Metal Mythos: BATHORY

[@TheRageaholic]

Table of Carnage (For mobile users): 00:02:32 - Bathory (1984) 00:08:33 - RANT "HurDurr! Venom weren't Black Metal! Bathory invented it!" 00:12:10 - The Return...... (1985) 00:17:16 - Under The Sign of The Black Mark (1987) 00:20:24 - Blood Fire Death (1988) 00:28:24 - Hammerheart (1990) 00:33:39 - Twilight of the Gods (1991) 00:37:53 - Requiem (1994) 00:42:41 - Octagon (1995) 00:46:16 - Blood On Ice (1996) 00:50:21 - Destroyer of Worlds (2001) 00:53:11 - Nordland I (2002) 00:56:00 - Nordland II (2003)

[@woodlandwanderer3929]

Thanks for making this video, GOD-FUCKING-SPEED!!

[@PanzerblitzRnR]

"Hey, that was neat. Maybe I should try out that 'Blood Fire Death' album." **listens to album** **immediately download the discography**

[@reynolds61276]

The Rageaholic best program/vlog whatever you want to fucking call it.

[@poparakrava5870]

Celtic frost mythos

[@thunder7382]

Venom is the shittiest band live

[@karlomorser9429]

I visited his grave 6 months ago... there was this grave keeping girl who had no idea what I was talking about when I told her his name and the name Bathory (she didn't speak a word of English; pretty strange for Swedish girl). But then I turned on one of his songs and she smiled and led me to grave covered with badges and other mementos from who knows how many visitors. Well here's to you, Cemetery Girl... take good care of him.

[@lightyourfire2996]

So cool...my dream

[@ericolsen5592]

Pantera- Cemetary Gates

[@Supernaut413]

Eric Olsen u shut up

[@kartikayysola]

It's trite as fuck, I know, but it doesn't make the following statement any less true: Music is universal.

[@liviasalgado]

Best story ever

[@1dnr749]

This dude needs to be a radio host for the Metal station on the next GTA game lol

[@at0micwerew0lf]

If Razörfist isnt hosting the next GTA metal station, we riot.

[@at0micwerew0lf]

⚡🍻🇺🇸🍻⚡

[@erikcsuszo8220]

do it Rockstar, I dare you

[@Skyggnast]

Oh man that would be awesome, GTA 6 coming out in 2040 at this pace tho lmao

[@skirk248]

First we need a metal station that he won't just tear apart... Please Rockstar please

[@thewurm9177]

Quorthon was a supremely cool guy. In the late 80's I worked at a metal record shop in Southern California and we hosted an in-store with Quorthon. No attitude or rock star aloofness, he was approachable, friendly and incredibly patient with all of the fans that were swarming him in that small shop. I had a couple of beers with him afterwards. Glad to say that I spent a few moments talking music with a really special musician. R.I.P. Quorthon \,,/, ,\,,/

[@shroomzed2947]

He got somewhat ostracized from other black metal artists (particularly Euronymous and Dead) because of his humble, straightforward personality. Good on Quorthon for not being a tryhard twat and just being himself despite making some of the most intense and mysterious music ever. He didn’t need to put on a scary facade to be respected.

[@FubbleSmurf]

I find it fascinating how the lives of Quorthon and Chuck from death were so similar. Born a year apart on the different sides of the Western world. Both pioneered, maybe even invented a new genre of extreme metal. Both made less extreme and more philosophical music as they matured. Both died of factors outside of their control in the early 2000's. Long, wavy hair.

[@BenignViewer]

A dyad in the Force. A power like life itself. Unseen for generations...

[@careful...Icarus]

Chuck playing lead in Bathory would have thrown the earth off its axis.

[@Tikus_90]

My "Mount Rushmore" of Metal pioneers: Quorthon (Black, Viking. dgfa if you say Venom, ill give them credit for thrash metal with satanic elements) Chuck Schuldiner(death, prog, tech) Euronymous (Trve Norwegian black metal) Varg (Synth, ambient, depressive) Venom(speed, thrash)

[@donavonhoward1899]

@@Tikus_90 I agree, but Quorthon didn't invent Black Metal, he only perfected it. Venom created Black Metal. Without Venom, there would be no Bathory.

[@coldacre]

wrong. Quorthon had straight hair

[@rokomimica6039]

you know what I like the most about you rageaholic? you're a fan, not a fanboy. Having watched pretty much all your mythos videos, I knew you would call quorthon out on ridiculous statement he never heard about Venom, even though Bathory is your favorite band. Love your channel, lot of love has been put in this videos, and you know your shit. God fuckin speed!

[@karaaslan7402]

Just like Varg saying "Venom and Bathory was not Black Metal, they just named what we did"... They love being alone so much

[@paulwatson446]

Dude: you REALLY need your own cable show on TV. Tons of fascinating metal facts & history , backed up by one hell of a narrative. I love watching these!!

[@scottreynolds5455]

Cable is bullshit. Imho. Straight internet forme please. do not trust the news from the two sided coin. Same people own it all. cheers mate.

[@offgridphilosophy7959]

I bought SIGN OF THE BLACK MARK and played that cassette until it fell apart. I replaced the pad and even scotch taped the tape back together when the player ate it. I could listen to it every day for the rest of my life without getting sick of it. R.I.P. brother.

[@mnetzer6777]

That's awesome!!

[@sailorrose790]

Same!!

[@fruitiusmaximus925]

"Under the Runes" will always hold a special place for me, because it was my dog's favorite song. I know it's weird to say a dog has a favorite song, but she was a border collie, and they are super intelligent. She loved that song. Every time I put it on, she would run into my room and sit by the speakers with a big stupid smile on her face. I think she loved it because I used it to calm her down the first time she was having a freakout from the neighbor's holiday fireworks, and it became a comfort ritual for her after that. Does Cicero like metal, too? He must. He couldn't cope with you unless he likes metal.

[@Siegetower]

I remember taking Blood on Ice home, listening to it for about 3 hours, and knowing that even amongst my metal friends at the time, I knew no one who I could talk about the album to, and share in. No one would get it. I'm glad someone else out there likes it.

[@TyrInAsgard]

I love it !!!!!!!

[@TriumphAusStahl]

Same here! Its a masterpiece!

[@Siegetower]

@darvarld No, they're all valid, great works.

[@harism.904]

Although Bathory weren’t the first black metal band, I think they were the first that you could hear both the first wave and second wave in both vocally and musically.

[@crystalclean9775]

I actually love Hammerheart, I love both the old and the new Bathory. Every album has skip button tracks but every album has absolutely epic tracks also

[@timyo6288]

Hammerheart is 10/10 for what it is aiming to do. I love it.

[@sdkee]

@1:01:00 Quorthon and Chuck Schuldiner. Bang bang blows 2001 and 2004. That was a dark time for metal. Black and Death lost their founding saints in a span of a few years. I remember both of those days I heard the news. For chuck there was some small warning time and a campaign to try to pay his bills. For Quorthon ... bam. Gone. A true music genius died in a small house semi-anonymously. His death was properly Scandinavian at least. Raise the glass to Quorthon and Chuck! The musical universe is almost infinitely smaller without either of them.

[@brooksskol1352]

Chucky was one of my best friends when we were kidz...Its crazy i was on tour and happened to pick up o RIP magazine i think and there's my boy! But then i read it and he's dying...Chunky you and your brother are missed. Hope your doing ok Beth.

[@ericolsen5592]

It really was a dark time for metal. St. Anger was released in 2003 I believe

[@rufussamsquanch_6547]

@@ericolsen5592 and Pantera had broke up after carrying the torch for heavy fuckin metal in the 90s. While most bands got more radio-friendly over time, they got heavier every fuckin album..climaxing in the Great Southern Trendkill. And thanks to Anselmo, a lot of metalheads that never heard extreme metal heard the likes of Darkthrone, Satyricon, Morbid Angel..

[@ericolsen5592]

@@rufussamsquanch_6547 Someone once said "if you wanna determine what a good '80s band is, look at what they did in the '90s."

[@shaunshuping9768]

@@ericolsen5592 RIGHT?!?! So very true

[@MrBirdistheword444]

Quorthon slipped up during an interview with headbangers ball by saying he was inspired by a certain Newcastle band

[@Bloodandiron86]

I love this guy. He can make fun of the things he loves, he doesn’t get butthurt about it and he says what he wants

[@heavymetalsteve]

Glad to see someone else appreciates Quorthon's guitar playing,I've always believed he was very underrated as a guitarist.

[@theramchepser7644]

Quorthon said that he was Inspired by Venom in his Hammerheart interview welll he said that it was a Newcastle band I think Venom was Quorthons guilty pleasure And he was also probably ashamed that his father was his boss

[@Zaragil]

Back then some other bands were saying, in interviews, that Quorthon's dad writes all his songs, so I think he wasn't ashamed, more like wanted people to stop that gossip crap. Maybe that's also why he denied Boss was his father and said the age difference was too small. Personally, hell, even if Boss helped him write or arrange stuff, and yeah, Boss had a studio, awesome. I wish my dad had a studio but it wouldn't make me write a Bathory album. Most people wouldn't be able to do what Quorthon did if they had all the songwriters, helpers and studio time in the world for free.

