History YMMV / Bathory

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: It's hard not to chuckle at the "neener-neener-neener" snippet in the intro to "Pace 'Till Death". The lyrics are kinda silly too: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fastest of 'em all!"

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay". Not only did Quorthon pay out of his own pocket to make it, it to this day holds the record for the longest video to have ever aired on Creator/{{MTV}}.

* EvilIsSexy: The song "Woman of Dark Desires" makes UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory out as this.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Paying with money out of his own pocket for the music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay", which to this day still holds the record as the longest video to have ever aired on Creator/{{MTV}}.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Lots, but most Bathory fans will agree that "A Fine Day To Die" is among this.
** Most fans will likely agree that the whole of ''Blood, Fire, Death'' falls under this.
** The general rule is that the first six albums, ''Blood on Ice'', and the two ''Nordland'' albums consist exclusively of this.
* CreatorWorship: Quorthon is pretty much universally loved in the metal community. So much so that when certain groups accuse him of endorsing "white supremacy" [[InsaneTrollLogic due to his admiration of vikings]], expect the fanbase to respond viciously.
* EpicRiff: So goddamn many, but "A Fine Day to Die" has one of the best.
* EvilIsCool: A big part of the band early on. As the band shifted towards Viking metal, this trope was used less, but is still present.

* FanonDiscontinuity: No Bathory fan ever speaks of ''Octagon''. ''Destroyer of Worlds'' isn't generally very well regarded either.

* 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.
* FranchiseZombie: Quorthon originally intended to end the band with ''Twilight of the Gods'' and focus on his solo career, but decided to keep on with the band.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Paying with money out of his own pocket for the music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay", which to this day is still holds the record as the longest video to have ever aired on Creator/{{MTV}}.

* 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/{{Motorhead}}, or possibly Music/{{Death}}, that has been copied more.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Paying with money out of his own pocket for the music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay", which to this day is still holds the record as the longest video to have ever aired on Creator/{{MTV}}.

* CompleteMonster: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Depnxz_dco Woman of Dark Desires]]": UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory is a [[AristocratsAreEvil vain countess]] obsessed with eternal beauty. [[ImmortalityImmorality To this end]], she lures virgin women to slaughter and [[BloodBath bathe in their blood]]. By the time that she was punished for her crimes, Bathory had [[SerialKiller killed sixty women]] in a mass bloodletting. Her narcissism, combined with her sadistic lusts, earned Bathory the title of the Blood Countess.

* CreatorWorship: Quorthon is pretty much universally loved in the metal community.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: It's hard not to chuckle at the "neened-neener-neener" snippet in the intro to "Pace 'Till Death". The lyrics are kinda silly too: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fastest of 'em all!"

* EvilIsSexy: The song "Woman of Dark Desires" makes ElizabethBathory out as this.

* 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 or possibly Music/{{Death}}, that has been copied more.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Paying with money out of his own pocket for the music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay", which to this day is still holds the record as the longest video to have ever aired on Creator/{{MTV}}.

%%* EvilIsCool
%%Why? A trope name on its own is not context.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Paying with money out of his own pocket for the music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay", which to this day is still holds the record as the longest video to have ever aired on {{MTV}}.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Lots, but most Bathory fans will agree that "A Fine Day To Die" is among this.

* EvilIsCool

* FanonDiscontinuity[=/=]DorkAge: No Bathory fan ever speaks of ''Octagon''. ''Destroyer of Worlds'' isn't generally very well regarded either.

* MagnumOpus: Depends on fans, although many will say ''Blood, Fire, Death'', ''The Return...'', ''Under the Sign of the Black Mark'', ''Hammerheart'', and a couple others.

* MagnumOpus: Depends on fans, although many will say ''Blood, Fire, Death', ''The Return........''. and a couple others.

* FranchiseZombie: Quorthon originally intended to end the band with ''Twilight of the Gods'' and focus on his solo career, but decided to keep on with the band.

* {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}: Paying with money out of his own pocket for the music video for "One Rode To Asa Bay", which to this day is still holds the record as the longest video to have ever aired on {{MTV}}.
* {{Crowning Music of Awesome}}: Lots, but most Bathory fans will agree that "A Fine Day To Die" is among this.

* {{Crowning Music of Awesome}}: Lots, but most Bathory fans will agree that "A Fine Day To Die" is among this.

* FanonDiscontinuity: No Bathory fan ever speaks of ''Octagon''. ''Destroyer of Worlds'' isn't generally very well regarded either.

* FanonDiscontinuity: No Bathory fan ever speaks of Octagon

* EvilIsSexy: The song "Woman of Dark Desires" makes Elizabeth Bathory out as this.