Hammerheart
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| Hammerheart | ||
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| Studio album by Bathory | ||
| Released | 1990 | |
| Recorded | June – August, 1989 Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Genre | Viking metal | |
| Length | 55:46 | |
| Label | Black Mark Records | |
| Producer(s) | Borje "Boss" Forsberg Quorthon |
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| Bathory chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Blood Fire Death (1988) |
Hammerheart (1990) |
Twilight of the Gods (1991) |
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.
- All songs written by Quorthon
- "Shores in Flames" – 11:07
- "Valhalla" – 9:33
- "Baptised in Fire and Ice" – 7:57
- "Father to Son" – 6:28
- "Song to Hall up High" – 2:30
- "Home of the Once Brave" – 6:43
- "One Rode to Asa Bay" – 10:23
- "Outro" - 00:52
Tracklisting on the 2003 remaster:
- "Shores in Flames"
- "Valhalla"
- "Baptised in Fire and Ice"
- "Father to Son"
- "Song to Hall Up High/Home of Once Brave"
- "One Rode to Asa Bay"
- "(untitled outro)"
- Recorded June – August, 1990 at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Boss and Quorthon for Black Mark Productions
- Album cover photography, The Funeral of a Viking, by Sir Frank Dicksee – provided by Manchester City Art Gallery, England
| Bathory |
| Line up |
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| Quorthon |
| Former members:
Freddan | Jonas Åkerlund | Vvornth | Kothaar | The Animal |
| Discography |
| Studio albums:
Bathory | The Return | Under the Sign of the Black Mark | Blood Fire Death | Hammerheart | Twilight of the Gods | Requiem | Octagon | Blood On Ice | Destroyer of Worlds | Nordland I | Nordland II |
| Compilations:
Jubileum Volume I | Jubileum Volume II | Jubileum Volume III | Katalog | In Memory of Quorthon |
| Bootlegs: The True Black Essence |
| Music videos: One Rode to Asa Bay |