[@LoudnessJP]

​@@Zaragil He grew up with a father in the music industry and that knew the music bizniz. .knows how to work a studio. He's not the only child of a music producer in Stockholm to become a successful musician, they seem to train em from birth in the biz! at. Quorthon was known remarkably talented at writing lyrics and he had a perfectionist streak, that didn't want feedback/input until he asked for it himself.. Maybe Boss wrote some lyrics, i think he only gave feedback and pointers.

[@Zaragil]

@@LoudnessJP Well said. Whatever happened, we should simply be thankful. I don't think we'll have another Quorthon ever again. Even his sister was a musician, I was friends with her back in the MySpace days, but today she's doing other things.

[@wesleyscott1633]

Zaragil von Slangenwald back in 2015 Manegarm covered Mother Earth Father Thunder, and Quorthon’s sister sung the song for them. It’s a pretty great cover

[@Zaragil]

@@wesleyscott1633 Okay, just listened to it and it's outstanding. No idea how I missed that. My singer is a fan and we had a Manegarm cover on an EP, wish he told me about this one (I guess he didn't know). I do know her from Lake of Tears and have her "Till Death Tear Us Part" CD. Thank you!

[@erilaz7449]

I remember several years back when I heard you casually claim Bathory was the best band ever. I scoffed. Then I listened to "A Fine Day to Die". You are right.

[@mechanoid2k]

Unlike Razor I recommend the album Hammerheart. Listen to the song Valhalla and tell me that's not insane. "I swing my my sword IN THE WIND"

[@subixbarbarasson2544]

A fine day to die is the trakk that stole my soul as a young kid

[@keyboardcorrector2340]

I prefer the track "Valhalla," but it's a comparison between diamonds and rubies, really.

[@DerWeißwulf]

Venom did it first. Bathory said "OK cool. New idea" and made it 100x better. Bathory>Venom

[@michaelmaclane5004]

Disagreed.

[@Zach-bt2ky]

Jason Dankenbring you like Venom more? Brain-dead opinion

[@michaelmaclane5004]

@@Zach-bt2ky It's a personal thing. But yeah, I personally do.

[@thegrimmtruth4185]

Lol !!! FUCKING heathens... Venom FUCKING rules !!!

[@MrKennyWilliams]

That wasn't his argument

[@HeathenJames]

Blood Fire Death has been, and always will be, my favorite Bathory album. It wasn't my first Bathory album. That belongs to "Under The Sign of the Black Mark" (also an amazing album).

[@MrSimondaniel3]

same here, Under the sign got my attention, BloodFireDeath is kinda more epic.

[@OE509]

Hammerheart is the best imo, but Blood Fire Death is also a masterpiece. Add Twilight of the Gods and that's the holy trinity.

[@fragster2008]

Under the sign... was the first album i heard by Bathory, and remains my favourite. BFD is one of the greatest metal albums of all time to me, and Hammerheart, well that comes with BFD, clearly musical genius 🤘

[@jeremycarnes1656]

My favorites so far are Requiem, Octagon, and Destroyer of Worlds. I'm a thrash guy, so go figure I'd like their thrashiest stuff best. The first four are pretty damn good, too.

[@HeavyMetalNerd]

​@@jeremycarnes1656 Thrash guy.. ? Have you ever thought that the guitar sound of "Blood.Fire.Death." is kinda similar to "Ride The Lightning"?🤔

[@Nightgaunt616]

The debut Bathory album was what originally got me into black metal in general and I couldn't be happier that it was this very album that did.

[@AM-kk8ji]

I'm a thrash guy and I can't believe I slept on Requiem. It fucking rips. Much obliged, Razor

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

You should sleep on it, it's a terrible thrash record. haha

[@HectorJimenez-ee9zi]

@@RuthlessMetalYT i love thrash, but yeah, requiem sounds like ass.

[@thatindiandude4602]

@@HectorJimenez-ee9zi it sounded like Quorthon phoned it in.

