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Burzum Posts New Album, "Belus" Samples Online

posted Feb 6, 2010 at 4:41 PM by Diamond Oz.  (18 Comments)

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Burzum, the infamous one man black metal band formed by Varg Vikernes, has posted short samples of his new album, "Belus" online. You can catch a preview of each song by heading to Amazon.com.

Speaking on the album, Vikernes stated: "Inspiration for the album has come from a variety of sources, and I find my inspiration from fairy tales and myths, from classical music from memories of what once was, from traditional music, from fantasy, from the wind and weather, from deep forests and running water, from the sky and the sunset, from misty mountains and from yellow leaves falling from age old trees.

"My ambition with Belus is to create something I - and hopefully others too - can listen to for years and years to come without ever growing tired of it, and at the same time to share with my audience the experience of getting to know Belus, as he might have been perceived by the ancient Europeans.

"The combination of lyrics and music makes this a fairy tale different from most others, and should appeal to all those who like transcendental music and love to see different things from a different perspective.

"If I can make you dream when listening to this album, I believe I have done a good job."

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18 Comments on "Burzum Posts New Album Samples Online"

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1. Vindicated Hazelnut writes:

Wow. That was atrocious. For someone who talks so much sh** about the "black metal mainstream", Varg seems to have excelled at creating an astoundingly generic and boring black metal album. I suppose I'll give the whole thing a listen when it leaks online, but... I'm not feeling hopeful.

I have to go listen to Filosofem now.

# Feb 6, 2010 @ 5:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Diamond Oz writes:

If I want black metal I'll stick with Body Count.

# Feb 6, 2010 @ 6:09 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. hellrat writes:

goddamnit Oz!!

you made me explode frothy brew all over my comp!

f***in funny right there....reminds me of a friend that heard the phrase 'black metal' for the first time:

".....but black dudes ain't even into metal are they???" and "There's black dudes in Norway???"

God, that body count record was f***in hideous!

# Feb 6, 2010 @ 6:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Diamond Oz writes:

I genuinly like Body Count but I just wanted to get that joke in :P

# Feb 6, 2010 @ 8:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. hellrat writes:

ah yes, such memories!

"well goddamn, what a brotha gotta do to get the message thru to the red, white and YOU

ya, body count....body count"

100% Genuine BLACK Metal

# Feb 6, 2010 @ 8:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. plita writes:

not like the latest album

# Feb 7, 2010 @ 6:03 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. deathbringer writes:

Doesn't sound bad to me, but also not anything so special or unique either.

# Feb 7, 2010 @ 11:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. citrus_tea writes:

Is that really what black metal is supposed to sound like?
I've never quite understood the whole genre thing. "We're not thrash, we're f***ing death metal" etc..

# Feb 7, 2010 @ 11:37 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. deathbringer writes:

If you can't tell thrash from death metal and black metal, then stick around and learn more about it :-) The styles themselves are pretty easy to tell apart unless you're listening to a band that is blending them.

# Feb 7, 2010 @ 12:24 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. cruor writes:

Either these samples are a hoax or Varg is a hypocrite because I agree with post 1.

# Feb 7, 2010 @ 2:59 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. gor writes:

mara mara

# Feb 13, 2010 @ 6:52 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. gor writes:

Mare slava, zima luta.

# Feb 13, 2010 @ 6:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. gor writes:

judam skruta.

# Feb 13, 2010 @ 6:59 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. tedfromoutoftown writes:

Lets not forget that other black metal band Wicked Wisdom

# Feb 13, 2010 @ 8:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. Jenny writes:

Not bad at all! I'm still looking forward to this. A few seconds of a 6 to 8 or 11 minute song doesn't do a track all it's justice. I honestly want to hear this album in its entirety.

Varg says: "If I can make you dream when listening to this album, I believe I have done a good job."

Aww,hahwww :P

# Feb 13, 2010 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. hellrat writes:

ya got an excellent point there Jen...

# Feb 14, 2010 @ 12:25 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. Jsin666 writes:

Put him back in jail..Hes worthless now

# Feb 22, 2010 @ 12:27 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. Analguest writes:

well the album is decent, nothing special a lot of emulating burzum(sic) some innovations for vard as using some clean vocals, typical repetitive riffs if you didn't hhear it you didn't miss anything

# Feb 22, 2010 @ 12:46 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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