BATHORY: 'In Memory Of Quorthon' Box Set Due In June
- Apr. 15, 2006
Black Mark Records has set a June 3 release date for the new BATHORY box set, "In Memory of Quorthon", containing three CDs, one DVD, a book and a poster. Börje "Boss" Forsberg — owner of Black Mark Records and father of late BATHORY mainman Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg — had previously stated that the package would contain "Quorthon's and BATHORY's complete musical history." The following description of the box set's contents has been released by Black Mark:
"A unique work, exhaustively and respectfully assembled in remembrance of the legendary founder of death metal and viking metal. For an entire year Boss collected and went through so much material that it took months until the project truly began to take shape. Boss used as much of Quorthon's original material as possible — including his layouts, text and notes taken from the posted and unreleased material he left. The artwork: Painted by Kristian Wåhlin who closely followed Quorthon's concept for a new BATHORY album cover — even if the new album itself was barely outlined at the time. Kristian began working on the new cover in late spring 2004, only weeks before Quorthon unexpectedly passed away. The painting Kristian gave us meant so much to Boss that he decided to use it for the memorial shirts and, of course, as the box sets cover art. The CDs: Boss personally selected the songs for the three CDs, which feature four of the finest hours of BATHORY and the great Quorthon. When choosing the tracks, Boss kept in mind Quorthon's favourites, so you can be sure it is a compilation first of Quorthon's favourites, and of Boss — selected from a very strong and diverse catalogue. In addition, you will hear BATHORY and Quorthon recordings you probably didnt even know existed. All music was remastered especially for the box set. The book - 176 pages. Only in the memory box set. Text written by Quorthon personally appears in italics. Besides lyrics, the book features BATHORY's history, discography, background on the first recordings — with titles, years, studios, covers — and even a couple of photographs. Nearly all of this is from Quorthon's and Boss' own private archives. By popular demand, the DVD contains the first official commercial release of the legendary 11-minute video for 'One Rode To Asa Bay', as well as the MTV interview Quorthon did in London for the release of 'Hammerheart'. The poster: Quorthon's fire breathing."
Quorthon was found dead in his apartment in Stockholm, Sweden on June 7, 2004. The 39-year-old, widely considered to be one of black metal's founding fathers, reportedly died of heart failure.
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COMMENT | RIP posted by : SMiM 4/15/2006 7:43:46 AM
R.I.P Quorthorn
A musical genius
I', definetly getting this when its out
COMMENT | posted by : norsk blod 4/15/2006 7:46:14 AM
ITS ABOUT TIME!! i heard rumors about this last year. im really glad to see it actually coming through. ill definitally get this
RIP Quorthon
COMMENT | posted by : Al Bundy 4/15/2006 7:49:14 AM
rip quorthon. you will forever be missed.
COMMENT | Quorthon = ICON posted by : Scream Bloody Gore 4/15/2006 8:29:35 AM
This sounds like a very special box set. I wonder what the dvd is all about. I hope it has some private interviews and lots of in studio clips. A long documentary would be nice too.
RIP- Quorthon, Onward to Valhalla.
"I'll be one with mother earth not dinning in no hall up high"
If you don't like/respect DIO, you're not METAL!!!!!!
COMMENT | Here we go again... posted by : Blod_re_Moder_Nord 4/15/2006 8:52:22 AM
Could Blabbermouth.net possibly make a bigger fool out of themselves?
Quote from an informed, actual metal publication: "They say he was Börje Forsberg´s son. Well, Quorthon always said in interviews that his name wasn´t Tomas Forsberg, nor he was Black Mark Production owner´s son. Other names as Pugh Rogefeldt are also false. But if all this was true, it seems we find that Börje Forsberg seems to be only 12 years older than Quorthon. An age too premature to be father, certainly... Black Mark Production website is also silent about all the topic. All in all: I don´t believe a word, call me incredulous or whatever you want, but I can´t trust a rumour and even less coming from a Roadrunner Records associated website."
You people are a disgrace.
Whatever happened to the "supposed" article in Ekspressen that honored Quorthon? I went out and picked up the paper; Nothing.
I don't know if there's a single person with any sort of journalistic degree at Blabbermouth, but you need your money back, bad.
COMMENT | awesome posted by : VengeanceWolf 4/15/2006 8:55:54 AM
Black Mark sent me an email about this. Their mail order service is really good, btw. I think all the dvd will have on it is One Rode To Asa Bay video and an interview with Quorthon (that's what's listed on Black Mark's site.)
COMMENT | crap = crap posted by : Andersonic 4/15/2006 9:47:40 AM
Bathory was crap and will forever be crap, even in a nice boxset. One of the most over-appreciated 'bands' ever...
COMMENT | Thanks for the response posted by : Blod_re_Moder_Nord 4/15/2006 9:59:57 AM
But as you say, Quorthon did quite well in concealing himself and the things that revolved around him, to most everyone.
Maybe he was a nutcase, maybe he was a genius, I'm not sure. I did pick up the Ekspressen newspaper and I didn't see the article, but if it was a small block, I may have missed it. What confirmation did you get that the person you were corresponding/talking to was actually Quorthons sister? How much do you check your sources?
Börje Forsberg may never have denied it, but that's exactly why the controversy over Quorthon still stands. To a lot of the people who've slavishly read his interviews and read up on the cult revolving around Quorthon, it would seem the perfect final act of defiance to his illdisposed popularity, for Quorthon to have himself presumed dead, when he in fact is just laughing at all the kids making tribute pages and so on and so on.
