Bathory – Requiem (1994)

June 8, 2024

A strange side step in the chronological order of Bathory’s evolution. After several records expanding and refining on the Viking themed epic metal, Quothorn side steps his project into a mid-90s mire of sheer sonic brutality. Gone are the epic 10 minute tracks, instead we get an unique brand of super intense thrash metal, where the riffs are so fast they are crazy blurs, where the bass is so loud and clanking that it almost drowns out the six string instruments, where the drums are so fucking crazy fast you wonder where the fuck this guy was for the other Bathory albums! And it’s over in a flash too. Bizarre, but great shit.