BATHORY, one of the pioneers of the first wave of Black Metal.
Blood Fire Death is the fourth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 8 October 1988, through Music for Nations sublabel, Under One Flag. The album, although mostly black metal, includes some of the first examples of Viking metal. According to the book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson, Blood Fire Death began a second trilogy, an era Quorthon described as the “pre-Christian Swedish Viking Era”.
Reissue 2003, Remastered on black vinyl
Label: Black Mark Production
Barcode: 4012743000410
