Hammerheart

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Hammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory. It continued Blood Fire Death's transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as Viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre. Tracklisting on the 2003 remaster:
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  • Apr 1990

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  • 3,346.667 s (55.77778 min )

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Bathory

Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and Viking metal. The band is named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. Bathory was formed in Stockholm in 1983. Founder Quorthon, a seventeen-year-old...

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Noise Records

Noise Records is a German record label founded by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach in 1984 as an expansion of the concept of his label...

Black Mark Productions

Black Mark Productions (founded 1991) is an independent record label based in Sweden and an office in Germany that specializes in extreme metal releases,...
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