Bathory

These brilliant frontmen never fail to ravish us with grimness.

They were starting in their various forms in 1984. Some had Rock Hall careers, others were hot for a moment.

'Where's the beef?' Right here, as 1984 was stacked with great music.

Beats anything the rest of us did as teenagers.

Some of metal's biggest albums were released in 1991 while the underground exploded with new styles.

Feel the pit stirring.

If you've clicked on this post, there's a good chance you already know who Daniel Ekeroth is. The 40-year-old Swede is the brains behind Swedish Death Metal, one of the most essential books ever written about extreme music. Noisecreep even included it in our 'Top 10 Heavy Metal Books' feature last year...

To help celebrate Valentine's Day, 'Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook' author Annick 'The Morbid Chef' Giroux has created a recipe for Noisecreep partly inspired by Swedish black metal pioneers Bathory. How metal is that?! 'Hellbent for Cooking' is a 224-page book featuring a varied menu of over a hundred recipes from thirty countries...

Emerging from the '80s European underground metal scene, Bulldozer are true thrash survivors. Formed at the dawn of that decade, the band combined early influences like Venom and Bathory to brew up a blistering blend of speedy arrangements, infectious guitar riffs, and vocal hooks...

Enforcer just released 'Diamonds,' the Swedish act's sophomore album. It's essential listening for any Noisecreep readers who like their metal lean, mean and surrounded by arena-worthy choruses. Adam Zaars and Joseph Thall step up as a guitar team we should all keep our eyes on, while vocalist Olaf Wikstrand proves that all of the touring the band did in support of their debut album, 'Into the Ni