History Trivia / Bathory

* ReclusiveArtist: Quorthon was a rather private person, which is one of the reasons Bathory garnered a strong level of mysticism during the '80s and beyond; there were no official promotional photos of Quorthon until ''Blood Fire Death'', and in interviews he would intentionally give false, conflicting details about himself both to joke around and reinforce his mysteriousness. The band also only played live a scarce few times before becoming Quorthon's studio-only project in 1985, which further reinforced its elusive and borderline mythic reputation.

* ThePeteBest: Bathory was actually started by Quorthorn, Jonas Åkerlund and Frederick Melander, but since they were only members for such a short time, you'd have a hard time finding anyone who'd actually mention the latter two when talking about the band. Interestingly enough though, Jonas went on to be a wildly successful music video director, making videos the likes of Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/{{Iggy Pop}}, Music/SmashingPumpkins, Music/LennyKravitz, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/{{Metallica}}, and infinitely more. This has even landed him three Grammys as well as many other awards, and he even directed 2019's ''Film/LordsOfChaos'', a {{Biopic}} film chronicling Norway's second-wave black metal scene.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nordland saga was going to span across four albums. Unfortunately, Quorthon could finish the first two parts before he passed away in 2004.

** The same is true of Quorthon's family too, as the fact that Stig Börje Forsberg, the founder of Black Mark Production, was his Quorthon's father and that Jennie Tebler, the former vocalist of GothRock band Lake of Tears who also collaborated with him on her solo album, was his younger sister was not reveled until two years after his death.

* BreakupBreakout: Jonas Åkerlund. See below.

* ReclusiveArtist: Quorthon was a rather private person, which is one of the reasons Bathory garnered a strong level of mysticism during the '80s and beyond; there were no official promotional photos of Quorthon until ''Blood Fire Death'', and in interviews he would intentionally give false, conflicting details about himself both to joke around and reinforce his mysteriousness. The same is true of his family too, as the fact that Stig Börje Forsberg, the founder of Black Mark Production, was his Quorthon's father and that Jennie Tebler, the former vocalist of GothRock band Lake of Tears who also collaborated with him on her solo album, was his younger sister was not reveled until two years after his death.

%%* DiedDuringProduction: Quorthon: 1966 - 2004

* FollowTheLeader[=/=]FountainOfExpies: More than any other band in black metal (even Music/{{Mayhem}}), Quorthon influenced the direction the genre would follow, unmistakably shaping not just the form and style of black metal but also that of the spinoff genre Viking metal. It's difficult to imagine a metal band, apart from Music/BlackSabbath, Music/JudasPriest, Music/IronMaiden, Music/{{Motorhead}}, or possibly Music/{{Death}}, that has been copied more.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The video for ''One Rode to Asa Bay'' wasn't given an official home release until 2006.
* ThePeteBest: Bathory was actually started by Quorthorn, Jonas Åkerlund and Frederick Melander, but you'd have a hard time finding anyone who'd actually mention the latter two when talking about the band. Interestingly enough though, Jonas went on to be a succesful music video director, making videos for pretty much ''every popular artist you can name''. This has even landed him three Grammys as well as many other awards and he's recently even directing a ''[[Film/LordsOfChaos black metal film]]'' based on the Norwegian Black Metal scene.
* ReclusiveArtist: Quorthon was surprisingly enough a private person and was one of the reason's Bathory garnered some mystic, due to the fact there was no promo photos of him until ''Blood Fire Death''. Heck when it comes to his family, it is known Stig Börje Forsberg, the founder of Black Mark Production to be his father and his sister was Jennie Tebler, a fact not known until ''2006 nonetheless'', two years after his death.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Nordland saga was to be comprised of four albums. Unfortunately, Quorthon only lived long enough to finish first two parts.
** Quorton had intended Bathory to end after ''Twilight of the Gods'' so the project wouldn't be a FranchiseZombie. It obviously didn't work.

** Quorton had intended Bathory to end after ''Twilight of the Gods'' so the project wouldn't be a FranchiseZombie. It obviously didn't work.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Quorthon: 1966 - 2004

* ReclusiveArtist: Quorthon was surprisingly enough a private person and was one of the reason's Bathory garnered some mystic, due to the fact there was no promo photos of him until ''Blood Fire Death''. Heck when it comes to his family, it is known Stig Börje Forsberg, the founder of Black Mark Production to be his father and his sister was later on (in ''2006 nonetheless'') was Jennie Tebler.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Nordland saga was to be comprised of four albums. Unfortunately, Quorthon only lived long enough to finish first two parts.

* ThePeteBest: Bathory was actually started by Quorthorn, Jonas Åkerlund and Frederick Melander, but you'd have a hard time finding anyone who'd actually mention the latter two when talking about the band. Interestingly enough though, Jonas went on to be a succesful music video director, making videos for pretty much ''every popular artist you can name''. This has even landed him three Grammys as well as many other awards and he's recently even directing a ''black metal film'' based on the Norwegian Black Metal scene.

* ThePeteBest: Bathory was actually started by Quorthorn, Jonas Åkerlund and Frederick Melander, but you'd have a hard time finding anyone who'd actually mention the latter two when talking about the band. Interestingly enough though, Jonas went on to be a succesful music video director, making videos for pretty much ''every popular artist you can name''. This has even landed him three Grammys as well as many other awards.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Quorthan: 1966 - 2004

* AuthorExistenceFailure