[@judythepunk461]

Venom are the true creators of black metal, bathory perfected it tho

[@galosniper7010]

Venom is speed metal, Bathory and Celtic Frost are thrash, although, from the proto Black Metal bands, Bathory is the one that comes closer to proper Black Metal

[@judythepunk461]

@@galosniper7010 Venom is also thrash metal, look it up. but dude black metal wasn't a thing back then, wave 1 was created by Venom with the Release of their album literally called "Black metal" which was 2 years before bathory and celtic frost. You simply can't deny these facts

[@themadthrasher5000]

Galo Sniper All the 1st wave Black Metal bands (Venom, Bathory, Sodom, etc) were speed/thrashy. It’s not the style of playing that earns the title black metal, at least for the 1st wave, it’s the rawness, speed, lyrical content, etc

[@mikepastor.k6233]

@@themadthrasher5000 ...and atmosphere. I would say the actual music changed with the 2nd wave maybe with Thorns and their use of ambient repetitive riffs that invoked old pagan gods and dark forgotten forests.

[@watsyurdeal]

The way I see it, Venom was first but Bathory defined it. Goes to show if you find a new genre or sound you better keep pushing it further before someone else does it better.

[@Mitch93]

We've been waiting for this, and you delivered!

[@Grayjacket11]

Even if you don't agree that "Venom did it first," one thing's for sure: Quorthon shamelessly nicked not only titles but even lyrical passages from Venom songs on Bathory's debut.

[@gp365y]

James Francis Truth

[@ALLMETAL1970]

Quorthon had a bigger ego than Euronymous though

[@baalzagoroth4693]

@@ALLMETAL1970 who's talking about Euronymous

[@ALLMETAL1970]

@@baalzagoroth4693 me, Euronymous had a big ego.

[@angelievd]

@@ALLMETAL1970 how did quorthon have a bigger ego?

[@BestWayKilla]

Been waiting for this one for a good while, and it didn't disappoint. Great job, Razor! Also, the idea of Quorthon giving journalists the names of well-known Swedish hockey players as his own is fucking hilarious.

[@aramondehasashi3324]

Yeah when he said their names i laughed so hard XD

[@amixofeverything]

Now we need a Venom Metal Mythos.

[@andresbrimley5689]

Razor has said that he will do one.

[@thewal1ofsleep]

Yes.

[@adrianshephard378]

He reviewed welcome to hell

[@adrianshephard378]

@Pleasure To Kill top 5 black metal albums

[@joshuahartnett4220]

SO MUCH YES.

[@anthonycarollo1575]

"Mariachi Metal" Now THAT has potential.

[@HectorJimenez-ee9zi]

Metalachi

[@garysloan9793]

Yup it already exists

[@THEshaggyrogers]

Anthony Carollo how about Doomgrind?

[@uncledoctor6920]

Rammestein did something like that with "te quiero puta", which is actually a pretty good song, definitely a glimpse into what mariachi metal might sound like.

[@shaunshuping9768]

@@THEshaggyrogers lmao.... That's a redundant subgenre plot

[@Andre-fv4bn]

And I thought this day would may have never come

[@thewal1ofsleep]

I'd love to see a Metal Mythos on Candlemass.

[@Tronathon242]

As much as I have come to love Bathory, I will never understand why Quorthon looked at the SMA version of "Sacrifice" and decided that it needed to be cranked up even faster. It was damn perfect just the way it was.

[@borisvandruff7532]

Dude, we need a Morbid Angel mythos. Since I know you actually like them. 😂

[@borisvandruff7532]

When you can hear Razör’s leather squeaking...

[@Nateguy632]

Boris Van Druff 😩

[@richardgarcia6379]

I remember being 11 years old and I borrowed venoms first album that just came out from someone I forget? but I was spooked out walking home with it in the dark, I still remember that vividly. And had bathorys first album also back then and how weird in 1984 I was 14 and saw black flag opening for venom in New Jersey. I still remember it like it was yesterday. What a weird pairing I thought. Black flag was touring for My War album and venom at war with satan. I remember them coming in through the side door and I was star struck watching them walk to the stage room above the stage. And Henry Rollins drew a pentagram on his palm and gave the devil sign and said “ this next song is for my buddy satan up there” and I looked up and the guys from venom were watching them above the stage through the plexiglass window laughing: a week later I saw SOD at the same place and met billy Malano in the parking lot 🤟🏻

[@bigpooter9771]

Never ever clicked on a video so fast. I’m so happy I almost came

[@amixofeverything]

Same here. Was watching an interesting WW2 documentary, saw this, and fuck it. You drop everything for Bathory.

[@caammm88]

Same. I was going to start something else, but that's going to have to wait for an hour

[@whoknowswhocares885]

I did

[@jon9428]

Same, Bathory is a top 5 for me.

[@mackenziepm]

haha.

[@quest4certainty895]

The Scandinavian tirade was priceless! And I haven't played a Bathory album in 20 yrs.... But I thank you for reminding me how enjoyable Bathory is!

