Quorthon Interview on MTV Headbangers Ball (DVD) 

Some learn it with no accent, most, like me, have accents of different sorts

@Trent Cook Yes, because they are quite similar and the English language contains a lot of old Norse, like arm for example

Not really. His scandinavian accent was still there, albeit quite subtle and easy to miss. Still, for a foreigner, he really came very close to sounding British.

@@e.h.5849 you're right, listening to him again he definitely sounds quite Scandinavian

I definitely hear both accents somehow. Like he’s speaking British English, but still with a Swedish accent or something. It’s funny how that works sometimes. Like I always think Alexander Skarsgård has a southern US accent to his English, probably just from years on that vampire show lol.

You can find quite good amount of interviews of him on the fan page bathoryhordes

Yes, he is a legend and one of most important people for evolution of extreme metal genres.

Just know he wasn't as extreme as he seemed. I got to speak with him and know him a bit. He was actually pretty shy and learned to play parts and put on a persona. He created amazing music during his unfortunate too short of a journey. I truly wish he had the chance to continue on his grand endeavors & expand on all his brilliant ideas! I pray his sister will share some of his creations that most have not had a chance to hear. Eternal Hailz❣🤘

He IS a total legend.

​@@hmpz36911you met the older version of him apparently

@White People Rule The World what dont u like about it?

@White People Rule The World Dead from mayhem used to say that, eh to each their own I guess

@White People Rule The World ur not the judge of whats good u joyless little tool... Hammerhearts a great album and u have no taste whatsoever

Quorthon himself: "Well, I don’t know what kinda piece shit music to be influenced by, cause, you know, I mean, the first 3 or 4 Bathory albums, you know, they’re not even listenable. I mean, we’re terrible musicians, we didn’t have a clue, uuhhm, our English was fucked up, still is probably. But I mean, listen to even the first couple Bathory albums, the first Slayer albums; the first album of Celtic Frost, and the first album of Bathory-it’s all crap." He was mostly right. Especially Celtic Frost's debut is some of the worst shit that was ever released in metal music. But the Return and Under the... have groundbreaking songs in them.

That’s how you keep yourself humbled

Perhaps he was, definitely more pure than you.

ross I'm hungarian, for us, finn sounds, if we would talk backwards! :P :D Üxi kaxi, I don't think so... :D Rather gaelish , irish mixture!!! Gaelic Folk Song

ross Found irish too, pretty chixs though. :P All of them vikings, just as, on Iceland, Norway, Swedish. Finns not.... They are our relatives!!! :D The Corrs - Buachaill On Eirne (Translated!!)

ross Shit mizzed Danish.... Also Solstafitr at us and at our finn bros upthere likes to hang very much!!! :P It's from the Valhalla Rising,,cheq this to guys. Sólstafir - Djákninn

+Kuksoman Behold! Thranduil of Mirkwood!

I think he was born 1963 cause otherwise he would've been 10 years old during their first album

+Paul Pinargote 1966 actually

+KvltMaster666 Damn so he was around 17 during their first album?!

+Sui Cydal Damn he sounded and played good for 17

Yes! The same thing happened to me.

No I think that was Devin Townsend..

Cronos would like to have a word with you...

He's got the M shaped hairline, and it stands for METAL.

@@scribeofsolace not cronos😭😭

Nobody comes close to Dallas from nile

He's the best metal artist of all time. Woodie is the best rapper equivalent to him, check him out

​@@JoeyBvr Don't talk about rap on a Quorthon video

He sounds so much like a British person

so true man, i feel the same

Same with me! This is the music of my childhood, and teen years. Still love it! after all these years.

You forgot Sarcafago

Oscar Gonzalez Hell Yeah, Bathory and the Return next

Pues,claro...Hombre....🍻🍻🍻

SI MANO!

@@pastaboy9371 chuck died 3 years earlier

@@Edyime your absolutely right, my mistake, I'll edit it now

gp365y one of my most favorites too.

gp365y I really love that album!

He did say it before but because it was in print it was often taken back. Now with the video out there no one can deny he did actually finally admit it. I think it was pretty obvious anyway LOL. But people love to live in denial...

@@hmpz36911 So true so true.

@@Cannibal_Holocaust There's that denial I was talking about... Or maybe you are tone deaf? Possibly don't know of Thoms early work? It is an obvious fact, one which he admitted; So drop it! It doesn't make me or most love him any less. Nor state that his later work was genius! So stop with the false defenses. That is what is truly irrelevant! Now go live in peace~

laith jawad u bloody begga

He did say it before but because it was in print it was often taken back. Now with the video out there no one can deny he did actually finally admit it. I think it was pretty obvious anyway LOL. But people love to live in denial...

