Exactly 40 years ago, The Return…… became the beginning. Whatever Venom, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, or Mercyful Fate had done up to that point, Quorthon just made it darker, faster, and more sinister, releasing the first true black metal album that defined the genre and still remains one of the best. If anyone ever asks you ‘what is black metal?’, play them the song “Reap Of Evil”.
Hells wrath spawn this night of judgment
Flames of evil snatch the skys
From pits of pure damnation
Satan rise…