[@HydroTWD]

I can't get enough of these metal mythos. This one in particular is amazing.

[@wittvonwitt4403]

Id love to see a Immortal MM

[@RustyDarlington]

Time for my yearly binge of all of razorfists Mythos. I’ve watched them so fucking much over the years but they’re just so captivating 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@adriandevries8716]

This has nothing to do with the subject, but I wanted to acknowledge “The Dark Project” in the background. It’s twenty years old and still my favorite game. Props.

[@bassrocks4419]

Blood Fire Death is when Quorthon’s guitar playing really went to the next level and got more technical

[@torgersontravis]

Another top-notch installment of Metal Mythos. Thanks for this one, Razor! As always, I appreciate your “fair and square” take on these legendary bands. In this case, stating Bathory to be your favorite band but calling Quorthon on his “not inspired by Venom” BS.

[@Jabberstax]

I've never liked black metal but will watch anything Razorfist puts out.

[@bryangrabauskas9439]

Razorfist, thank you for these videos. I was drawn in when the WASP video popped up and then I watched Dokken, and ive been watching your backlog of these since. I love seeing your retrospectives on these bands and you have even introduced me to some new bands I didn't listen to before. I absolutely love Stryper and Grim Reaper now, and that is all thanks to you. After giving me the gift of two amazing bands I didn't listen to before, I had to throw my gratitude for you out there. Keep on rockin!

[@miyamotomusashi7612]

So what can we beg for now? Celtic Frost / Hellhammer?

[@liamearly4883]

I know razorfist hates Celtic Frost but loves hellhammer

[@AceLM92]

@@liamearly4883 the irony is funny. Yeah Celtic Frost did that rubbish glam record and then the mediocre Vanity/Nemis, but they are a damn good band

[@mikepastor.k6233]

@@AceLM92 they also had proto death and black metal riffs and also, experimented with other genres like Classical and gothic in their scheme.

[@AceLM92]

@@mikepastor.k6233 I know man. I love Celtic Frost

[@fakesmile172]

Since there aren't a ton of albums, might as well throw Apollyon Sun and maybe Triptykon in there

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Finally! A BLACK METAL GOD!

[@Natendowii]

43:44 "In one interview he would say his name was PETER Forsberg, and in another Mats Sundin..." Wait...Quorthon was into Ice Hockey? Because both of those Psuedonyms are from famous Swedish Hockey players from around the time Hammerheart and Twilight of the Gods came out.

[@TheRageaholic]

Yeah, he talked about Hockey quite a bit in interviews, actually. He was a big fan.

[@Natendowii]

I shouldn't be surprised, since the sport is huge in Sweden, and routinely produces some elite talents year after. Plus Sweden usually does well at the IIHF worlds and World Juniors each year. Now all I can think about is what Quorthon would think of the game today...

[@sozhran]

He was, he even wrote a song about it (Sudden Death off Destroyer of Worlds).

[@313bootboy6]

I mean, have you heard the song Sudden Death?

[@theister]

I was a young banger on a quest for the heaviest in the early years of this band, and Bathory's s/t album was by far the heaviest of '84! The entire album was thick with noise and wind and the pure venomous fury! Respect!

[@bathoryiguess4507]

Honestly a fine day to die is the greatest piece of music ever written, if I could only listen to one album for the rest of my life, blood fire death is undisputed

[@michaelkelley88]

the bass guitar on Requiem is a goddamn blunt weapon lmao i love that album so dearly, fantastic video Mr.Holic

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

Why I really love Bathory, they are the only band that I feel like have no bad songs.

[@2000Doriyas]

Could it be because they because some of them are just unambiguous and just passive or predictable, nothing terrible but also just fitting a formula? (I’m only talking about some later albums, I agree that Bathory is one of the great metal bands of all time easily)

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

@@2000Doriyas At this point I listened to most, if not, all the albums. Octagon was pretty questionable 😅

[@musicman1977]

The Return.... Of Metal Mythos!

[@tjames4597]

"You don't see Mexico making mariachi metal." Much to my disappointment.

[@Neon-Covenanter]

You and me both.

[@S_047]

I mean.. would metalachi count? Technically cover songs but still...

[@buckyhate7695]

About goddamn time... Thanks, dude. Been waiting for this, since I found this channel.

