Sonically and lyrically, it’s rather different from the other four of it’s kind in Bathory’s catalog. All of this together creates one of the most effective and believably epic, beautiful and inspiring listening experiences of all time. Finally, Hammerheart gives the listener that unique sense of satisfaction that you only get on your deathbed while you see the Valkyries coming to take you away to the Hall up High. To Enter Your Mountain summons a feeling of righteous defiance as well as a lifelike sense of adventure. Blood And Iron gives the listener an overwhelming sense of awestruck at it’s epic tale, while the titanic title track is a tragic lamentation at the state of society that truly pulls at the heartstrings. Through Blood By Thunder instills an almost religious fervor, and Under The Runes a solemn fearlessness. He strikes fear in Song of Blood, and then proceeds to inspire courage in the very same song. Quorthon spans a number of different emotions here. This is the entirety of the ride through Twilight Of The Gods. The artist can do whatever the hell he wants to your emotions. While bad music makes you feel nothing and good music can make you feel familiar emotions, great music is able to make you feel something you’ve never felt before.
However, it’s the sum of those things that makes this album truly a masterpiece: emotion. What makes this album so great? Is it the best vocal performance Quorthon ever gave? The complex yet driving songwriting? The immensely immersive amount of atmosphere? The production? The inspiring and poetic lyrics? Well, yes to all of those. It is one of metal’s finest albums, the pinnacle of what viking metal has to offer, and finally, the greatest Bathory album of all time. It is an incredible front to back masterpiece, with every song in its place and every song having something to offer. I’m just going to cut to the chase: Twilight of the Gods is literally the greatest thing in the history of anything ever.
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