Released 29 June 1991 Twilight of the Gods
(1991) Requiem
(1994) Release date 29 June 1991 Label Black Mark Production | Length 56:50 Artist Bathory Producer Quorthon Genre Viking metal | |
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Recorded April 1991 at Montezuma Studio, Stockholm, Sweden Similar Bathory albums, Viking metal albums, Other albums | ||
Twilight of the Gods is the sixth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays heavy epic doom and classical influences; it is titled after an opera by Wagner. It is a mid-tempo, more acoustic album than previous Bathory releases, though it follows on from the Hammerheart album. Of significance is Quorthon's total control of the album, playing all electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, and drum programming. The background vocals are a particular feature of this album, with Quorthon multi-tracking himself, as he did on the Hammerheart album, though this time in a more sophisticated way, sounding like a whole chorus at times. The song entitled Hammerheart is based on a melody from Gustav Holst's The Planets. Specifically, it is Quorthon's own "rearrangement" of the middle section of the fourth movement, Jupiter. Originally this was to be the final Bathory album.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Quorthon, except "Hammerheart", music by Gustav Holst (excerpt of The Planets, Op. 32), rearranged by Quorthon.
The 2003 remastered edition combines tracks 1–3 as one track.
Personnel
Songs
1Twilight Of The Gods11:04
2Through Blood By Thunder6:46
3Blood And Iron10:28