Latest about Bathory
What it was like at Mystic Festival 2025
From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025
Every Bathory album ranked from worst to best
They remain one of the most innovative and influential bands in extreme metal, but there can only be one Bathory magnum opus…
The BBC is selling off rare Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Beatles and er, Bathory albums from its Gramophone Library if you want to expand your vinyl collection
The BBC are to auction off a staggering 285,000 vinyl records over the next year-and-a-half, starting from January 30
Top 10 metal songs featuring bells
The best examples of bells chiming in heavy metal
The 10 most surprising instruments ever used by metal bands
From The Hu and Eluveitie to Shining (NOR) and Batushka, these 10 bands got creative with their instrumentation to make some truly distinctive heavy metal
Bathory: the triumph and tragedy of the man who invented black metal
Bathory mainman Quorthon pioneered black metal and Viking metal. But he was an enigma in life and death
Jonas Åkerlund: “I have tapes of Bathory in the rehearsal studio”
Lords Of Chaos director Jonas Åkerlund looks back on his time in black metal pioneers Bathory and his friendship with enigmatic frontman Quorthon
10 surprisingly heavy records that inspired Volbeat
Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen reveals his roots in death metal and lists 10 surprisingly heavy records that continue to inspire Volbeat today
