a bit of an acquired taste for me personally. With such a profusion of bands and very few universally agreed-upon classics, I was looking for a good place to start. Luckily, even the most elitist black metaller would have no issue starting with the legendary Bathory and this incredible classic.

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published 22.01.2014 | Comments (3)

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31.07.2011 - 21:04
!J.O.O.E.!
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Dont really agree, this owns all other Bathory if you ask me (which I'm sure you were all going to). Under the Sign is a fine album but not a patch on this. Probably the finest album of its era. Exemplifying early black metal whilst looking forward.
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13.09.2011 - 02:40
Rating: 10
musicalkaratekid

Not a perfect album,but very nearly. Two of the tracks sounded very similar in terms of guitar work, but apart from that this remains one hell of a classic album\m/
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16.01.2012 - 18:33
Lit.
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This blows any black metal work Bathory's done right out of the water. Amazing atmosphere and pinnacle song working.
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30.06.2012 - 23:16
ThunderAxe1989
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Classic! Musically, the majority of the songs are still Black/Thrash. Only a few tracks add the Viking sound to them. epic though!
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08.01.2014 - 21:36
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Tage Westerlund
A begging of ''epic'' era, old good Bathory, still thrashy, venom style, but more ''viking'' influence, Scandinavian lyrics, more viking thematic, fast, aggressive, old school Bathory what we all know and love, songs as Fine Day To Die, Blood, Fire, Death , are legends and true Odin worshipers will understand it
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Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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22.01.2014 - 23:18
master 666
King of Arizona
Good album
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25.05.2014 - 16:01
Rating: 9
Sang Dalang Abu

Nearly Perfect album. Classic Masterpiece.
Satan, Satan. Christ The Bastard Son Of Heaven
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26.05.2014 - 23:07
Dr.Overkill26

My First Bathory Album! i will never forget listening to A Fine Day to Die for the first time ever on youtube... there was a tornado in my town that day like hitting while I blasted and jammed out to that song.
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Do you need what I need? Boundaries overthrown Look inside to each his own
Do you trust what I trust? me myself and I Penetrate the smoke screen I see Through the selfish lie
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16.01.2015 - 00:51
Rating: 10
Kreator22

Love it. Especially the first track
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26.07.2015 - 17:56
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Dr.Overkill26 on 26.05.2014 at 23:07

My First Bathory Album! i will never forget listening to A Fine Day to Die for the first time ever on youtube... there was a tornado in my town that day like hitting while I blasted and jammed out to that song.


wow seems you have electricity, didn't you know better shut all PC off and electricity to, safer
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
apos;'
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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19.05.2018 - 02:44
Rating: 10
DeathMetal

Holy fuck I can't believe I put this album off for so long... This was awesome!
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11.07.2018 - 23:18
Rating: 6
sbgmetal

dont see what the big fuss is about, ill have to listen to more albums
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14.06.2019 - 11:33
Rating: 10
The Entity

Listening to this again after a long time, is there any better riffs then those on "A Fine Day to Die"?
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28.04.2020 - 10:07
Rating: 6
METAL ELEPHANT

I like Bathory, but I have to admit, other than, 'A Fine Way To Die', 'For All Those Who Died', and 'Blood Fire Death', the rest of the songs are kinda lame and disappointing. And the opening and closing hymns are throwaways to begin with, so you are only left with 3 great songs on this album (out of 7, not including the intro/outro). No way this album gets anything higher than a 6. If the 3 songs were an EP, it would get a 9-10. 'Under....Black Mark', was way better than this.
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28.01.2021 - 17:18
Rating: 8
nonZero

A good but overrated album. Hammerheart and Twilight of the Gods are better than this.

8.4/10 for me - 'A Fine Day To Die' is the standout track. 'For All Those Who Died' and 'Blood Fire Death' are both also great.
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23.04.2021 - 13:21
Rating: 8
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
This is a certified hood classic
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07.05.2021 - 03:48
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
There is a great transition in this album between the old Bathory and the new Viking style Bathory, with the short thrashy old school songs like Pace Til Death, and the brilliant epics, Blood Fire Death and Fine Day To Die.

This seems like the warm up to Hammerheart which for me was Bathory's best and ultimate Viking Metal album.
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13.09.2023 - 21:29
Rating: 10
Khold Baroness

My first time with black metal experience. This album it's one of a few , who make me love metal more a more . And the idea I was of "dirty sound " of many BM bands. This experience makes me travel to battles and majestic landscapes full of mysticism. Thanks Quorthon . Rest in peace in a majestic warriors place
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