Oddly enough, I cant wait..

I know this man is controversial, but his statements are that of a true artist.

Written by ItalktotheWind on 13.12.2009 at 11:54

I know this man is controversial, but his statements are that of a true artist.

Ditto.

Kinda disappointed that there will be no keyboard atmopsheric stuff in there; Dauði Baldrs and Hlidskalf were such enjoyable albums. Still I'm glad to see he's keeping the music going.

Lol looking to Varg pic somehow it remainds me 3 letters KKK :d white face mask will fit on his face perfectly
I wate this album,. but its be moust overated BM album evere realised IMO

We will see...but i definitely looking forward to it and get it asap

I need this! Hell yes!

Fucking hell! Can't wait!!!

Written by Irritable Ted on 13.12.2009 at 14:53

I though he hated the guitar, saying something racist about it.

Yep. he said he would never play metal again cause of the use of the guitar which he said is a n*gg*r instrument.
But it seems mister fickle bitch has changed her mind once again. (what else's new) The idiot can't even hold the same opinion about something for longer than a day it seems.

Black people did invent rock n' roll...see...his problem is that he lives in Norway. He needs to come down to Nawlins and experience the true beauty of black culture...not the corporate psuedo-hip hop bullshit that is presented to europeans.

Like this for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMwahoMdBA

Isn't all modern black culture based around hip-hop (and it's rise of popularity)? In a way, I see the urban gangster disease spreading throughout the world morphing people into melody-mindlessness music fillees (one that is a filler) that waste my time, and I'm sure a lot of others (who are brave enough to admit it) think the same way. Life is short, why fill it with a soundtrack of a steady bass line loop I can make in my sleep?

Well, exaggerating a little, and obviously it's all a matter of opinion. I want to fill the ever-flowing stream of sound going in my brain with something I find amazing. And on Metalstorm and in the (non-commercial) metal/rock scene, I find great melodies to live my life by. I can say accurately that most all black music grinds my gears. It seems to me so, in fact, I absolutely dislike black culture and black attitudes. Now if it wasn't for enslavement by the "all-powerful white man" then maybe these old hominids wouldn't have turned out so annoying to me. : o

I am not racist, nor do I hate hip-hop music; just mostly the gangster rap and the hip-hop/urban style that I see people (ranged in age from 5 years old and older) flaunting a style they know nothing about upon others (mainly because they think it's cool, and that's it because mtv says so). But these common american black folk are thinking the same thing...They see a man of their race wearing a black metal t-shirt, they probably ridicule him/her, because s/he's not like the rest. Maybe?

Black people are as equal in every aspect of human features that is possible, as any rational-thinking person would assume. They are the first homo sapiens, before white people ever existed; evolving from primate species from chimpanzees to bonobos to modern archaeological finds of hominid species like homo erectus and homo africanus. They are just as evolved as other races, not caught in a time frame where they keep their dark skin nor any lower intellectual capacity. Even south african people living in tribes have the same mental capacity, as some readers may (innocently)ignorantly think differently. Though the "tribal" south africans live a completely different culture, some still live most of their lives as a hunter-gatherers (which back in the days of early hominids millions of years ago, and lower mental capacity, hunter-gatherers had pretty basic minds compared to what we have now). These people now are just as homo sapien as anyone is, in the now tangled web of human evolution.

In response to Varg's statement regarding "a guitar is a nigger instrument" therefore he won't play, is in fact, ignorant and utterly stupid. We were all once black, our ancestors. Everyone has their opinions, and Varg is stuck in an old way of thinking. It's only a very recent happening in the world that many races live together in peace.

When I started rambling on I think I had a premise...oh yeah, I dislike black culture and trends, but I love and respect them as a race. There is hip-hop artists that I thoroughly enjoy like Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic Five, Mos Def, The Roots (just to name a couple for all you metalheads out there haha) but - and I can say this from the bottom of my soul - most hip-hop is just jibberish lyrics about "riding down the road with a shotgun and girls and boom boom goes my shotty" jabbered over a beat that was made in the matter of an hour, and is an excuse for music in my opinion (comparable to really shitty metal bands out there...). And lately the common person is a non-music lover, and all they want to hear is a catchy background tune they can dispose of a month later. So no wonder this stuff is popular?

