BATHORY finalmente decidió filmar un vídeo, después de que sus seguidores lo había estado exigiendo por años. En 1990 comienzan a grabar el vídeo "One Rode to Asa Bay", la razón por la que eligen este tema, es por que no querían un vídeo ordinario que ofreciera a la banda apenas tocando, buscaban contar una historia, como un cortometraje, y "One Rode to Asa Bay" era perfecto para ese propósito, debido a que cuenta la historia de como los cristianos llegaron a Escandinavia y forzaron las creencias de la gente vikinga.
Los arreglos que rodeaban la fabricación del vídeo eran enormes, Quorthon saco alrededor de 3000 dólares de su propio dinero [para financiarlo, vendió muchas de sus grabaciones inéditas] y seria mucho mas, a no ser de que él mismo hiciera la mayor parte de ellos. Fue filmado durante dos semanas, prácticamente 24 horas al día en varias localizaciones alrededor de Estocolmo, Quorthon termino perdiendo 11 kilos. Después de las dos semanas tenían catorce horas de película, donde algunas cosas fueron filmadas, pero la mayor parte nunca fue producida en el vídeo final [actualmente es una especie de vídeo casero] debido a que el individuo quien filmo todo esto desapareció con la película.
Para la grabación de este vídeo fue construida una aldea vikinga, donde filmaron una guerra entre los caballeros cristianos y los vikingos, en estas escenas Quorthon utilizó algunas verdaderas armas y armaduras vikingas que fueron llevadan hasta la cima de una montaña donde les prendían fuego; filmaron los Tesoros de Oro después de que el Gobierno Sueco les diera permiso de hacerlo; también entraron vestidos como vikingos en algunas cuevas que tenían cruces de sol pintadas con sangre en las paredes; una de las escenas más asombrosas fue cuando 200 litros de gasolina fueron vertidos en un mar para ser filmado en llamas; filmaron sepulcros vikingos, lapidas, truenos y relámpagos, los grandes cielos negros, los monjes con las espadas y los vikingos en caballos.
Catorce horas de la película que dieron lugar a diez minuciosos minutos de duración de un pequeño vídeo casero. Quorthon todavía rechaza ver el video y no es difícil entender porque no quedo muy contento con el resultado, después de poner tanto tiempo, esfuerzo y dinero.
Pensando acerca de todas las cosas mencionadas aquí, el vídeo "One Rode to Asa Bay" había podido ser totalmente asombroso, pero realmente seria más interesante ver todo lo que Quorthon penso. Aun así los diez minutos de vídeo son muy buenos [aunque la calidad de vídeo y sonido no son muy buenas], pero teniendo en cuenta todas esas cosas, podríamos hacernos una idea de cómo seria el vídeo completo, es una pena que nunca fuera terminado de la forma que fue pensado, ya que probablemente seria el mejor vídeo de Metal antes visto.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDpc-831GPs[/ame]
subtitulada
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GWbuN3YmXU[/ame]
lyric
Dedicated to Mr. Dean Anderson
One man rode the way through the woods
Down to Asa bay
Where dragon ships had sailed to sea
More times than one could say
To see with own eyes the wonder
People told of from man to man
The God of all almightyness
Had arrived from a foreign land
The rumours told of a man
Who had come from the other side the seas
Carrying gold cross around neck in chain
And spoke in strange tongue of peace
He had come with strange men in armour
Dressed in purple shirts and lace
Smelling not of beer but flowers
And with no hair in face
And the bold man carrying cross
Had told all one of Asa bay
The God of all man woman child had come
To them all save
And to thank Lord of Heaven
One should build to God a house
And to save one's soul from Hell
One should be baptised and say vows
A man of pride with the Hammer told new God
To build his house on own
And spoke loud of the Gods of their fathers
Not too long time gone
The rumours said the man with a beard like fire
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the Hammer in chain
By men in armour silenced was and by
Their swords was slain
Those who did not pay the one coin
Of four to man of new God
Whipped was twenty and put
in chains then locked
By their neck to the log
And so all of Asa bay did build
A house of the cross
Every hour of daylight they did sweat
Limbs ached because faith does cost
And on the day two hundred
There it stood white to the sky
The house of the God of the cross
Big enough to take two dragon ships inside
all of Asa bay did watch
The wonder raise to the sky
Now must the God of the cross
be pleased satisfied
Just outside the circle of the crowd
One old man did stand
He looked across the waters
And blotted the sun out of
his eyes with one hand
And his old eyes could almost see
The dragon ships set sail
his old ears could almost hear
Men of great numbers call out Oden's hail
And though he did know already
Though he turned face towards sky
whispered silent words forgotten
Spoken only way up high
Now this house of a foreign God does stand
Now must they leave us alone
Still he heard from somewhere in the woods
Old crow of wisdom say
...people of Asa land, it's only just begun...
One man rode the way through the woods
Down to Asa bay
Where dragon ships had sailed to sea
More times than one could say
To see with own eyes the wonder
People told of from man to man
The God of all almightyness
Had arrived from a foreign land
The rumours told of a man
Who had come from the other side the seas
Carrying gold cross around neck in chain
And spoke in strange tongue of peace
He had come with strange men in armour
Dressed in purple shirts and lace
Smelling not of beer but flowers
And with no hair in face
And the bold man carrying cross
Had told all one of Asa bay
The God of all man woman child had come
To them all save
And to thank Lord of Heaven
One should build to God a house
And to save one's soul from Hell
One should be baptised and say vows
A man of pride with the Hammer told new God
To build his house on own
And spoke loud of the Gods of their fathers
Not too long time gone
The rumours said the man with a beard like fire
[Más Letras en es.mp3lyrics.org/sMn]
the Hammer in chain
By men in armour silenced was and by
Their swords was slain
Those who did not pay the one coin
Of four to man of new God
Whipped was twenty and put
in chains then locked
By their neck to the log
And so all of Asa bay did build
A house of the cross
Every hour of daylight they did sweat
Limbs ached because faith does cost
And on the day two hundred
There it stood white to the sky
The house of the God of the cross
Big enough to take two dragon ships inside
all of Asa bay did watch
The wonder raise to the sky
Now must the God of the cross
be pleased satisfied
Just outside the circle of the crowd
One old man did stand
He looked across the waters
And blotted the sun out of
his eyes with one hand
And his old eyes could almost see
The dragon ships set sail
his old ears could almost hear
Men of great numbers call out Oden's hail
And though he did know already
Though he turned face towards sky
whispered silent words forgotten
Spoken only way up high
Now this house of a foreign God does stand
Now must they leave us alone
Still he heard from somewhere in the woods
Old crow of wisdom say
...people of Asa land, it's only just begun...
copypaste no mas.
slds.
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