Burzum - Burzum

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7.9 | 434 votes |
Band
Burzum
Style
Black metal
Release date
March 1992
Owners
438 have it
35 want it
1 trades it
Tracklist
01. Feeble Screams From Forests Unknown
02. Ea, Lord Of The Deeps
03. Black Spell Of Destruction
04. Channelling The Power Of Souls Into A New God
05. War
06. The Crying Orc
07. A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit
08. My Journey To The Stars
09. Dungeons Of Darkness
Line-up
Louis Cachet - all instruments, vocals

Additional musicians:
Øystein Aarseth - guitar solo, gong
Additional info
This was originally released as a studio LP. Not until 1995 by misanthropy records was this released as a Studio CD with the demo Aske as a bonus.

Engineered and Mastered by Pytten
Produced by Pytten and Count Grishnackh
Co-Producer Euronymous
Cover by Jannicke Wiise-Hansen
Released in March 1992
Guest review by
NECURATU
Rating:
8.6
Rating:
8.6
First, Varg is a good musician. It isn't easy to do everything at least decently: write the lyrics, beat the drums, play the guitar and scream your throat out. Let's take 'em all one by one.

The guitar is cutting sick. A thick, low quality distortion, fast tremolo riffs punching out with a softer guitar running past, all creating quite a balance and symetrical melodic line that doesn't bore you and offers some great moments. Actually, it's damned brilliant in some moments. Bass guitar is a bit absent; still, it has a nice moment on "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" and "War."

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published 29.08.2006 | Comments ( 13 )
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12.06.2012 - 14:39
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I think the reason I like this album so much is because even after listening to it once it's sound resonates within your very soul-hence why it is also one of the best records to fall asleep to. This isn't to say it is boring in an way, just that the production and effectiveness of each instrument make it something truly hypnotic and mesmerizing. Even from the very beginning Count Grishnackh was making distinctive music. If there was one track this album could do without, I'd probably go with 'The Crying Orc', but that's about it.
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12.06.2012 - 14:51
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I still can't believe this is the same guy that wrote Umcraptar or whatever.
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09.02.2013 - 18:28
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.06.2012 at 14:51

I still can't believe this is the same guy that wrote Umcraptar or whatever.

i think it's unpliskstarsr
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30.09.2022 - 03:44
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Strangely enough, this is the Burzum album I enjoy the most. So many haunting tunes and tortured wails on this bad boy

Edit: OK, Filosofem is superior, but this one is still cool
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11.12.2023 - 18:25
Rating: 9

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Great album, I like it better than Det Som Engang Var. There's not a dull song on it.
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17.02.2024 - 05:36

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Damn, if I didn't take Varg seriously before, I sure as hell don't now.

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