Umskiptar CD
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BURZUM

Umskiptar CD

Artist: BURZUM
Label: Byelobog

Release Year: 2012
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: melancholic atmospheric folk black metal

Umskiptar is an old Icelandic for metamorphoses, and it partly reflects on the artist's move closer to the dark ambient works - Vikernes' attempt to blend rough metal and synth-based folkloric music sounds quite persuading, with prevailing melancholic, dream-like atmosphere and mesmerizing effect on listener; minimalism, clean vocals and simplicity of textures might be not what some fans have expected, yet it feels close-related to its lyrical concept, taken from Norse poem Völuspá, crowned by astounding front cover courtesy by Peter Nicolai Arbo