Everyone has their own race and everyone will always have a somewhat biased opinion towards things not of their own. Varg is an idiot, he's a murderer. And sometimes idiots say stupid things, but no one is perfect (especially so when anything he says to anyone is documented). Idiots can sometimes make good music too, to me it's interesting to get into someones mind that experienced the things that he did. I'm sure the ideas of his new album were thought of in prison, and what better place is that to solemnly think of ideas and express your aggression?

I am excited to hear this new release.

Out of nostalgia, I will check this out.

Hail..!

Nice development. Can someone fix the fact that the album cover isn't showing up or, somehow, is it just my computer?

Will be an interesting listen to say the least.

Cover art isn't working because, it's more than likely linked to the official Burzum page where the logo isn't working on their page either.

It's working just fine for me.

Written by Lucas on 14.12.2009 at 00:30

It's working just fine for me.

i can second that

Written by jadawal on 13.12.2009 at 20:12

Isn't all modern black culture based around hip-hop (and it's rise of popularity)? In a way, I see the urban gangster disease spreading throughout the world morphing people into melody-mindlessness music fillees (one that is a filler) that waste my time, and I'm sure a lot of others (who are brave enough to admit it) think the same way. Life is short, why fill it with a soundtrack of a steady bass line loop I can make in my sleep?

Well, exaggerating a little, and obviously it's all a matter of opinion. I want to fill the ever-flowing stream of sound going in my brain with something I find amazing. And on Metalstorm and in the (non-commercial) metal/rock scene, I find great melodies to live my life by. I can say accurately that most all black music grinds my gears. It seems to me so, in fact, I absolutely dislike black culture and black attitudes. Now if it wasn't for enslavement by the "all-powerful white man" then maybe these old hominids wouldn't have turned out so annoying to me. : o

I am not racist, nor do I hate hip-hop music; just mostly the gangster rap and the hip-hop/urban style that I see people (ranged in age from 5 years old and older) flaunting a style they know nothing about upon others (mainly because they think it's cool, and that's it because mtv says so). But these common american black folk are thinking the same thing...They see a man of their race wearing a black metal t-shirt, they probably ridicule him/her, because s/he's not like the rest. Maybe?

Black people are as equal in every aspect of human features that is possible, as any rational-thinking person would assume. They are the first homo sapiens, before white people ever existed; evolving from primate species from chimpanzees to bonobos to modern archaeological finds of hominid species like homo erectus and homo africanus. They are just as evolved as other races, not caught in a time frame where they keep their dark skin nor any lower intellectual capacity. Even south african people living in tribes have the same mental capacity, as some readers may (innocently)ignorantly think differently. Though the "tribal" south africans live a completely different culture, some still live most of their lives as a hunter-gatherers (which back in the days of early hominids millions of years ago, and lower mental capacity, hunter-gatherers had pretty basic minds compared to what we have now). These people now are just as homo sapien as anyone is, in the now tangled web of human evolution.

In response to Varg's statement regarding "a guitar is a nigger instrument" therefore he won't play, is in fact, ignorant and utterly stupid. We were all once black, our ancestors. Everyone has their opinions, and Varg is stuck in an old way of thinking. It's only a very recent happening in the world that many races live together in peace.

When I started rambling on I think I had a premise...oh yeah, I dislike black culture and trends, but I love and respect them as a race. There is hip-hop artists that I thoroughly enjoy like Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic Five, Mos Def, The Roots (just to name a couple for all you metalheads out there haha) but - and I can say this from the bottom of my soul - most hip-hop is just jibberish lyrics about "riding down the road with a shotgun and girls and boom boom goes my shotty" jabbered over a beat that was made in the matter of an hour, and is an excuse for music in my opinion (comparable to really shitty metal bands out there...). And lately the common person is a non-music lover, and all they want to hear is a catchy background tune they can dispose of a month later. So no wonder this stuff is popular?

Everyone has their own race and everyone will always have a somewhat biased opinion towards things not of their own. Varg is an idiot, he's a murderer. And sometimes idiots say stupid things, but no one is perfect (especially so when anything he says to anyone is documented). Idiots can sometimes make good music too, to me it's interesting to get into someones mind that experienced the things that he did. I'm sure the ideas of his new album were thought of in prison, and what better place is that to solemnly think of ideas and express your aggression?

I am excited to hear this new release.

In answer to your first question, no...it isn't. Black culture comprises not only Hip-Hop, but also the beginnings of Rock and Roll, Jazz, Reggae, Soul music, Ska, Punk, Hardcore, Blues, and practically every other great genre of this upcoming century, and the last.

