Octagon (Bathory album)
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Octagon | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 17 October 1995[1] | |||
Recorded | 30 January – 23 March 1995[1] | |||
Studio | Hellhole Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 39:40 | |||
Label | Black Mark | |||
Producer | Borje Forsberg, Quorthon | |||
Bathory chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 8/10[2] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[3] |
Octagon is the eighth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 17 October 1995[1] through Black Mark Production. It continues the retro thrash metal style of the previous album, Requiem. It was reissued in 2003, with the first two tracks combined and "Winds of Mayhem" outro added.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Quorthon, except "Deuce", written by Gene Simmons
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930" | 2:46 |
2. | "Born to Die" | 3:58 |
3. | "Psychopath" | 3:19 |
4. | "Sociopath" | 3:09 |
5. | "Grey" | 1:14 |
6. | "Century" | 4:08 |
7. | "33 Something" | 3:16 |
8. | "War Supply" | 4:41 |
9. | "Schizianity" | 4:17 |
10. | "Judgement of Posterity" | 5:11 |
11. | "Deuce" (Kiss cover) | 3:42 |
Total length: | 39:40 |
2003 reissue
All tracks are written by Quorthon, except "Deuce", written by Gene Simmons
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930 / Born to Die" | 6:45 |
2. | "Psychopath" | 3:19 |
3. | "Sociopath" | 3:09 |
4. | "Grey" | 1:14 |
5. | "Century" | 4:08 |
6. | "33 Something" | 3:16 |
7. | "War Supply" | 4:41 |
8. | "Schizianity" | 4:17 |
9. | "Judgement of Posterity" | 5:11 |
10. | "Deuce" (Kiss cover) | 3:42 |
11. | "Winds of Mayhem (Outro)" | 0:23 |
Total length: | 40:03 |
Personnel
References
- ^ a b c d Wesolowski, David Peter. "Octagon - Bathory : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Filicetti, Gino (1 October 1995). "CoC : Bathory - Octagon : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
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