[@wkr64691]

Re: bathory being the priest to venom’s Sabbath: You’ve done mythos for maiden, priest, and Motörhead I think you missed a spot

[@Psymon1471]

Would love to see one of these on Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. They were also highly influencial in the Extreme Metal genres, especially Hellhammer's influence in Black Metal and Death Metal. Some of their song titles: Euronymous, Maniac, Messiah - and the band name itself Hellhammer (well that forms the first load of band members from Mayhem, not including Manheim and Necrobutcher). Also, a look into some of the largely unknown band Thorns who were also highly influential in the early Black Metal sound

[@phantomlord91]

"Get assfucked by an icegiant there, Bjorn" and I fucking lost it.

[@MaleficMont]

now all we need is the venom mythos and i can die happy

[@elhermeneutico]

I am thrilled with the amount of Quorthon interviewing material used in this video. I had no idea he was so prone to concede interviews every now and then.

[@kollilaiho938]

FINALLY! Ive been waiting for this one Razor. One word: THANKS!

[@MikeHunt90731]

Bathory and Quorthon are my early thrash heroes and I worship the ground he walked on. Hammerheart is by far my favorite album. Its got my harmony and melody for my tastes.

[@BeeF82002]

I bought "The Return" off amazon based on your best black albums video, I swear that opening track sounds like a bunch of silent hill monsters started a metal band.

[@BeeF82002]

I had never heard of this band until i started watching your videos there awesome.

[@BeeF82002]

never

[@joonaaskr]

Fun fact: Burzums "War" track was created as a tribute to Bathory, because Varg thinks they were the best metal out there

[@TheRageaholic]

Fun fact: It's not the only song he stole.

[@ellomotto9049]

“war” by burzum sounds like gargling razor blades that was recorded on a nokia phone

[@Cattani1982]

@@TheRageaholic Fun fact: you chose a tribute song to prove your point about stealing. ;)

[@TheRageaholic]

@@Cattani1982 Fun fact: It isn't listed as a 'tribute song' in the credits. Or liner notes. Or anywhere at all until Varg was finally confronted about ripping it off.

[@Cattani1982]

@@TheRageaholic I never owned the album phisically, but just by listening to War, you immediately can tell that it's waaaay different to everything else on it. It's unmistakably Bathory, even if you don't point it out on the cd cover, or during interviews, unless asked about it. But maybe it's just me.

[@austinfailz]

Doesn't the "Ace" nickname come from, uh... *cough* that dude from KISS?

[@mr.rogers2121]

@Nic Hartley Sabbath's War Pigs and yes Deuce.

[@RayleneSteves]

Quorthron’s solo album (called “Album”) is heavily influenced by Ace Greeley’s solo albums

[@hdfallag]

Nope, it has its origin on a kinda joke with his friends. The word ace is the abbreviation of a composed pseudonym...

[@jakublulek3261]

If 70s Genesis wrote music's and 80s Genesis wrote lyrics... Loved it.

[@LoudnessJP]

Bathory has one of the best discography's in metal for sure.

[@Roargus]

And I who believed almighty Motorhead was your favourite band? Excellent video once again. Always enjoyable to watch. Awaiting the Venom video, though.

[@wittvonwitt4403]

That Motorhead MM was awsome! I gotta say Razor had gotten me interested in Black Metal again.

[@DDeCicco]

I'm a simple man... I see new Metal Mythos, I click.

[@upstatenoizepollution62366]

I was a freshman in high school when I heard Welcome to hell (1981). We had a very cool record store called Lake shore record exchange. They carried a lot of good stuff. I snagged Bathory when it came out as well. Thank you rageaholic...Great memories, great video,great rant my friend. LOVE ur channel

[@iMiss-U-Loopy]

This is Gold ! The Low-fi production of the first Bathory albums is something Unique to this day 🙌

[@tojorozombie]

Excellent job, Sir, thank you! After viewing this I realized neither you nor anyone else has done something of this caliber for the mighty Venom!? Hopefully, they’ll feature in a future mythos! Rocketh on!🤘🏼

[@Mitch93]

Venom obviously invented black metal, surprisingly in Newcastle, England a city with perhaps the most positive reputation in the UK, their accent is considered the most friendly haha.

[@harbl99]

Venom were tongue-in-cheek about it, as you might expect of a bunch of Geordies. "Aye, we dress oop in leather and sing aboot the devil. It's propah super-serious ye nah."

[@saralester3741]

Venom wasn't as influential as Bathory was on the black metal scene in the late 80's and early to mid 90's. Even Fenriz of Darkthrone said the exact same thing.

[@MrAaronChatfield]

... bwahahaha. Have you ever even been to Newcastle? It's a fucking shithole!

[@Mitch93]

MrAaronChatfield The accent not the town lol

[@MrAaronChatfield]

Including the accent...

