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Burzum is the debut studio album by the Norwegian black metal solo project Burzum. It was released in March 1992, through Euronymous's label Deathlike Silence Productions. Six of the songs were later re-recorded in 2010 and released on the album From the Depths of Darkness, as Varg Vikernes was dissatisfied with some of the original vocals and production.
| Burzum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1992 | |||
| Recorded | January 1992 | |||
| Studio | Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 47:05 (original) 58:06 (reissue) | |||
| Label | Deathlike Silence | |||
| Producer | Pytten Count Grishnackh Euronymous[nb 1] | |||
| Burzum chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   (Burzum / Aske version)[1] |
Most reissues of the album have been released as Burzum/Aske which includes the Aske EP as the final three tracks.[1] Only the Aske version of "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" was included on this edition.
Track listing
editAll music and lyrics by Varg Vikernes except "Ea, Lord of the Deeps", words taken from the Necronomicon.[2]
Original Pressing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feeble Screams from Forests Unknown" | 7:28 |
| 2. | "Ea, Lord of the Deeps" | 4:52 |
| 3. | "Black Spell of Destruction" | 5:39 |
| 4. | "Channelling the Power of Souls into a New God" | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "War" | 2:30 |
| 6. | "The Crying Orc" | 0:58 |
| 7. | "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" | 9:11 |
| 8. | "My Journey to the Stars" | 8:10 |
| 9. | "Dungeons of Darkness" | 4:50 |
| Total length: | 47:05 | |
Burzum/Aske
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feeble Screams from Forests Unknown" | 7:28 |
| 2. | "Ea, Lord of the Depths" | 4:52 |
| 3. | "Spell of Destruction" | 5:39 |
| 4. | "Channelling the Power of Souls into a New God" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "War" | 2:30 |
| 6. | "The Crying Orc" | 0:58 |
| 7. | "My Journey to the Stars" | 8:10 |
| 8. | "Dungeons of Darkness" | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Stemmen Fra Taarnet" | 6:08 |
| 10. | "Dominus Sathanas" | 3:04 |
| 11. | "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" | 10:52 |
| Total length: | 58:06 | |
Note: Burzum/Aske renames track 3 as "Spell of Destruction" as Vikernes claims the word "Black" was added to the title by Euronymous without his knowledge. Track 2 is also amended to "Ea, Lord of the Depths".
Personnel
editBurzum
- Count Grishnackh – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, synthesizer, production
Additional credits
- Euronymous – guitar solo on "War", gong on "Dungeons of Darkness", production (Only the original and 2022 pressings list the "Co-Producer" credit.)
- Pytten (Eirik Hundvin) – engineering, mastering, production
- Jannicke Wiese-Hansen – album artwork (artwork is a partial re-creation of The Temple of Elemental Evil's cover art.)
Notes
edit- ^ Only the original pressing credits him as "co-producer".
References
edit- ^ a b Heaney, Gregory. "Burzum/Aske Review". allmusic.com. Allmusic Guide. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6A-XSRWSx8 Varg states this himself on a video posted on his YouTube.
External links
edit- Burzum on Burzum's official website