Artist: BATHORY
Album: BATHORY VINYL (LP BLACK)

Release date: 1984/ 2003
EAN/UPS: 0602276000113
Media type: LP

Bathory is the debut album of the Swedish band Bathory. It is considered one of the first recorded examples that defined the black metal style.

Originally the title for this album was Pentagrammaton, but this title was discarded when several people read it as "Pentagon." The pentagram was moved to the back of the album cover and replaced with a retouched portion of a drawing made by Joseph A. Smith in 1981 for the book Witches by Erica Jong.

It was first printed in 300 vinyl copies, with a yellow goat instead of a white one. The second pressing with the correct white goat and pentagram was printed in 1000 vinyl copies. On the reissue of the CD in 1990, "Storm of Damnation" and "Outro" aren't mentioned in the tracklist.

All music/lyrics by Quorthon.

Side Darkness:

1."Storm of Damnation (Intro)" – 3:06
2."Hades" – 2:45
3."Reaper" – 2:44
4."Necromansy" – 3:40
5."Sacrifice" – 3:16

Side Evil:

6."In Conspiracy with Satan" – 2:29
7."Armageddon" – 2:31
8."Raise the Dead" – 3:41
9."War" – 2:15
10."Outro" – 0:22


LINE-UP:

Quorthon – guitar, vocals
Rickard Bergman – bass
Stefan Larsson – drums