White people are actually to blame for the ignorant, filthy 'rap' music that is so prevalent in our society today. If you want to review hip-hop history, you should start with the beginning...where it was used as a positive political weapon to get a powerful message across to people. It was the language of the streets. It gave people hope, and helped them realize that they were actually worth something. Just because greedy corporations hijacked it and started paying money to all the ignorant ganster rappers in hopes that what they were singing about would influence people negatively and keep them down doesn't mean that there's not good hip-hop out there.

How would you like it if people based their knowledge of rock on what they heard on the radio...or their knowledge of metal on the limited mediocre and shitty bands they once heard. In every genre, there is quality, thought provoking music....and all music is derived from other music. You should probably do some more research on the subject matter.

Edit** I do not wish to say that people aren't responsible for their own actions. If someone wants to promote Drugs, Sex and Violence then that is their own fault. But the corporations choose what is mass-produced, not the musicians. There is much more to black culture to hip-hop...and it's impossible to "love black people" if you don't appreciate their true culture.

I also disagree that Varg is an Idiot...I believe he is very intelligent, and perhaps too intelligent for his own good. Perhaps some of his actions/comments of the past have been either questionable, or downright wrong...but I like him as a person and look forward to his new album. People should be allowed to learn from their mistakes in the society we live in...and I give lots of Credit for actually having a functioning legal-system that actually looks to make the best out of people instead of simply punish them.

P.s. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMwahoMdBA

I have never been a big fan of Burzum, but I did appreciate his old albums, so I'm waiting for this one as well. "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" and "Det Som En Gang Var" were absolutely terrible when it came to musicianship and production, but there was something in that music. I kind of felt that those sounds came from within, that Varg put his soul into them.
A few years ago I was visited by 2 friends. They live away from me and we only meet a few times a year. Their musical interests are almost completely mdetached from any form of metal. But they do have open minds. We started a heated discussion about music. I was making a speech about the perception of music, about how it is actually irrelevant what instruments are playing and at what speed. I tried to make a point about feelings and atmosphere being the most important factors when it comes to perception of music. They asked me to play something to reinforce my point of view. So I played "Det Som En Gang Var" in its entirety...
And they understood. The guy that hates metal listened to the whole 14 minutes of the song and told me that I got my message through to him! So yeah, I think Varg is capable of making good music. I do hope he didn't lose that ability in jail.

I have no idea about track list, because I know no Norwegian. I put them in Google Translate and had some complicated translations for result.. But the cover art is very good I say.
By the way, I think the font used for the album title and Burzum name is the one that Opeth use for their logo.. I've downloaded this font..

The cover picture is not the best I have seen but the music will certainly be very interesting.

I'm not Norweigan but I speak Swedish fluently, and pretty much Danish so I tried to translate some of the titles - but wait for a Norwegian to comment before you confirm thoose

01. Lukans Renkespill
02. Belus' Død - The Death of Belus
03. Glemselens Elv
04. Kaimadalthas' Nedstigning - The lowering (?) of Kaimadalthas
05. Besøk Til Kelio - Visiting Kelio
06. Alvenes Dans - The Dance of the Elves
07. Alvegavene
08. Sverddans - Sworddance
09. Keliohesten - The Kelio Horse
10. Morgenrøde - Morninglight/Red Morning
11. Belus' Tilbakekomst - The Return of Belus

''In every genre, there is quality, thought provoking music....and all music is derived from other
music. '' - Konrad .......one hundred percent right....

''They are just as evolved as other races,'' -jadawal .......equality....
''Theguy that hates metal listened to the whole 14 minutes of the song and told me that I got my message through to him! '' - daniell_P ......awesome... interesting friends too...
Why do all of us think that metal is the best genre of music? Many answers. One is that it has evolved from the blues.
This guy has made amazing music. Its been so
me time and im sure a ton of though went into this release. It willl be an experience to listen to it.

Well, my opinion hasn't changed, I'll still check it out. Glad it's got a different cover though, this one looks much less homosexual.

I looked up the cover elsewhere, and it is a quite decent one. It has a nice font and a nice nature shot.

Curiously, nothing has yet been said about Varg's vocal style on this forthcoming album. Will it be the tormented wailing of the first few releases, or the distorted style he used on 'Filosofem' - or maybe something different? Perhaps it will be an instrumental album with no vocals? It will be interesting to hear.

Nice tracklist, I understand nothing

Written by Bad English on 13.12.2009 at 12:56
(...) but its be moust overated BM album evere realised IMO

who said that's gonna be BM? Sure not him...