Released 16 April 1990 Length 55:46 Release date 16 April 1990 Label Noise International | Recorded June – August 1989 Artist Bathory Producer Quorthon Genre Viking metal | |
 | ||
Studio Heavenshore Studio in Stockholm, Sweden Hammerheart
(1990) Twilight of the Gods
(1991) Similar Bathory albums, Viking metal albums, Other albums | ||
Hammerheart is the fifth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It continued the previous album Blood Fire Death's transition away from black metal to what became recognized as Viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Quorthon.
The 2003 remastered edition combines tracks 5 and 6.
Reception
AllMusic called the album an "unqualified triumph for the pioneering Swedish act." Varg Vikernes of Burzum declared Hammerheart as one of his favorite albums and possibly Bathory's best one.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Shores in Flames11:10
2Valhalla9:34
3Baptised in Fire and Ice7:58
References
Hammerheart Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA