All uploaded on youtube; here’s the first track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPKXUxJVv6Y&feature=related
Much as I think the bloke is a wanker, he’s actually outdone himself.
With bands like Funeral Mist, Marduk, Mayhem, Watain, Blut Aus Nord, The Axis of Perdition, Antaeus, Portal, Oracle of the Void, Warzhaw and now Burzum doing what they’re doing at the moment… black metal seems to have recovered from the CoF/Dimmu crap endemic and slew of bedroom black metal which shat upon it’s legacy.
Unfortunately, this new album is really PAINFULLY mediocre. There are dozens of bands out there today that completely outdo Varg at what he tries to achieve with Belus.
I want a new Melechesh album.
And the upcoming Xasthur album with Marissa Nadler on vocals.
At least ppl aren’t completely dissing this like most over at avalanchers
Not too impressed as of yet. Maybe with time it’ll grow on me but…
The whole thing sounds rushed and forced and I really miss those keyboards.
Anyway, I love Burzum so I’ll stick with it and see what happens.
If it fails to light my fire, I still have Filosofem to keep me warm on those cold, dark winter’s evenings.
[pirate]
Perhaps my favorite black metal song. Makes me want to sacrifice some one.
I completely disagree with everyone here.
I never liked the keyboards in Varg’s music. And I’m glad to see the back of them. Personally, I don’t enjoy them in black metal at all. Some do, some don’t. To me, it just seems out of place, corny and mitigates the atmosphere it’s actually trying to build up. Would prefer it if bands were reliant on the actual guitar chords/notes they were playing to inflict that sort of atmosphere.
Sometimes it can work… not completely close minded… but all I’m saying is that I’m glad Varg has dispensed with them.
I don’t think it sounds rushed either. He had 20-odd years to come up with this shit. Listening to track 4, he’s actually pushing himself to do something a little different.
I think the album takes the best elements of each album while excising all the filler. Even the repetition; the album close is hypnotic, not self-indulgent, which is what the closer to Filosefem ended up being. He doesn’t over do anything here; everything in small doses to build up a better final product.
Miguel,
thanks for getting me onto that band. Only thing I didn’t like was the vocals. Everything else was good. I think you’d really dig Dissection and Marduk’s latest work (Rom5:12).
What I’ve heard of the album so far is a little drab and uninteresting but I’ll probably end up buying it. It’ll probably be better than the new Darkthrone at least.
Its also quite hilarious how everyone on this board bitches about Al’s various character faults but NOONE mentions Varg being, well, a racist murderer.
Way to go.
Its also quite hilarious how everyone on this board bitches about Al’s various character faults but NOONE mentions Varg being, well, a racist murderer.
Way to go.
I mention it all the time. I didn’t mention it this time because I’m sick of mentioning it.
Its also quite hilarious how everyone on this board bitches about Al’s various character faults but NOONE mentions Varg being, well, a racist murderer.
Way to go.
Oh, give me a break. I see people all the time, whenever they post something about Varg or Burzum, disassociate themselves first with something like, “I think Varg’s beliefs are complete garbage but I like this song . . .” or such. It does get tedious. I mean, honestly, I don’t care.
Al has always had character faults and been a mess. People (fans) generally loved him regardless because he was an artistic genius. They crap on him now because the last 5 years of his artistic output has been total crap.
So yeah, Varg’s a Nazi. Varg worships trees or viking dragons or whatever dumbass thing he’s into these days. I really don’t give a rat’s ass who he hates, who he murdered, or what he worships.
All that is irrellevant to the one thing that truly matters with respect to Burzum’s music - - - IT’S UNLISTENABLE GARBAGE!
Its not unlistenable, there are people who like it and even more people who like to say stuff like “as long as you ignore his character, his music is OK”. The point is, you can be subjective towards his music, just like any other music. The problem I see is that while one can subjectively judge Varg’s music in whatever way they like, his views are stupid from a rational point of view. There is no place for opinion there.
One can’t disassociate rock music from the artist’s underlying ideology because rock music works due to the process of narcissistic identification. It is not just Varg who is racist, his music is as well. If one doesn’t see this, perhaps it might be a good idea to reconsider your views about the world, politics, race etc. Otherwise, Burzum can never be more than just decent music considering the source, but nevertheless vile shit.
some people just disassociate themselves from the history of a band and it’s members and just focus on music. But given the internet and the way information is available on everything and everyone not even having a causual understanding of what he did seems impossible. I mean shit, it’s almost like a selling point for the guy. Maybe they’ll put a sticker on his cds mentioning it. somebody call Tipper
I agree with some of what jupitreas and Gunnar say.
Gunnar, I agree with respect to your belief that the music can be dissociated from the ideology underlying it.
I disagree that it’s unlistenable trash.
Well… I’ve never liked Burzum all that much. This latest album, is excellent though. Same with Sunno))); never dug their recorded output, but the last two albums were nothing short of amazing.
Jupitreas, at least you acknowledge some people may like Burzum and that it isn’t completely unlistenable trash.
But I believe you can dissociate the ideology from the music.
I agree to the extent that you cannot dissociate the personality of the musician from their music; for this reason, you won’t see Leonard Cohen or Hank Williams having ever released a thrash album…
but, they do sing about distinctly different things, with distinctly different worldviews. Stylistically, it’s the same.
It’s just a bunch of notes contextualised as such that it befits a certain genre. They have no ideological significance until lyrics are added, and even that, that is up to debate.
As is the case with Varg. With what you’re saying about Varg, you could extend to Wagner; he supported the Nazi’s first hand, but that doesn’t change the fact he wrote some of the most moving music that I have been, and many others would agree they were, exposed to.
No worries, Brother. To each their own. A bunch of the stuff I like is looked at as garbage by most people anyway.
But yeah, the main point that we both agree on is that it is possible to enjoy the “art” of a person or group without having to subscribe to or explicitly or implicitly accept, agree with, or endorse their beliefs and ideologies.
There’s a pretty good chance Pete Townsend was into kiddie porn, but I don’t think I should have to stop listening to The Who (or be seen as a sympathizer to pedophiles).
I like a decent amount of GG Allin songs, but I’d like to assume it doesn’t contractually obligate me to cut myself open and eat my own dumpage.