STUDIO ALBUM BY BATHORY

Year Released: 1996

Blood on Ice is the ninth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 27 May 1996, through Black Mark Production. It is a concept album.

The master tapes were recorded in 1989, but the album was not immediately released, both because the album was never properly finished, and because founder and songwriter Quorthon was worried that it presented too drastic a departure from the band's previous black metal sound. It was eventually released, after remastering and re-editing on more advanced studio equipment, in 1996, partly through fan pressure resulting from his mentioning of the project in an interview. Quorthon expands on this, as well as more specific matters about the recording of Blood on Ice and many of the other early Bathory albums in his liner notes for this release. The album's plot follows ideas and formats typical of the sagas, but was written by Quorthon himself. The album cover is drawn by Kristian Wåhlin.

TRACK-LIST:

Side A:

1. Introduction
2. Blood on Ice
3. Man of Iron

Side B:

1. One Eyed Old Man
2. The Sword
3. The Stallion

Side C:

1. The Woodwoman
2. The Lake

Side D:

1. Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain
2. The Ravens
3. The Revenge of the Blood on Ice