Artist: BATHORY
Album: THE RETURN OF DARKNESS AND EVIL (CD)

Year: 1985/ 2003
EAN/UPS: 4012743000229
Media type: CD

The Return of the Darkness and Evil is the second album by Bathory. It was released in May 1985 and had an influence on the then-emerging death metal and black metal genres.

TitleQuorthon explained the album title as such:

We wanted people to just read out "The Return..." – as in a second album or a follow-up – and then flip the album over to look for a tracking list. Not finding one, what they got was this apocalyptic poem with the song titles woven into it. Only after listening through the album to the end would you get the full title of the album; The Return of the Darkness and Evil.

The remastered version released in 2003 combines tracks 1 and 2, and tracks 7 and 8.

TRACKLIST:

1."Revelation of Doom (Intro)" – 3:27
2."Total Destruction" – 3:50
3."Born for Burning" – 5:13
4."The Wind of Mayhem" – 3:13
5."Bestial Lust" – 2:41
6."Possessed" – 2:42
7."The Rite of Darkness" – 2:05
8."Reap of Evil" – 3:28
9."Son of the Damned" – 2:48
10."Sadist" – 3:00
11."The Return of the Darkness and Evil" – 3:49
12."Outro" – 0:25

LINE-UP:

Quorthon – electric guitar, additional bass guitar, vocals, lyrics
Andreas Johansson – bass guitar
Stefan Larsson – drums