Quorthon dead at 39

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[color=CC3300]NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/color]

Wow, this is aweful news.. :-(

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The more I think of this the more it bugs me. Quorthon dying to a metalhead is like Jerry Garcia dying to a hippy. It just plain sucks :-(

I'm going to have to listen to Jubileum I & II as soon as i get home since most the rest of my Bathory collection is on record and i don't have a record player:-(

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/me trundles off to a depressed stupor listening to Blood on Ice :cry:

The Nordic style music he did was o-k in my book, but the early straight thrash/black metal he did is what I really, really liked. Find a copy of 'The Return' or 'Under the sign of the black mark' and crank it loud.

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@Vincent

To make your shopping easier..


Bathory (1984)
Tracklist:

1. Storm of Damnation (Intro) (3:07)
2. Hades (2:45)
3. Reaper (2:44)
4. Necromansy (3:41)
5. Sacrifice (3:17)
6. In Conspiracy With Satan (2:29)
7. Armageddon (2:32)
8. Raise the Dead (3:42)
9. War (2:15)
10. Outro (0:23)
Length: 26:57

The Return... (1985)
Tracklist:

1. Revelation of Doom (3:27)
2. Total Destruction (3:51)
3. Born for Burning (5:14)
4. The Wind of Mayhem (3:13)
5. Bestial Lust (2:42)
6. Possessed (2:42)
7. The Rite of Darkness (2:06)
8. Reap of Evil (3:29)
9. Son of the Damned (2:48)
10. Sadist (3:00)
11. The Return of the Darkness and Evil (3:49)
12. Outro (0:26)
Length: 36:49

Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1986)
Tracklist:

1. Nocturnal Obeisance
2. Massacre
3. Woman of dark desires
4. Call from the grave
5. Equimanthorn
6. Enter the Eternal Fire
7. Chariots of fire
8. 13 Candles of doom

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How can a proud Republican like you listen to metal??? Originally, it is a highly subversive, nihilistic, on-the-verge-of-anarchy music. Not really the kind of soundtrack for a Reagan Western... ;-)

Haha, not the first time I've been asked this. I've got just one thing to say.

The PMRC was run by democrats.

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Bathory was not a real band since he was the only member.

Actually to this day it is still somewhat of a mystery. There is a new statement from another band member.

Founding BATHORY Member: 'QUORTHON Had Much More To Offer' - June 9,
2004
 
Legendary video director and founding BATHORY member Jonas Åkerlund
has spoken to Sweden's Expressen newspaper about the passing of
BATHORY mastermind Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg from what is believed to
be heart failure. Forsberg, who was known to have been battling heart
problems for years, was found dead in his apartment in Stockholm,
Sweden on Monday (June 7). He was 39 years old.

"It's so sad. He had much more to offer," Åkerlund said.  

Jonas, who formed the band with Forsberg in the early '80s, went on to
have a successful video-directing career, having worked with the likes
of METALLICA, PRODIGY, MADONNA and U2.

"[BATHORY came onto the scene] extremely early," Åkerlund said.
"People like Marilyn Manson, Billy Corgan and the members of METALLICA
have all come up to me and have told me that they listened to
BATHORY."

According to Åkerlund, it was Thomas Forsberg's creativity that made
the band such an influence on so many younger metal acts.

"[Quorthon] had a high cult status," Jonas said. "He wasn't interested
in attention, he just wanted to play his music."
 

Jonas Åkerlund? Founding member? Huh? It was also my understanding that Quorthon was the only member, but then like now was full of conflicting information. Much of it from Quorthon's himself. One things for certain. Quorthon didn't want to be in the public eye and liked to stay as mysterious as possible. Even after his death the details are sketchy at best.

Heck I've even heard rumors that Bathory even played a few shows live in Europe. Anyone here confirm that?