Lake of Tears is a Swedish rock / metal band formed in 1992 in Borås, Sweden.
It is mostly known for the wide range of different styles employed over the course of its releases – ranging from doom-death metal to psychedelic pop , gothic rock and even folk – and the continuously high marks for songwriting and guitar work it received from music critics. [...]
Bathory (black metal ,viking) is the project of one Quorthon a.k.a. Seth Forsberg who was given a chance to bring his Venom (Countess Bathory was a Venom song on 1982’s Black Metal album) and Motorhead-influenced act to the masses via the Scandinavian Metal Attack compilation of 1984. [...]