- Special Vinyl-only (and digital) release by those Gävle Vikings! Great BATHORY tribute album! EREB ALTOR honour Quorthon with all their heart and soul! For fans of: BATHORY [!] - ‘Blot - Ilt - Taut’ was mixed and mastered by Jonas Lindström at Studio Apocalypse! The cover artwork and layout was done by Robban Kanto who already did the debut ‘By Honour’, as well as ‘Fire Meets Ice’ and the layout for ‘Nattramn’ [!]
Every fan knowing about EREB ALTOR´s career is aware that they are by far not a BATHORY tribute or cover band, but Quorthon and his legendary band is one of the main influences and with tons of heart and soul EREB ALTOR transport this heritage to the present age!
Now EREB ALTOR choose to record 7 BATHORY classics for this special vinyl only release entitled “Blot - Ilt - Taut” (which is old Swedish and means nothing less than “Blood - Fire - Death”!!!), where they praise with reverence and much respect the mighty works of Tomas "Ace" Börje Forsberg who sadly passed away in 2004 much too early.
Here´s what Mats of EREB ALTOR wants to let you know about this special release:
“During the years of EREB ALTOR I have often been confronted with these words: ‘You should record some BATHORY hymns!’. And recently this has happened more frequently, perhaps due to the fact that we at some rare occasions have done a BATHORY song or two live. This has been haunting my mind. If we would do this, how should we do this?
There is only one answer to that question: WE WILL DO IT FROM THE HEART !!!
SIDE A:
1. A FINE DAY TO DIE ***
2. SONG TO HALL UP HIGH °
3. HOME OF ONCE BRAVE °
4. THE RETURN OF DARKNESS AND EVIL *
SIDE B:
5. WOMAN OF DARK DESIRES **
6. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS °°
7. BLOOD FIRE DEATH ***
* originally from “Scandinavian Metal Attack”
** originally from “Under the sign of the Black Mark”
*** originally from “Blood Fire Death”
° originally from “Hammerheart”
°° originally from “Twilight of the Gods”