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* HardcorePunk: They were a ''massive'' influence on the more metallic side of hardcore and especially crust punk, and Quorthon himself admitted at various points that he identified far more with punk than with metal and preferred it as a genre.
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The first signs of what was to follow appeared on what many fans consider to be Bathory's best album, ''Blood Fire Death'', on which some of the tracks the pace had slowed down to allow for a more epic songwriting approach, said to be an [[UrExample influence on]], or [[TropeMakers initiation of]], the extreme metal sub-genre of viking metal. The Viking theme was also first introduced on this album. However, most of the musical elements of black metal were still present.
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The first signs of what was to follow appeared on what many fans consider to be Bathory's best album, ''Blood Fire Death'', on which some of the tracks the pace had slowed down to allow for a more epic songwriting approach, said to be an [[UrExample influence on]], or [[TropeMakers initiation of]], the extreme metal sub-genre SubGenre of viking metal. The Viking theme was also first introduced on this album. However, most of the musical elements of black metal were still present.
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--> ''"People of Asa land... it has only just begun!"''
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--> ''"People of Asa land... it has only just begun!"''
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* IAmTheBand: Pretty much every album after the first one. On ''Hammerheart'', ''Twilight of the Gods'', ''Destroyer of Worlds'', and the ''Nordland'' albums, Quorthon is the sole performer; on others, he credits session musicians, [[UnreliableNarrator although it's dubious if they actually preformed on them, given Quorthon's propensity to spread false information about the band]] to both play a joke on the press and cultivate a more mysterious image. Many issues of Bathory albums between 1988 and 1996 credit bass and guitars to "Kothaar" and "Vvornth" respectively, but these have since been revealed to be pseudonyms for either the aforementioned session musicians, or Quorthon himself.[[note]]These "members" would appear in some publicity shots for the band, but were variously played by friends of Quorthon or hired models.[[/note]]
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* IAmTheBand: Pretty much every album after the first one. On ''Hammerheart'', ''Twilight of the Gods'', ''Destroyer of Worlds'', and the ''Nordland'' albums, Quorthon is the sole performer; on others, he credits session musicians, [[UnreliableNarrator although it's dubious if they actually preformed on them, given Quorthon's propensity to spread false information about the band]] to both play a joke on the press and cultivate a more mysterious image. Many issues of Bathory albums between 1988 and 1996 credit bass and guitars drums to "Kothaar" and "Vvornth" respectively, but these have since been revealed to be pseudonyms for either the aforementioned session musicians, or Quorthon himself.[[note]]These "members" would appear in some publicity shots for the band, but were variously played by friends of Quorthon or hired models.[[/note]]
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* IAmTheBand: Pretty much every album after the first one. On ''Hammerheart'', ''Twilight of the Gods'', ''Destroyer of Worlds'', and the ''Nordland'' albums, Quorthon is the sole performer; on others, he credits session musicians, [[UnreliableNarrator although it's dubious if they actually preformed on them, given Quorthon's propensity to spread false information about the band]] to both play a joke on the press and cultivate a more mysterious image.
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* IAmTheBand: Pretty much every album after the first one. On ''Hammerheart'', ''Twilight of the Gods'', ''Destroyer of Worlds'', and the ''Nordland'' albums, Quorthon is the sole performer; on others, he credits session musicians, [[UnreliableNarrator although it's dubious if they actually preformed on them, given Quorthon's propensity to spread false information about the band]] to both play a joke on the press and cultivate a more mysterious image. Many issues of Bathory albums between 1988 and 1996 credit bass and guitars to "Kothaar" and "Vvornth" respectively, but these have since been revealed to be pseudonyms for either the aforementioned session musicians, or Quorthon himself.[[note]]These "members" would appear in some publicity shots for the band, but were variously played by friends of Quorthon or hired models.[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:280: Tomas Börje Forsberg, AKA: "Quorthon", AKA: "Ace". Founder and sole member of Bathory, during most of its existence.]]
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[[caption-width-right:280: Tomas "Ace" Börje Forsberg, AKA: "Quorthon", AKA: "Ace".better known as "Quorthon". Founder and sole member of Bathory, during most of its existence.]]
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** Funnily enough, Jonas Åkerlund, Bathory's original drummer, would direct the video for Music/PaulMcCartney's "Lonely Road" many years later.
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* {{Gotterdammerung}}: The title track of ''Twilight of the Gods''. "One Rode to Asa Bay" can be seen as describing the beginnings of this for the Nordic faith.
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* {{Gotterdammerung}}: The title track of ''Twilight of the Gods''. "One Rode to Asa Bay" can be seen as describing the beginnings of this for the old Nordic faith.faith as the native culture is erased by Christianization.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Ace Börje Forsberg was the name written on Quorthon's obituary, but his real birth name was Tomas. If someone asked him the real name he always gave invented ones: Runka Snorkråka (Wanked Snot(hodded)crow), Pär Vers (a wordplay, means perverted), Fjärt Bengrot (Fart Bengrot), Folke Ostkuksgrissla, Fnoret.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Ace Börje Forsberg was the name written on Quorthon's obituary, but his real birth name was Tomas. Tomas, which he never publicly revealed during his life. If someone interviewers asked him the his real name name, he always gave invented ones: ones; Runka Snorkråka (Wanked Snot(hodded)crow), Pär Vers (a wordplay, means perverted), Fjärt Bengrot (Fart Bengrot), Folke Ostkuksgrissla, Fnoret.and Fnoret, to name a few. This was probably both to play a lighthearted trick on the press, which Quorthon enjoyed, and to cultivate his somewhat elusive, mythical image as a part of Bathory.
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* TheWildHunt: Depicted on the cover of ''Blood Fire Death.''
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* TheWildHunt: Depicted on in the Peter Nicolai Arbo painting ''The Wild Hunt of Odin'', which is the album cover of ''Blood Fire Death.''
