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Bathory, Self titled
Bathory’s self titled debut is a solid blast of heavy thrash inspired early black metal much in the vein of Venom, and I can’t help but say is similar though much less complex than modern Skeletonwitch. Though the early touches of black metal are lyrically obvious I would venture to say that this album really has more in common with dark thrash than modern black metal. Vocally a early style of black growl is combined with more evil sounding thrash vocals to create a pretty good balance accompanied by simple yet effective thrash guitar riffs, and solid but standard drumming and bass make this album very enjoyable but not very life changing. Though I suspect it would have had a much greater effect when it was released than it does now.
Must Listen: Storm of Damnation, and Armageddon
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