Quorthon

Quorthon
Quorthon
	Quorthon in 1990 during the Hammerheart promo tour
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Börje Forsberg
Also known as	Ace Shoot; Ace Spunky Black Spade; Ditch Brodie;
Born	17 February 1966; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	3 June 2004 (aged 38); Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Black metal; thrash metal; heavy metal; Viking metal;
Occupation(s)	Musician; singer; songwriter;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; bass; percussion;
Years active	c. 1980–2004
Labels	Tyfon Grammofon; Under One Flag; Black Mark Production; Noise International;
Formerly of	Bathory
Website	bathory.nu (defunct) bathory.nu (Wayback Machine)

Thomas Börje Forsberg (17 February 1966 – 3 June 2004),^[4] better known by the stage name Quorthon, was a Swedish musician. He was one of the founders, as well as the sole songwriter, of the band Bathory, which pioneered the black metal genre and is credited with creating the Viking metal style.^[5] A multi-instrumentalist, Quorthon wrote the music and lyrics on all of Bathory's albums and performed vocals and guitars.

^ Scandinavian Metal Attack (Media notes). Ace Shoot.
^ Bathory (Media notes). Bathory. 1984. Album design by Ace spunky black spade and Quorthon.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Swedish Death Metal: "If I hadn't started to play in punk bands around '79–80 I could have ended up on the streets, with a needle in my arm. Luckily, I didn't have any such friends, so I got involved with the punk movement, and was inspired by bands like Exploited and GBH."
^ Date stated in the death notice for Ace Börje Forsberg that his family put in the swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter on 23 June 2004, the death notice also included the lyrics to the Bathory song Hammerheart.
^ Johannesson, Ika & Klingberg, Jon Jefferson. (2011) Blod Eld Död - En svensk metalhistoria, Alfabeta Bokförlag AB, p. 51-68.

[Scandinavian_Metal_Attack-1] Scandinavian Metal Attack (Media notes). Ace Shoot.

[YellowGoat1-2] Bathory (Media notes). Bathory. 1984. Album design by Ace spunky black spade and Quorthon.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[3] Swedish Death Metal: "If I hadn't started to play in punk bands around '79–80 I could have ended up on the streets, with a needle in my arm. Luckily, I didn't have any such friends, so I got involved with the punk movement, and was inspired by bands like Exploited and GBH."

[DagensNyheterDeathNotice-4] Date stated in the death notice for Ace Börje Forsberg that his family put in the swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter on 23 June 2004, the death notice also included the lyrics to the Bathory song Hammerheart.

[Blod_Eld_Död-5] Johannesson, Ika & Klingberg, Jon Jefferson. (2011) Blod Eld Död - En svensk metalhistoria, Alfabeta Bokförlag AB, p. 51-68.

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