[@saralester3741]

RIP Quorthon and I've been a Bathory fan since I was a teenager. I'm going to watch all of this.

[@ryanstucke7811]

Twilght of the gods Hammerheart Blood on Ice Blood Fire Death My favorite albums

[@GERAH717]

Bathory low key its curing my depression, that's why I tatt bathory on my left arm

[@popetones7400]

This is great KZbin content and thanks 4 not littering it w ads. Respect

[@daniilslavandrushevych4118]

Strangely, the resemblance between "The Sword" and "Blood of My Enemies" is even more apparent to me on Edge of Sanity's cover of "Blood of My Enemies".

[@__Faust__]

Dan G Yeah, obviously the song is very similar, kinda Bathory's Blood of my Enemies. A great anthem nevertheless. Also you can see a lot of, ehem "influence' from Manowar in A Fine Day to Die(Bridge of Death intro) and Enter the Eternal Fire(Bridge of Death concept/lyrics). Quorthon was a cheeky bastard, he did get stuff from other bands but that doesn't change the magnitude of his achievement.

[@AceLM92]

Bro I'm so happy you finally made this episode, I was beginning to have doubts you would. If this video came out today, it would be a great (and only) b-day present. Since Boss really was Quorthon's father, I wonder if Jennie Tebler really is his sister. Blood Fire Death was my first Bathory album and my favorite. Hail the Hordes, long live Quorthon!... and if you're into them, can you do a video for Celtic Frost in the future?

[@anonymous._.euronymous._.1349]

Varg says he doesn't like the first Bathory Album then Copies A Song from that Very Album.

[@volkishelf1088]

He didn't say he doesn't like it but he said he likes older albums a lot more.

[@flayv999]

Uhh Varg said that War was a tribute to Bathory. He intentionally used their style AND one of their song names. He doesn't deny that he "copied" their style for that one song.

[@vulvanegra]

Varg vocals rip Quorthon's to shreds, also his riffs are far better. Both bands are good though.

[@aeksinsang932]

Fuck Varg, total loser

[@Zach-bt2ky]

Aek Sinsang your guitar playlist really fits with your adamant opinion

[@deraykrause4517]

This video gave me chills. I discovered them in 1985 and was blown away. I tried to get my metal friends into Bathory and most of them couldn't ditch their paradigms of traditional metal to understand what was going on in the early albums. True story, there were 2 separate occasions where I played The Return for 2 different people, and it made both of them puke. Granted, drugs were involved, but I'd never seen them puke before from the same intoxication level sans Bathory. Thank you for this video, you make an old man happy.

[@aloser5907]

i love this video so fucking much i rewatch this everyday religiously

[@noremorseproductions]

Me to XD

[@275Ranger275]

02:49 in the morning in the middle of this quarantine and I've watched Metal Mythos: BATHORY once again. Never gets old. Strong work.

[@HailTheRiff126]

Do a Venom one mate, that would be great. Cheers!

[@kouzelna3295]

Sheer perfection. Thank you brother for covering this, the greatest of all metal bands who ever lived.

[@GrantH]

We need Mythos episodes for Running Wild, Overkill, Megadeth, and Ratt. And also, an hour long? Razor is on another level with this content.

[@marc2000z]

If we’re lucky, we might get a Bobby Blotzer’s Metal Mythos Experience

[@anonymous._.euronymous._.1349]

He doesn't like any of the bands from the big 4 I'm not sure about Overkill

[@mr.schrader1093]

The only one he seems to be a fan of is Ratt. He has used one of their songs as an outro. Megadeth, he's said that he finds kind of mediocre.

[@jamesbond1481]

He probably likes Running Wild. Razor likes oldschool German metal.

[@GrantH]

Mr. Schrader He definitely agrees with a lot of the newer Megadeth stuff on a political basis though lol

[@sardomaitland8156]

YESSS!!! I love these. Time to open a beer and have fun with Bathory. Cheers!

[@mikeseaquest9246]

Garbage

[@NullVoid241]

ONLY TOOK YOU A CENTURY!!!!

[@TheRageaholic]

I must have missed the time I gave a release date for this. Ever. Anything else on your schedule I'm behind on?

[@buckyhate7695]

Lol! I'm still waiting on the Warrant Mythos... Chop Chop, Razor.

[@ricosalvaje8131]

The Rageaholic black sabbath mythos and a dio one if you dont mind.

[@jamesbond1481]

Demon is fuckin killer! You can here alot of Michael Schenker worship in their riffs.

[@fakesmile172]

I have to thank you Razor, you encouraged me to listen to Bathory's black metal albums after my initial aversion, and I love them. Now they're even more solidified as one of my favourite bands.

