Twilight of the Gods (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Twilight of the Gods
Type = studio
Artist = Bathory

Released = 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Viking metal
Length = 56:50
Label = Black Mark Productions
Producer = Borje Forsberg and Quorthon
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dbfrxqegldde link]
Last album = "Hammerheart"
(1990)
This album = "Twilight of the Gods"
(1991)
Next album = "Requiem"
(1994)

"Twilight of the Gods" is the sixth album by Bathory. It continues the exploration of the newly created Viking metal style, and also displays a heavy classical influence; it is titled after an opera by Wagner, and the melody of "Hammerheart" is lifted from Gustav Holst's "The Planets" (more specifically, from the fourth movement, "Jupiter"). Originally this was to be the final Bathory album.

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Quorthon, except Hammerheart, music by Gustav Holst, rearranged by Quorthon
#"Prologue - Twilight of the Gods - Epilogue" – 14:02
#"Through Blood by Thunder" – 6:15
#"Blood and Iron" – 10:25
#"Under the Runes" – 5:59
#"To Enter Your Mountain" – 7:37
#"Bond of Blood" – 7:35
#"Hammerheart" – 4:57

:Some versions of this album have songs 1-3 as one track on the CD.

Credits

*Quorthon - Vocals, All-Instruments