Blood Fire Death
Studio album by Bathory
Released	October 1988
Recorded	1988 at Heavenshore Studio in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Black metal Viking metal [1]
Length	45:41
Label	Black Mark Records
Producer	Quorthon and The Boss
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Bathory chronology
Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) Blood Fire Death (1988) Hammerheart (1990)

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Track listing

1. "Odens Ride over Nordland" – 2:59
2. "A Fine Day to Die" – 8:35
3. "The Golden Walls of Heaven" – 5:22
4. "Pace 'till Death" – 3:39
5. "Holocaust" – 3:25
6. "For All Those Who Died" – 4:57
7. "Dies Irae" – 5:11
8. "Blood fire death" – 10:28
9. "Outro" – 0:58

Credits

• Quorthon – electric guitar, percussion, vocals, lyrics
• Kothaar – bass guitar
• Vvornth – drums
• Peter Nicolai Arbo – album cover painting, The Wild Hunt of Odin (Åsgårdsreien)
• Pelle Matteus – photography