Twilight of the Gods (album)

Twilight of the Gods
Studio album by Bathory
Released	June 1991
Recorded	April 1991 at Montezuma Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Viking metal
Length	56:50
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Borje Forsberg, Quorthon
Bathory chronology
Hammerheart (1990) Twilight of the Gods (1991) Requiem (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]

Twilight of the Gods is the sixth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays heavy epic doom and classical influences; it is titled after an opera by Wagner. It is a mid-tempo, more acoustic album than previous Bathory releases, though it follows on from Hammerheart. Of significance is Quorthon's total control of the album, playing all electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, and drum programming. The background vocals are a particular feature of the album, with Quorthon multi-tracking himself, as he did on Hammerheart, though on this album he sounds more like a chorus than previously.

The song "Hammerheart" is based on Gustav Holst's Jupiter from his 1918 The Planets suite; and likely, considering the patriotic & metaphysical themes, as well as the focus on remembrance, specifically inspired by "I Vow to Thee, My Country" in-which Holst further arranged the melody to make it suitable for use as a hymn.