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Biography
Infobox musical artist | | name = Quorthon| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Tomas Ace Forsberg| burial_name = Tomas Börje Forsberg| alias = Ace Shot, Black Spade| birth_date = Birth date|1966|2|17|df=y| death_date = death date and age|2004|6|7|1966|2|17|df=y| origin = Sweden | instrument = Guitar , Bass guitar , electronic keyboard|Keyboards , Synthesizer , drum kit|Drums , singing|Vocals | genre = Black metal , viking metal , thrash metal , alternative rock Grunge | occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active = 1983–2004| label = Black Mark Productions|Black Mark , Noise Records|Noise | associated_acts = Bathory (band)|Bathory Quorthon| website =| current_members = N/A| past_members = Frederick Melander,Jonas Åkerlund,Vvornth and Kothaar,The Animal| notable_instruments = Cowbell,Synthesizers Quorthon (born Tomas Ace Forsberg February 17, 1966, Stockholm, died circa|c. June 7, 2004, Stockholm) was a Sweden|Swedish musician. He was a multi-instrumentalist and the founder and songwriter of the pioneering Swedish black metal band Bathory (band)|Bathory . He is also credited with creating the Viking metal genre. He composed the music and wrote the lyrics on all of Bathory's album s.
Career
Quorthon formed Bathory in 1983 when he was 17 years old. He recorded in a garage known as Heavenshore Studios on a 4 track recorder
Around this time (in the mid-late 80's) live performances by Bathory were rare. Albums from this period helped the then-burgeoning black metal sub-genre, and rare photographs of the band helped in part to define its image. Quorthon at this time claimed to have stressful experiences dealing with over-zealous fans, receiving letters written in blood and dead/mutilated animals in the post, amongst other things. This behaviour, along with Bathory's image and style of music, cemented Quorthon's unfortunate image, as he put it, as "the baby-eating, blood-drinking God of the bat-cave" in the popular imagination as well as popular metal press, much to Quorthon's disgust and anger.
Beginning in the 1990s, Quorthon took full control of Bathory, choosing to forgo performing live in order to spend time recording music with hired musicians, as well changing style from the black metal of the 80's to a slower, heavier style dubbed " Viking metal", due to its lyrics being focused on Norse mythology . From this point onwards, he also played bass guitar on almost all of his albums, and mostly used a drum machine or a session drummer. Quorthon also personally paid for the production of Bathory's only ever music video , for the song " One Rode to Asa Bay ", taken from their second Viking metal album, Hammerheart . The video was shown on MTV 's '' Headbanger's Ball , though Quorthon had not yet seen it at the time he was interviewed for the program.
In 1993 Quorthon set Bathory aside and recorded and released Three albums under the name "Quorthon". The first, called Album (Quorthon album)|Album , was released in 1994, and then in 1996 Quorthon released Blood on Ice , a Viking metal concept album which he began recording in 1989 but did not finish.Then the final two albums which came under the title of Quorthon were released which were Purity of Essence (Quorthon album)|Purity of Essence and When Our Day Is Through (Quorthon album)|When Our Day Is Through and both were released in 1997. The albums were more Rock music|rock oriented than Bathory's black / Viking /Thrash style. While working on these albums he found new inspiration to continue composing music for Bathory. Bathory's next albums were in a retro- thrash metal style, unlike previous releases. His next albums followed in that vein, including the Nordland I|Nordland saga. It was planned as a four-album set, but only two were finished sadly.Black Mark Productions released a box set under the Title '' In Memory Of Quorthon (Quorthon album)|In Memory Of Quorthon . It contained a Poster of Quorthon,Three DVDs of unreleased material aswell as some old classics.Some promo footage of Quorthon's tours and himself and the only music video of Bathory " One Rode to Asa Bay ".
Death
Quorthon was found dead in his apartment on 7 June 2004, apparently from Congestive heart failure|heart failure . http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=51012 BlabbermouthD'Amico, Giuliano. http://www.kronic.it/artGet.aspx? cID=826 Requiem. Ad un anno esatto dalla morte di Quorthon celebriamo l`imprescindibile combo svedese, Kronic , 7 June 2005. Accessed 15 February 2012.Kouroupis, Panagiotis. http://www.avopolis.gr/metal-news/8031-quorthon-bathory-blackmores-night-megadeth-sentenced Quorthon (Bathory), Blackmore's Night, Megadeth, Sentenced, Avopolis , 15 June 2004. Accessed 15 February 2012. http://www.musik-base.de/Bands/Bathory Bathory Portrait, musik-base.de. Accessed 15 February 2012. Quorthon was buried at Sandsborgs Kyrkogård in Gamla Enskede , South Stockholm on 13 July of the same year.
"The Black Mark" Vinyl 2003 by Made in Hell Records limited to 500 copies
"Epicus Dominius Satanikus" Vinyl 2001 by Hammer Goat Records limited to 350 copies
"In Nomine Sathanas" Tape
"True Black Essence"/History" CD
"Bathory/Celtic Frost" Split
"Bathory/Venom" Split
"Bathory/Dark Funeral" Split
"Bathory/Hellhammer" Split
"Under the Sign of Darkness and Evil" CD 2001 by Bathory Records
"Die in Fire" Picture vinyl 2002
References
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External links
http://www.myspace.com/bathoryofficial Official Myspace page
http://www.blackmark.net Black Mark label page
Bathory (band) Persondata | NAME = Quorthon | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 17 February 1966 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Stockholm , Sweden | DATE OF DEATH = 3 June 2004 | PLACE OF DEATH = Stochholm , Sweden
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