[@tackle47]

Been waiting for this one since finding Metal Mythos. Still favorite is Blood, Fire, Death though I enjoy all of Quarthon’s work.

[@guillaumecroteau3236]

You give me a great Idea There Razor Ill start doing mariachi métal based on both the Spaniards and the Aztec mythology and Ill call it The Columbus Cartel

[@waltercolombe6105]

Maybe it's just that I'm old,but I've never heard anything quite like the first 3 albums. They captured something unique and dark.

[@stormur2586]

You would understand it if you go to the Scandinavian countries the atmosphere they created captured somehow the nature there cold and dark. It’s extremely fitting but it’s really hard to describe for example I’m from Iceland going for a walk when the sea fog is crawling in the fjords with Bathory in the headphones is just something else.

[@repugnus932]

Sick. Now we need a Venom and Mercyful Fate/King Diamond mythos.

[@CountBeetle]

No, no...not with this guy who is a corn dog away from a labor camp...no way possible he could assertain the guitar scales

[@abrahamdrinkin4557]

Please make a retrospective on the Japanese blackened thrash metal/1st wave black metal band Sabbat. Their discography is so fucking big and every album is badass. Evoke is their masterpiece. I'd put it up there with Bathory's early work. Criminally underrated band.

[@clamdigger8118]

Hoping for a Metal Mythos on Venom!

[@RetroShred]

Love this. Love Bathory. Bathory ripped off a hefty bit of Manowar.

[@funkyweapon1981]

If you're gonna rip off something, go for the gusto.

[@michaelkeha]

Poser x Him you know for that comment I would happily kick you square in the nuts but seeing as I can't kick a sub atomic object that would be a pointless action I will however say this if you think blink 182 is the best band around then your taste in music is of the same quality as $1 mircowave dinner

[@TheSicknessIsTheCure]

blink 182 and Bathory fan checking in

[@joe-qi9rp]

Same

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

MANOWAR owns ye all

[@michiganscythian2445]

I picked up Blood on Ice August 1997 on my 17th birthday because I liked the album cover. Loved the album. Found Jubelium I and II at a Circuit City of all places and it introduced me to black metal (that 17 year old me could barely stomach, lol) but it grew on me and Bathory has been one of my most influential bands on my life. In college, a buddy of mine and I made a music video for “The Lake” for his film class. After I married in my 20s, my husband forbade me from listening to metal and told me to get rid of my CDs. I complied ... except for my battered old Bathory CDs (HammerFall was the other that I refused to give away). After his death, I dared to listen to metal again and found that part of my soul was restored. And I was devastated to find that Quorthon had died. Månegarm’s cover of “Mother Earth, Father Thunder,” I credit as reawakening my spirituality, Currently, I am employed by a school district whose mascot is the Vikings (town was founded by Danish lumberjacks in the 1870s) and my teenage daughter has been utterly mortified every time I suggest making the school song “Shores in Flames.”

[@thegarroter8153]

Never thought about the tour-neglect bc of Health issues. Good point. I also think he wasnt able to do that vocalstyle live for longer than 5 minutes.

[@Kevin-ci5jp]

Do metal mythos on Emperor! :D

[@muttonbuster]

Those saying Kristian Vikernes credited Bathory are missing the point. He fashioned his whole act lock, stock, and barrel from Quorthon. Choose an ultra cryptic name (Quorthon / Count Grishnackh), record in lo-fi, sing in the most tormented voice possible, don't tour and stay as hidden as possible, suddenly hide your inherited Scandinavian sarcasm when it comes to analyzing your music and pretend to take it as seriously as a cancer diagnosis, claim you're co-opting Satanism to attack Christian norms (nah, it couldn't be that Satanism sells records like nothing on earth), then start dabbling in Viking dungeons and dragons shit. I suppose I give Kristian points for at least acknowledging Quorthon "Mats Sundin" Forsberg as influence, whereas Quorthon lied his ass off about Venom. OTOH, it's as if Varg has never really been honest with himself and said "I admit it, half of this shit I just adopted from some Swede who was five years ahead of the curve."

[@MaskedRiderChris]

Oh yes, I do loves me some Bathory. I do believe I need to get the albums after Octagon, though! I've been remiss, and this must be corrected. Great video as always, man!

[@COBirdNerd]

Thé viking albums are my favorite! As well as Quorthon’s releases under his own name which you don’t mention.

[@angelievd]

yesss purity of essence!!

[@justusallison5793]

I'm not sure about Bathory but I could listen to this guy all day long!