Oldschool Black Metal Legend by Extreme-metal, journal
Oldschool Black Metal Legend
January's feature for extreme music from around the world:
BATHORY -Black/Viking/Thrash Metal from Stockholm, Sweden.
[formed in 1983]
Bathory were one of the pioneers of the first wave of both black metal and viking metal.
Formed in 1983, by Quorthon, Jonas Åkerlund and Frederick Melander, but didn't come up with the name of the band until the recording of Scandinavian Metal Attack.When Quorthon formed the band in 1983, his nickname was originally Black Spade. He soon changed it to Ace Shoot, then finally to Quorthon, a nam