Hammerheart
by Bathory
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Bathory bestography
Hammerheart is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Bathory on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bathory is Blood Fire Death which is ranked number 5595 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 246.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Hammerheart track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hammerheart rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 32 Music Albums of 1990 | 18/32 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Black Metal AOTY (1981 - 2025) by Metal Storm | 9/44 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1990 | 18/87 | 4 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ObsoleteEntity | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 73/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1990 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Black Metal albums of the year 1990 by Metal Storm | 1/3 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 46 Music Albums of 1990 | 17/46 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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Hammerheart ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/07/2026 21:42 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 09:44 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 00:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,931 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Hammerheart forum mentions
Repo 08/21/2024 20:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 01/06/2024 05:52 in What album are you listening to right now?
EyeKanFly 01/09/2022 20:19 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionHammerheart comments
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Musically, this is a great album, and if it were only an instrumental album, I’d probably give it four and half stars or so. The music is hypnotic and epic, at times combining the bombast of metal guitars with what sounds like chorale or chamber music, particularly on songs like “Shores in Flame,” “Valhalla,” and (my personal favorite track) “One Rode to Asa Bay.” However, the album suffers from the vocal performance of Quorthon. I know that this is a cornerstone in what has become known as Viking Metal, but the screeching vocals don’t really fit the music very well. I’m not a big fan of such vocals, but I can appreciate them when they are appropriately utilized. They are not well utilized here when the music is as atmospheric as it is. Such music requires atmospheric vocals.
Gooz 08/11/2014 12:16 | #119211
Amazing album. I make the comment below my words, it's a great album musically. The vocals didn't annoy me this much though.
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