This vocal style was influenced by Quorthon of Bathory, and is one of the traits that distinguishes traditional black metal vocals from those of death metal, which usually uses low-pitched growls.

Another major influence on black metal was the Swedish band Bathory, led by Thomas Forsberg ( under the pseudonym Quorthon ).

In addition, a translators ' seminary was organized in Tartu and the city received its red and white flag from the Polish king Stephen Bathory.

Its growth was due in part to the establishment of Alma Academia et Universitas Vilnensis Societatis Iesu by King Stefan Bathory in 1579.

In 1575, Maximilian was elected by the part of Polish and Lithuanian magnates to be the King of Poland in opposition to Stephan IV Bathory, but he did not manage to become widely accepted there and was forced to leave Poland.

This arrangement was issued on their second LP, In the Wake of Poseidon, although for copyright reasons it was renamed " The Devil's Triangle " and Robert Fripp claimed authorship, with Holst receiving no composer credit. A third progressive-rock band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, performed an arrangement of " Jupiter " with lyrics which they entitled " Joybringer ". Black Metal / Viking Metal band Bathory arranged a section of " Jupiter " as the melody of the song " Hammerheart ", from the album Twilight of the Gods.

Their first album Bathory was released in 1984 and is " regarded by many as the first black metal record.

" Bathory founder Quorthon has said that this move was intentional, stating:

The Viking metal music of Bathory was characterised by Wagnerian " lengthy epics, ostentatious arrangements, chorused vocals, and ambient keyboards.

" Mulvany notes that the 90's releases by Bathory were the beginnings of a Viking-themed trend that initially was slow in forming, and even confusing.

Bathory was permanently disbanded after Quorthon's death in 2004.

Bathory was formed in Vällingby in 1983.

According to Quorthon, he came up with the name after a visit to the London Dungeon, although Jonas states that it was taken from the Venom song " Countess Bathory ".

Many fans and reviewers have claimed Venom was an influence on Bathory ; however, Quorthon has said in an interview with Kick Ass magazine in 1985 that he had not listened to Venom until after the first Bathory album was released, although this is contentious, as Quorthon often gave purposefully equivocal or misleading information in interviews.

Several Bathory tribute albums have been compiled by black metal artists, one of which was titled In Conspiracy with Satan: A Tribute to Bathory.

Ivan L. Moody, the band's lead singer, leaped into the crowd with Zoltan Bathory, the band's lead guitarist, and carried the injured fan onto the stage, where he was taken to the hospital.

He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania and his friend Mózes Székely.

While heavy metal has a history of including fearsome stunts and sideshow spectacles, A suggested originator of fire breathing in black metal culture was Quorthon, frontman of the Swedish black metal band Bathory.

Pioneering this field were the Swedish band Bathory.

Bathory, who would subsequently become a primary influence for the black metal scene, were a pivotal group in Swedish extreme metal.

* Nordland I and Nordland II, albums by the Swedish Viking Metal band Bathory

Åkerlund was a member of the Swedish black metal band Bathory from 1983 through 1984.

Blood on Ice is the ninth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory.

Under the Sign of the Black Mark is the third studio album by Swedish metal band Bathory.

The Return ...... ( full title The Return of the Darkness and Evil ) is the second studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory.

Hammerheart is the fifth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory.

According to author David W. Marshall, extreme and obsessive loathing of Christianity had long been the norm of black and death metal bands, but in the 1990s Bathory and many other bands began turning away from Satan as the primary opposition to Christianity, instead placing their faith in Vikings and Odin.

Describing their fifth studio album, 2002's Volcano, frontman Satyr stated in a press release and biography on their homepage that " the music is rock based but more extreme ; it is black metal pushing the boundaries that began with bands like Venom and Bathory.

" It definitely builds on the groundwork laid by extreme metal pioneers Celtic Frost and Bathory: the former with its restless experimentalism, and the latter with its determination to create something quintessentially Scandinavian.

She went on to write and publish her own underground extreme metal fanzine at the age of sixteen, interviewing widely recognized bands such as Emperor, Darkthrone, Mayhem and Bathory, to name a few.

AllMusic wrote, " Under the Sign: The Sign of the Black Mark remains a career highlight for Bathory, and a crucial LP for all lovers of extreme metal.

Bathory were now the most extreme and one of the very best metal bands out there.

With Blood Fire Death and the two following albums, Bathory pioneered the style that would become known as Viking metal.

" Inspired by Bathory, Enslaved set out to " create Viking metal devoted to retelling Norway's legends and traditions of old -- not attacking Christianity by means of its own creation: Satan.

Moonsorrow blends folk metal with Viking metal by incorporating " Finland's traditional folk music forms into elaborate symphonic arrangements typical of Viking metal outfits such as Bathory and Enslaved.

* Black metal band Bathory used Arbo's painting of " The Wild Hunt " as the cover of their 1988 album Blood Fire Death.

Fenriz has expressed that he had a passive interest in Bathory by 1986, but claims that he did not understand the " darkness " of black metal until hearing a song by the Hungarian band Tormentor in 1989 ( he gives similar credit to Mercyful Fate ).

Led Zeppelin and Manowar had already explored pagan themes in the 1970s and 1980s though pagan metal bands share few if any similarities, preferring instead to credit the influence of bands such as Bathory, Enslaved, Amorphis, and Skyclad.

Bathory and Enslaved are also known as Viking metal bands while Amorphis and Skyclad are also known as folk metal bands.

The band played in this style on their first four albums: Bathory ( 1984 ), The Return of the Darkness and Evil ( 1985 ), Under the Sign of the Black Mark ( 1987 ) and Blood Fire Death ( 1988 ).

The band considered several names before settling on Bathory, including Nosferatu, Natas, Mephisto, Elizabeth Bathory and Countess Bathory.

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The increasing number of visitors, success of their CDs, and the popular interest, as well as cross-pollination from groups such as Corvus Corax and Bathory, encouraged In Extremo in 1995 to attempt to start a band combining bagpipes and other traditional instruments with rock guitars.

Nielsen turned down the offer since he thought Artillery would become a much bigger band than Bathory.

They started out as a pure death metal band but later incorporated doom metal influences, inspired by the likes of Bathory, Treblinka / Tiamat, Celtic Frost, Nihilist / Entombed, and Candlemass.

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Musically, Coroner evolved from a speed metal band with gothic and classical overtones like Celtic Frost and Bathory into a technical-based band.

Upon Nemtheanga's joining the band, the band started to pursue a darker direction citing influence from Bathory, Celtic Frost and the emerging Greek and Norwegian black metal scenes.