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Bathory is a Black metal act. Their sound grew out of Venom, Hellhammer, Mercyful Fate, Ian Gillan and Ronnie James Dio. Those roots explain a lot about how Bathory arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Darkthrone, Hellhammer, Dissection, Summoning and Burzum, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lawless Darkness, Clandestine Blaze, Runemagick, Les Légions Noires and Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 98 connections around Bathory, reaching back through Venom and forward to Lawless Darkness. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bathory was a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Vällingby in March 1983. Frontman and sole songwriter Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg was the sole constant member, and was at times responsible for all instruments.
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Bathory connections
Bathory grew out of Venom, Hellhammer, Mercyful Fate and Ian Gillan, shares an orbit with Darkthrone, Hellhammer, Dissection and Summoning, went on to shape Lawless Darkness, Clandestine Blaze, Runemagick and Les Légions Noires. 98 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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