Quorthon

It's kinda funny how Quorthon (lead singer of Bathory) has his own solo albums, since Quorthon basically IS Bathory...well I suppose it makes sense, since his solo work sounds so radically different. He's also contributed a couple songs to the Black Mark Tribute Vol. I & Vol. II compilations.

"Album"

  1. "No More and Never Again" (3:37)
  2. "Oh No No" (6:00)
  3. "Boy" (8:47)
  4. "Major Snooze" (2:45)
  5. "Too Little Much Too Late" (4:00)
  6. "Crack in My Mirror" (6:42)
  7. "Rain" (5:50)
  8. "Feather" (5:49)
  9. "Relief" (5:45)
  10. "Head over Heels" (6:03)

Yes, this is a GRUNGE album, believe it or not...in fact it sounds a helluva lot like Alice in Chains on steroids! Except I don't think Lane Stanley ever wrote a song about eating pussy. :) Quite a change from the black metal stuff and probably a real shocker to the die-hard Bathory fans out there. I quite like it, really.

Oh yeah, I gotta thank Century Media for coming through where CDNow & Amazon.com failed...was going NUTS trying to get this one...

"Purity of Essence"

    disc one:
  1. "Rock 'n Roll"--instrumental (0:04)
  2. "I've Had it Coming My Way" (3:29)
  3. "When Our Day is Through" (4:25)
  4. "One of Those Days" (3:59)
  5. "Cherrybutt & Firefly" (3:32)
  6. "Television" (3:41)
  7. "Hit My Head" (5:28)
  8. "Hump for Fun" (3:12)
  9. "Outta Space" (4:06)
  10. "Fade Away" (6:14)
  11. "I Want Out" (4:14)
  12. "Daddy's Girl" (4:18)
  13. "Coming Down in Pieces" (5:50)
    disc two:
  1. "Roller Coaster" (4:06)
  2. "It's Ok" (4:18)
  3. "All in All I Know" (4:18)
  4. "No Life at All" (2:38)
  5. "An Inch Above the Ground" (3:34)
  6. "The Notforgettin'" (4:09)
  7. "Deep" (5:32)
  8. "Label on the Wind" (6:47)
  9. "Just the Same" (4:54)
  10. "You Just Got to Live" (5:03)

Still grunge, but a bit more musically diverse and with somewhat heavier guitar (similar to the Requiem/Octagon sound.) Many of my friends have mentioned how weird the titles are! Nice piece of work, once again.

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