"Bathory" ( October 2nd, 1984) BMLP 666-1 Label: Black Mark Production Format:12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM) Limitation:1000 copies
Side A - Darkness 1. Hades 05:03 Show lyrics 2. Reaper 02:44 Show lyrics 3. Necromansy 03:41 Show lyrics 4. Sacrifice 03:17 Show lyrics Side B - Evil 5. In Conspiracy with Satan 02:29 Show lyrics 6. Armageddon 02:32 Show lyrics 7. Raise the Dead 03:42 Show lyrics 8. War 03:34 Show lyrics
Band members Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004) Vocals, Guitars, Lyrics Stefan Larsson Drums Guest/Session Rickard "Ribban" Bergman Bass Miscellaneous staff Quorthon (R.I.P. 2004) Producer, Design Börje "Boss" Forsberg Producer, Engineering
The printing on the cover was originally meant to be in gold instead of yellow. However, because the gold color was too expensive the printing company was asked to use a standard color as close to gold as possible.
Exact counterfeit copies have been released over the years as this is an often coveted version.
The original title for this album was Pentagrammaton, but this title was discarded when several people read it as "Pentagon".
The cover image is a retouched portion of a drawing made by Jos A. Smith in 1981 for the book Witches by Erica Jong.
Regarding the spelling of Track 3: Sheets of Old English rub-on letters had already been purchased for rubbing the logo and the song titles. At some point during rubbing the song titles the night before turning the lay-out in for printing, it was discovered that they were one letter "c" short. Thinking nobody would ever notice anyway, and figuring a "s" sound though spelled with a "c" could easily be written with a "s" just as well, an "s" was duly used instead of a "c". Thus the title "Necromancy" became "Necromansy".
Recording information:
Recorded at – Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm, Sweden Recorded on – June, 1984 Published by – Tyfon Music Mixed at – Electra Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout: Side Darkness: BMLP6661A 840905 GP PD-CR pentagram (picture) 666 (pyramid style). Side Evil: BMLP 6661B PD-CR cross (picture)