Quorthon

Quorthon
Quorthon in 1990 during the Hammerheart promo tour
Quorthon in 1990 during the Hammerheart promo tour
Background information
Birth nameThomas Börje Forsberg
Also known as
  • Ace Shoot[1]
  • Ace Spunky Black Spade[2]
  • Ditch Brodie
Born(1966-02-17)17 February 1966
Stockholm, Sweden
Died3 June 2004(2004-06-03) (aged 38)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • percussion
Years activec. 1980[3]–2004
Labels
Formerly ofBathory
Websitebathory.nu (defunct) bathory.nu (Wayback Machine)

Thomas Börje Forsberg (17 February 1966 – 3 June 2004),[4] better known by the stage name Quorthon, was a Swedish musician. He was one of the founders, as well as the sole songwriter, of the band Bathory, which pioneered the black metal genre and is credited with creating the Viking metal style.[5] A multi-instrumentalist, Quorthon wrote the music and lyrics on all of Bathory's albums and performed vocals and guitars.

  1. ^ Scandinavian Metal Attack (Media notes). Ace Shoot.
  2. ^ Bathory (Media notes). Bathory. 1984. Album design by Ace spunky black spade and Quorthon.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Swedish Death Metal: "If I hadn't started to play in punk bands around '79–80 I could have ended up on the streets, with a needle in my arm. Luckily, I didn't have any such friends, so I got involved with the punk movement, and was inspired by bands like Exploited and GBH."
  4. ^ Date stated in the death notice for Ace Börje Forsberg that his family put in the swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter on 23 June 2004, the death notice also included the lyrics to the Bathory song Hammerheart.
  5. ^ Johannesson, Ika & Klingberg, Jon Jefferson. (2011) Blod Eld Död - En svensk metalhistoria, Alfabeta Bokförlag AB, p. 51-68.