I don't see what Börje Forsberg has to gain from denying Quorthon as his son, apart from bolstering the aura of mystique. Which could be a final tribute to Quorthon, or a complete sham. But the thing that puzzles me the most is, if a guy called Thomas Forsberg was buried in Stockholm within a week (which is the usual timespan, 1 or 2 weeks) how come no Bathoryphile has checked out the various records for people buried in Stockholm around that time, to attend the funeral, or indeed document it in some way.
Quorthon was absolutely not one of the smaller cult figures in metal, and I'd expect that when someone of his significance died, it would be a scavenger hunt by obsessed to find where he lived, where he's buried and whatever might first of all confirm his death, and second of all, try to unravel the mysticism he built around himself.
With those pieces missing, it aggrivates me that you can write news articles with that degree of certainty in your facts.
You quite simply haven't presented enough basis for your theory.
COMMENT | To Blod_re_Moder_Nord posted by : webmaster 4/15/2006 10:30:40 AM
The name of the newspaper is Expressen, not "Ekspressen."
http://www.expressen.se/
Yes, it was a small write-up, but if you have the 9, 2004 edition, you couldn't have missed, especially if you were looking for it.
It's difficult to believe that you have a copy of the paper if you live in Sweden (presumably) and repeatedly mispell the name of one of the biggest daily newspapers.
Like I said, I don't know why Quorthon lied about it in interviews -- I'm assuming it was to protect his family, but that's purely speculation. Having said that, he wasn't a big mainstream star and was a relatively underground figure who kept a low profile, so there was no logical reason for him to lie about this. But several of the people that knew him and his family -- including Leif Edling from CANDLEMASS and Peter Stjärnvind from ENTOMBED -- stated that he was in fact Börje's son and the Expressen article further confirmed it.
I don't know what records Bathoryphile checked and what information they had access to, but it's never been announced where Quorthon was buried and whether he was buried at all (maybe he was cremated).
COMMENT | Expressen posted by : webmaster 4/15/2006 10:33:17 AM
I suppose it's possible that Expressen published a different edition outside the Stockholm area that didn't include the Quorthon write-up (since it was so small).
COMMENT | posted by : En_Gris 4/15/2006 11:08:21 AM
Hail Quorthon, a true legend. Bathory rules.
COMMENT | wow posted by : T.C. 4/15/2006 12:37:53 PM
great, can't wait for this.
also refreshing to see such actual intelligent and informative banter in the comments, thank you. :)
C harkonin.com
COMMENT | Awesome... posted by : DMIZE 4/15/2006 1:58:06 PM
I'll definetely be getting this.
Bathory was and always will be pioneers.
COMMENT | Blabber posted by : Van Helsing 4/15/2006 2:33:44 PM
flaKISSfan1, that Metal Underground article is copied from this Blabbermouth story. it even provides a link at the top.
COMMENT | Quorthon = Boss' Son posted by : Van Helsing 4/15/2006 2:39:27 PM
If they were unrelated, why the fuck would Boss have so much shit in his personal archives from Quorthon and wouldn't we be hearing from Quorthon's "real" family about what their wishes are for a "memorial" box? Furthermore, why the fuck would Quorthon stay signed to a shitty small Swedish label for 20 years when he probably could have landed a better deal with a decent independent label that could at least properly promote his albums?
COMMENT | posted by : Blood Fire Death 4/15/2006 4:32:01 PM
I hope it's at a decent price, but regardless I'll still be buying it.
RIP Quorthon
COMMENT | Here we go again... posted by : Blod_re_Moder_Nord 4/16/2006 8:34:38 PM
Right,
First of all I'm not Swedish, I'm Danish. Swedish newspapers are readily available in the more respectable newsstands, and second of all Expressen would be spelled Ekspressen here, and since I'm not exactly in the habit of reading swedish news from Denmark, it's an pretty innocent mistake, since I obviously haven't bothered to pick up Ekspressen since that day.
I wish I had kept it given the current argument though.
What's shocking to me though, is that you just admitted that every source you have is suggested acquaintances. In other words; Gossip. Do you seriously not even regard your readers highly enough, not to expect them to want something concrete when you report on the death of a (veritable) metal legend?
It's SPECIFICALLY not enough to go with rumors given the circumstances that Quorthon did indeed like to decieve everyone conscientiously. Not even if it were proven from proven friends, who would obviously not ruin any plans for retirement the man had.
It's reprehensible that Blabbermouth is so desperate for sensations that you'll state hearsay as fact in the way that you have, but thanks for setting it clear what sources you did have. Sadly that's what a lot of us expect from Blabbermouth these days, due to journalistic integrity of this exact standard (or lack of same).
COMMENT | To Blod_re_Moder_Nord posted by : webmaster 4/17/2006 11:57:51 AM
Citing Quorthon's sister and close friends as a source is hardly what I would call "gossip". Unless I -- or you -- actually saw Quorthon's dead body, any information regarding his death would have to come from at least a second-hand source. I assume that means Expressen is a gossip paper as well who didn't bother checking facts, according to you. And what reason would Quorthon have to fake his own death? A lot of people believe Jim Morrison, Elvis and Bon Scott are still alive, too.
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