Bathory (album)

Bathory
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1984 (1984-10)
RecordedJune 1984
StudioHeavenshore Studio (Stockholm)
Genre
Length26:52
LabelBlack Mark/Tyfon
Producer
Bathory chronology
Bathory
(1984)
The Return……
(1985)
Alternate cover
Cover of all subsequent releases of Bathory following the original pressing.

Bathory is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released in October 1984, through Tyfon Grammofon. It is considered by fans and critics to be one of the contenders for the first black metal record.[4][5]

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