Twilight of the Gods

Bathory | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Plastic Head America
• ASIN: B000001H3I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prologue

2. Twilight of the Gods

3. Epilogue

4. Through blood by Thunder

5. Blood and Iron

6. Under the Runes

7. To Enter Your Mountain

8. Bond of Blood

9. Hammerheart

10. Outro

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Epic Viking Metal, January 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Twilight of the Gods (Audio CD)

Bathory is the first Viking metal band. However, not all songs deal with Viking culture on this great album. The title track is one of the greatest metal songs ever written. It is over ten minutes long, and has meaningful, well-thought lyrics. This album is worth purchasing for the title track alone. This is slow, heavy, and depressing. I haven't heard his "Satanic" albums, I was more interesting in the mature nature of his epic Viking albums.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quorthon--The Viking Master., September 30, 2006

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D. West "Viking of Chaos" (Pittsburgh, PA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twilight of the Gods (Audio CD)

This for me is the best Viking/Folk/Metal album ever. Not just because Quorthon created the musical genre Viking/Metal, I connect with this album more than any other. I have listened to Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, Thryfing, Enslaved(One of my favorite bands) to name a few and not one moves me like Quorthon's Twilight of the Gods. Even "Hammerheart" does not grab me like TOTG. And "Hammerheart" is an excellent album. Quorthon is not a great "clean" vocalist on this, but he does seem more confident. What impresses me is the song arrangements. Moving between acoustic and electric guitar, crushing drums and male Viking chants you can feel Quorthon's passion and emotion throughout. His arrangement of Hammerheart by Gustav Holst, with the wind blowing is simply brilliant. This piece of music has got a hold of my soul. (RIP) Quorthon.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The End of Bathory's Viking Trilogy... Amazing Album!, March 18, 2005

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p_drl - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twilight of the Gods (Audio CD)

Bathory's adventures into Viking culture began on 1988's "Blood Fire Death", eschewing scratchy production and the pseudo-Satanic and occult-influenced bashings of the first three albums. Here we see the formula of "Blood Fire Death" fully evolved. Lush acoustic guitars layered with larger-than-life melodies that give such an empowering atmosphere that it's nearly overwhelming. Just listening to this album makes you want to stand on the battlefield with sword in hand, ready to fight whatever life throws at you. The vast choirs give this album the true meaning of "Viking metal". Everything here from the lyrics to the album art is true Norse. The electric guitars are powerful and melodic, often looping in their mid-paced tempos to create an unbreakable and beautiful atmosphere with elaborate solos.

Quorthon's voice steadily improved on this album. He'll never be Hansi Kurch, but his voice is more well-rounded and fuller, and his range has improved greatly. He still struggles on a few parts, but his clean singing is nearly impeccable here. The album as a whole flows smoothly, some songs often trasitioning into one another. The majority of the tempos are slow to mid-paced, but never tires because of the sheer musical depth. This is fist-pumping, epic, true Viking metal. Highly reccommended along with Bathory's other albums, old or new. (But stay away from "Octagon"...) Also check out Borknagar, Summoning, Nokturnal Mortum, and Satyricon for more like this.