BLACK MARK Signs Exclusive U.S. Distribution Deal With RELAPSE RECORDS

Sweden's Black Mark recently inked an exclusive U.S. distribution deal with Relapse Records.

The first releases under this deal will be a set of BATHORY vinyl picture discs that will see a North American release date of November 27. Then moving forward, all Black Mark catalog items, past and present, will be made available via wholesale and mail-order through Relapse.

The BATHORY picture-disc collection includes all 12 of the band's studio albums, each encased by a "collection" hard-cover BATHORY logo sleeve. Pre-orders for this collection will begin on November 13.

On this partnership, one of the current Black Mark owners Börje Forsberg comments, "Black Mark is glad to announce that we have become apart of the Relapse family. There is no doubt that Relapse and Black Mark work well together: Metal for the world!"

The BATHORY LPs being reissued are as follows:

"Bathory" (1984)
"The Return" (1985)
"Under The Sign Of The Black Mark" (1987)
"Blood Fire Death" (1988)
"Hammerheart" (1990)
"Twilight Of The Gods" (1991)
"Requiem" (1994)
"Octagon" (1995)
"Blood On Ice" (1996)
"Destroyer Of Worlds" (2001)
"Nordland I" (2002)
"Nordland II" (2003)

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Rare video footage from the DVD that accompanied BATHORY's career-spanning box set, "In Memory of Quorthon", can be viewed below in three parts.

Released in June 2006 via Black Mark, "In Memory of Quorthon" contains three CDs, one DVD, a book and a poster. Börje "Boss" Forsberg — owner of Black Mark Records and father of late BATHORY mainman Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg — had previously stated that the package would contain "Quorthon's and BATHORY's complete musical history."

Quorthon was found dead in his apartment in Stockholm, Sweden on June 7, 2004. The 39-year-old, widely considered to be one of black metal's founding fathers, reportedly died of heart failure.

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