BATHORY · Octagon | BLACK TAPE

Name: BATHORY · Octagon | BLACK TAPE
Brand: Back On Black
SKU: EM00148732
Price: 12.90 EUR
Availability: InStock

BATHORY · Octagon | BLACK TAPE (Black Metal Tapes)

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Artist: Bathory

Label/Manufacturer: Back On Black

Genre: Black Metal

Product number: EM00148732

EAN: 0803341560550

Manufacturer product ID: BOBV992MC

More ‘Bathory’ products...
More ‘Black Metal’ products...

Product information "BATHORY · Octagon | BLACK TAPE"

Black music cassette.

Background information about 'Octagon'

Bathory's "Octagon" stands as one of the most divisive yet fascinating chapters in the legendary Swedish black metal pioneer's catalog. Originally released in 1995, this album marked a dramatic departure from Quorthon's earlier Viking metal epics, diving headfirst into a more experimental and industrial-tinged soundscape that left many fans scratching their heads. The album opens with the haunting "Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930 / Born To Die", immediately establishing an atmosphere that's both familiar and completely alien to longtime followers of the band.

What makes "Octagon" so compelling is its willingness to embrace uncomfortable sonic territories while maintaining that signature Bathory darkness. Tracks like "Psychopath" and "Sociopath" showcase Quorthon's fascination with psychological themes, wrapped in layers of distorted guitars and unconventional song structures. The album's second half, featuring cuts like "War Supply" and "Schizianity", continues this exploration of mental fragmentation and societal decay. While it may not have the immediate impact of classics like "Under the Sign of the Black Mark", "Octagon" rewards patient listeners with its dense, almost claustrophobic atmosphere that feels more relevant today than ever.

For fans of:
Celtic Frost, Samael, and early Ministry

Track listing

A1. Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930 / Born To Die
A2. Psychopath
A3. Sociopath
A4. Grey
A5. Century
B1. 33 Something
B2. War Supply
B3. Schizianity
B4. Judgement Of Posterity
B5. Deuce
B6. Outro

Manufacturer: 375 Media GmbH, Schlachthofstraße 36A, 21079 Hamburg, Germany, Contact: www.backonblack.com

Artist:	Bathory
Label/Manufacturer:	Back On Black
Genre:	Black Metal

Mailorder-Recommendations for you

HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY · Logo White | PATCH

Black Metal. Woven patch with white border, 12,5 x 5 cm

€8.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

INQUISITION · Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence | LP BOXSET

Black Metal. Box Set, released on 26/01/2024, via Agonia Records. Limited to 500 numbered copies vinyl box, including giant B1 poster, embroidered…

€79.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

ACOD · Versets Noirs (Alternate Cover) | CLEAR/BLACK MARBLED LP

Black Metal. Released on 26/04/2024, via Hammerheart Records. Clear/black marbled vinyl. French black metal outfit Acod delivers a devastating sonic…

€23.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

ENTHRONED · Carnage in Worlds Beyond | WHITE LP

Black Metal. Released on 29/05/2026, via Napalm Records. White vinyl in gatefold cover. Limited to 300 copies. Belgian black metal has always had a…

€26.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

BEHEMOTH · I Loved You At Your Darkest | TRANSPARENT 2LP

Black Metal. Released on 28/02/2025, via Nuclear Blast Records. Transparent natural double vinyl. The album "I Loved You At Your Darkest" by Behemoth…

€36.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

Exclusive

SHINING · VIII: Redefining Darkness (Re-Release) | PURPLE LP

Black Metal. Released on 29/03/2024, via The Sinister Initiative. Purple vinyl, matte gatefold sleeve, exclusive A3 poster, limited to 100 copies.…

€26.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

INQUISITION · Magnificent Glorification Of Lucifer | BLACK TAPE

Black Metal. Released on 01/05/2024, via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. Black screwed music cassette with brown/grey print in 4-panel j-card.…

€13.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

EMPTINESS · Vide | BLACK LP

Black Metal. Released on 12/02/2021, via Season Of Mist. Black vinyl with 4 page insert. Belgian black metal outfit Emptiness delivers a haunting…

€18.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

ARCTURUS · Constellation / My Angel | BLACK LP

Black Metal. Released on 07/01/2022, via Prophecy Productions. Black vinyl, includes insert and padded inner sleeve Arcturus' "Constellation / My…

€23.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Discount

Limited

VARATHRON · The Crimson Temple | CIMMERIAN LP

Black Metal. Released on 01/12/2023, via Agonia Records. Cimmerian vinyl, limited to 300 copies. Greek black metal veterans Varathron return with…

€19.12 €23.90 (-20%) previously €23.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

EMPEROR · Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk | PICTURE LP

Black Metal. Released on 28/07/2023, via Pias. Picture vinyl. Note: Contrary to the mockup image, the picture vinyl has no dedicated cover but is a…

€27.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

ARMAGEDDA · The Final War Approaching (Re-Release) | CD

Black Metal. Released on 21/09/2008, via Agonia Records. Re-release as CD in jewelcase. This remastered reissue of Armagedda's primitive debut stands…

€13.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS Releases for you

KARKADAN · Eternal Black Reflections | CD

Heavy Metal/Black Metal/Death Metal. Released on 19/01/2002, via Supreme Chaos Records. Jewelcase CD. Re-Release with new Artwork, 12 page booklet.…

