According to Blabbermouth.net Quorthon, the founder of legendary Swedish black metal band Bathory, passed away due to an apparent heart failure Monday. He was considered one of the most influential black metal musicians in the world, having inspired countless bands with albums like The Return and Under the Sign of the Black Mark. He will be missed.
Qurothon had been planning to record a new Bathory album, although if any recording actually took place. However, there is a ton of unreleased Bathory material, so we haven't heard the last of the band just yet.
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1 - Jim Carruthers
I had a job writing copy for a distributor in Canada, basically explaining to retailers and sub-distributors why they should stock this title. One of our lines was metal, and I didn't really like most of it, but could point to Bathory as the worst thing I'd tried to sell. And I really tried, because it was a challenge. The LP artwork was horrid, the production was terrible, and the sound was crap, But I tried. And that is probably the worst record I've ever tried to sell.
You know how 12 step programmes have "the moment of clarity", well, trying to sell crap metal albums, Bathory was it.