BURZUM

Release Year: 2018
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: dark hypnotic atmospheric minimalist ambient

right after the scandalous imprisonment Varg Vikernes was not allowed to possess any other musical instruments in his cell than a keyboard, yet already in 1994, in the course of few months, he managed to write down a fully dark ambient and instrumental, soundtrack-like album with MIDI sound format and tape recorder, following the concept story of mythological Balder, the second son of Odin, also described in detail in Icelandic language in the booklet; with hints in medieval, romantic folk and neoclassical music, six compositions sound subtle, minimalist and hypnotic, while few tracks also feature re-arranged fragments of certain Filosofem material; recent British gatefold sleeve black 180g vinyl re-issue comes with authentic design