Mystic Festival Adds Blood Fire Death To Lineup, A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory

Mystic Festival Adds Blood Fire Death To Lineup, A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory

They say that no one is irreplaceable. Well, that’s not entirely true… In 2004, the world of metal suffered an irreparable loss – Thomas “Quorthon” Forsberg passed away. The man who, under the sign of Bathory, singlehandedly changed this music and laid the foundations for contemporary black metal, and but a moment later, also for viking metal, forging the path ahead for the next generations of artists who combine the uncompromising nature of metal with their local, traditional culture.

In the summer of 2024, a black metal Quorthon tribute supergroup took the stage of the Norwegian Beyond the Gates Festival, performing the classic Bathory repertoire and proving that this flame is still burning. We are elated to announce that this special project, Blood Fire Death – A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory, will come down to Gdansk in June to let you peek behind the gates of Valhalla.

The band will perform with the following line-up:

Erik Danielsson (Watain) – vocals

Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) – guitar

Blasphemer (Vltimas, ex-Mayhem) – guitar

Apollyon (Aura Noir) – bass and vocals

Faust (Djevel, ex-Emperor) – drums

They will be joined on stage by many distinguished guests… Their identities will soon be revealed.

The concept behind the Blood Fire Death – A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory performance was conceived in line with Quorthon’s own conceptualisation of how a Bathory concert should be staged if his music were ever to be performed live.

Mystic Festival will take place in Gdansk, Poland at the Gdansk Shipyard on June 4th through 7th, 2025.

Tickets are available now on the Mystic Festival homepage here