Octagon (Bathory album)

Octagon
Studio album by Bathory
Released	17 October 1995
Recorded	30 January – 23 March 1995
Studio	Hellhole Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	39:40
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Borje Forsberg, Quorthon
Bathory chronology
Requiem (1994) Octagon (1995) Blood on Ice (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10

Octagon is the eighth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 17 October 1995 through Black Mark Production. It continues the retro thrash metal style of the previous album, Requiem. It was reissued in 2003, with the first two tracks combined and "Winds of Mayhem" outro added.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Quorthon, except "Deuce", written by Gene Simmons

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930"	2:46
2.	"Born to Die"	3:58
3.	"Psychopath"	3:19
4.	"Sociopath"	3:09
5.	"Grey"	1:14
6.	"Century"	4:08
7.	"33 Something"	3:16
8.	"War Supply"	4:41
9.	"Schizianity"	4:17
10.	"Judgement of Posterity"	5:11
11.	"Deuce" (Kiss cover)	3:42
Total length:		39:40

2003 reissue

All tracks are written by Quorthon, except "Deuce", written by Gene Simmons

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930 / Born to Die"	6:45
2.	"Psychopath"	3:19
3.	"Sociopath"	3:09
4.	"Grey"	1:14
5.	"Century"	4:08
6.	"33 Something"	3:16
7.	"War Supply"	4:41
8.	"Schizianity"	4:17
9.	"Judgement of Posterity"	5:11
10.	"Deuce" (Kiss cover)	3:42
11.	"Winds of Mayhem (Outro)"	0:23
Total length:		40:03

Personnel

• Quorthon – vocals, guitar
• Kothaar – bass guitar
• Vvornth – percussion, drums