Hero I was gonna say British but the way he pronounces his words is more closer to sounding Aussie. Michael Amott on the hand actually sounded more like a pommy when he was in Carcass.

Even on Twilight of the Gods , his English was slightly off. E.g. "Only they who walks the clouds knows" It was pretty good nonetheless.

@@DaveOJ Maybe he was a fan of bands like Sarcofago and did that on purpose to make it more brutal

​@@6.thedollar415 interesting theory

​@@6.thedollar415he started writing lyrics and music before Sarcofago

Still wear my Bathory shirt with pride. All hail the hordes and all hail Quorthon. 🖤

To hell with what people think!! They are Slaves and scared💯👀🤘🤘

+Skullsplitter Were there many extreme Metal bands at all in the early 80's besides Venom and Bathory?

+Bon Simpson there was slayer

God of Forbidden Light Slayer is Thrash Metal, which is not considered to be a sub-genre of extreme Metal

Bon Simpson thrash metal is extreme metal

Some thrash, like slayer, sarcofago, sodom and kreator

Finally someone that understood that this video was from 1992 to promote Jubileum and not Hammerheart. Very good!!!

Everyone during those ages did it, not just the Swedes.

@@ChasingDragons_420 Yes, this stereotype of Scandinavians at the time is quite exaggerated. While there were circumstances in which conquering, raiding etc. were seen as legitimate/fine, rape was not seen as ok and was illegal in pre-Christian Scandinavia. It of course happened anyway though, most often in war or similar violent conflicts abroad, just as it does today.

@Zombie Jesus crybaby

@Zombie Jesus Cringey username

Because humanity is worthy of extinction...

Hey I'm still alive

Who else are you talking about, Chuck Schuldiner, Warrel Dane?

same

His dad financed it. His dad aka Boss (the guy who produced all of Bathorys albums) financed Quorthons instruments, studio time and albums all under his dads record label. Quorthon was very fortunate and privileged.

@@Beckonor Him/dad same difference. Tom, dad and sister were very close. He helped then worked for his dad learning a lot. Thus the co-producing too. Used what they had to make more money. Had a studio he xould use til he had one at his home. Co-created lable to maximize profit, legal, flexability, etc. As most bands try to do; especially early on after learning of big lable horrors. So mystiques were created to make it all seem more professional. Worked varibles of the lables(s). Put out some other releases and signed some bands, more in later years. Basicly all they did financed itself, not that much was needed. Pressings, touring (non-live) then the video sufficed for that level for which he was comfortable. I would not go as far as saying he was fortunate and privileged. The family had a lot of issues and struggles. They worked hard for what they had. Adding some and fighting to keep it all going. There was no Castle as many believed to be. They lived modestly and played the game well and got to do what they loved. So fortunate in that sense. Yet any privlige felt was just part of the porsona played prior to their unfortunate early ends... Truly hope his sister releases more of his unheard (*for most) creations. There is so much material he wrote/recorded. For & with his sister, Bathory, solo, & other projects. Would truly be grand gifts❣🤘

evet

sang quite good in last albums

Of Viking Metal...

@@hmpz36911 and Black Metal

@@fuckinantipope5511 NO! Venom created/named/founded Black Metal in the 70s! They inspired Thom- as he admitted! Heck- Venom is all over his early stuff! FACTS!

@@hmpz36911 nope. Venom only gave Black Metal it's name. The style that we now know as Black Metal was created by Bathory. Venom still was Thrash Metal/New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Just Quorthon

Euronymous ? Really ?))

There were more people in the band up until a certain point. Then that's when he started making the music himself. This interview was before that time where he made the music himself without an actual band with actual members.

Ramon Garcia OK, thanks for the answer.

+deHeemskerker Live members and stuff I think

He never played live, nor any real members. All part of his elusive allure... and a lot of lies. Many from those who like to say they were in the band at some point.

skypjuh he said Saxon and Iron Maiden lol

Brandon Choe ..don't ruin it

One rode to asa bay

prolly venom lol

@@angelievd yeah. 😅 But he couldn't name the venom... Wonder whyy.. anyway he is dead..

@@abhimenon801 RIGHT i was always curious why he hid it or it was his guilty pleasure 😭 but yess rip to the master

@@angelievd if we take his words to be serious, then it was pure coincidence that venom and bathorys first album and appearance turned out to be same since their both influences are same such as Motorhead and Sabbath. Otherwise Quorthon lied all his life. But why would he lie all his life on his influences. Who knows. R.I.P to the master.

@@abhimenon801 exactly totally agree man! only him himself know🤔 but yes will still obviously love bathory forever🤘