Hammerheart

Hammerheart
Studio album by Bathory
Released	April 16, 1990
Recorded	June – August 1989 at Heavenshore Studio in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Viking metal
Length	55:46
Label	Noise Black Mark (reissue)
Producer	Quorthon and Boss Forsberg
Bathory chronology
Blood Fire Death (1988) Hammerheart (1990) Twilight of the Gods (1991)

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Hammerheart is the fifth album released by Bathory. It continued Blood Fire Death's transition away from black metal to what would become recognized as Viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Quorthon / Black Mark. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shores in Flames"	11:07
2.	"Valhalla"	9:33
3.	"Baptised in Fire and Ice"	7:57
4.	"Father to Son"	6:28
5.	"Song to Hall Up High"	2:30
6.	"Home of Once Brave"	6:43
7.	"One Rode to Asa Bay"	10:23
8.	"Outro"	0:52
Total length:		55:46

The 2003 remastered edition combines tracks 5 and 6.

Personnel

• Quorthon – guitars, vocals, bass, drums, percussion, synthesizer
• Produced, engineered and mixed by Quorthon and Boss Forsberg
• Julia Schechner – album design
• Sir Frank Dicksee – cover artwork, The Funeral of a Viking (provided by Manchester City Art Gallery)

External links

• Hammerheart at Discogs