€9.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

UNRU / TONGUE · Split | WHITE LP

Black Metal. Released on 22/09/2017, via Supreme Chaos Records. White vinyl, limited to 250 handnumbered copies only. · 180g heavy vinyl for maximum…

€17.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

Exclusive

HORRESQUE · Chasms Pt. I - Avarice and Retribution | YELLOW/BLACK LP

Death Metal/Black Metal. Released on 21/04/2023, via Supreme Chaos Records. Transparent dark yellow/black marbled vinyl in heavy cover with insert.…

€23.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

AGRYPNIE · F51.4 | CD

Black Metal. Released on 16/06/2006, via Supreme Chaos Records. Jewelcase CD with 12 pages booklet. When Agrypnie unleashed "F51.4" in 2006, the…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

VYRE · The Initial Frontier Pt. 1 | CD

Black Metal. Released on 29/11/2013, via Supreme Chaos Records. Jewelcase CD with 8 pages booklet. What happens when three cosmic architects of…

€9.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

ANCST / KING APATHY · Split | WHITE LP

Black Metal. Released on 22/09/2017, via Supreme Chaos Records. White vinyl, limited to 300 handnumbered copies only. This high quality vinyl edition…

€15.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

SANGUIS · Chaosgate Guardians | CD

Black Metal. Released on 09/12/2002, via Supreme Chaos Records. Jewelcase CD with 12 page booklet. When Austrian black metal conjures the spirit of…

€9.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

IMPERIUM DEKADENZ · Meadows Of Nostalgia | BLACK 2LP

Black Metal. Released on 20/05/2022, via Supreme Chaos Records. Black double vinyl in gatefold sleeve with printed insert, limited to 200…

€21.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

AGRYPNIE · 16 [485] | CD

Black Metal. Released on 11/12/2009, via Supreme Chaos Records. Jewelcase CD with 12 page booklet. The third album from AGRYPNIE is more raging and…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

AGRYPNIE · Exit | CD

Black Metal. Released on 08/08/2008, via Supreme Chaos Records. Jewelcase CD with 12 pages booklet. Ultra cold black metal from Nocte ObdWith…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

NOCTE OBDUCTA · Hammergeddon 666 | SILVER LP

Black Metal. Released on 06/12/2024, via Supreme Chaos Records. Silver vinyl with insert, limited to 100 copies. Independent retailer exclusive…

€22.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

Exclusive

AGRYPNIE · Pavor Nocturnus | SCR GREY/BLACK SPLATTER 2LP+7" BUNDLE

Black Metal/Classical. Released on 12/10/2018, via Supreme Chaos Records. Heavy gatefold 180g double vinyl edition of the "Pavor Nocturnus" album…

€29.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Others also bought

BATHORY · Under The Sign Of The Black Mark | BLACK TAPE

Black Metal. Released on 01/01/2022, via Back On Black. Black cassettte version. Under The Sign Of The Black Mark by Bathory stands as a cornerstone…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

KING DIAMOND · Conspiracy | BLACK LP

Heavy Metal. Released on 01/05/2020, via Metal Blade Records. Black vinyl with lyrics insert and download card. Released in 2023 as part of the…

€19.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

BATHORY · Nordland II | CD

Black Metal. Released on 31/03/2003, via Black Mark Production. Jewelcase CD. Bathory's "Nordland II" stands as a monumental pillar in the Viking…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

AMON AMARTH · Once Sent From The Golden Hall | BLACK LP

Death Metal. Released on 27/01/2017, via Metal Blade Records. Black vinyl with insert, 2-sided poster. What a phenomenal debut this is! Amon Amarth's…

€21.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

BATHORY · The Return... | BLACK TAPE

Black Metal. Released on 15/04/2022, via Back On Black. Black music cassette with 6 panel j-card. Released in 1985, "The Return..." stands as…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

MAYHEM · Chimera | BLACK LP

Black Metal. Released on 07/12/2018, via Season Of Mist. Black vinyl in gatefold sleeve. Mayhem's "Chimera" stands as a testament to the Norwegian…

€26.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

BATHORY · Bathory | BLACK TAPE

Black Metal. Released on 01/01/2022, via Back On Black. Music cassette with original artwork and black colored shell. Released in 1984, Bathory's…

€12.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Limited

CANCER · The Sins Of Mankind | SILVER LP

Death Metal. Released on 06/08/2021, via Cyclone Empire. Silver vinyl with 2 bonus tracks and insert. Limited to 500 copies. British death metal…

€18.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

Discount

ENTOMBED · Clandestine (FDR) | BLACK LP

Death Metal. Released on 20/10/2017, via Earache Records. Black vinyl, FDR-version. Entombed's "Clandestine" stands as a monumental pillar within the…

€23.92 €29.90 (-20%) previously €29.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

BATHORY · Nordland I | CD

Black Metal. Released on 25/11/2002, via Black Mark Production. Jewelcase CD. The legendary Swedish black metal pioneer Bathory delivers a monumental…

€12.90

Available in 5 days, delivery time 6-12 workdays - Will arrive soon

DARKTHRONE · Ravishing Grimness | BLACK LP

Black Metal. Released on 26/10/2012, via Peaceville Records. Different artwork, black vinyl. Goatloard written on back (original mistake). "Ravishing…

€26.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays

CANNIBAL CORPSE · Vile | BLACK LP

Death Metal. Released on 25/03/2016, via Metal Blade Records. Black vinyl with poster. "Vile" stands as a formidable testament to Cannibal Corpse's…

€21.90

Available, delivery time: 1-2 workdays