Therefore, Samoth and Lancelot had parted ways with Burzum. Vikernes had by then lost his interest in playing live concerts, and stated that he "didn't even need session musicians anymore". Additionally, Erik Lancelot was hired to be the band's drummer, though did not record on any Burzum material, and along with Samoth did not play a live show. Vikernes has stated that he had never played any live shows with Burzum, though at one point was interested in it so Samoth of Emperor joined the band as their bassist though only appeared on the Aske. The song "War" from this album had a guest appearance from Euronymous of Mayhem, playing a guitar solo "just for fun", according to Vikernes. Burzum's eponymous debut album was released in 1992, being one of the first albums released on Deathlike Silence Productions. According to Vikernes' autobiography on his website, he had intended to record the album in the worst recording quality possible (due to this being a typical trademark of the early Norwegian black metal scene), though still make it sound acceptable. Aarseth then signed Burzum to the label, and shortly after, Burzum began recording for a self-titled debut album. With his demos, he had attracted attention from Øystein Aarseth of Mayhem, who had just recently formed Deathlike Silence Productions. Soon after recording two demos, he became very involved with the Norwegian black metal scene, being both interested in its music and the ideology behind the music. He played guitar in the band until 1991 when Old Funeral dissolved and then he chose to form his one man band, Burzum. He has stated the "message" of Burzum can be found in the lyrics of the first song of the first album ("Feeble Screams from Forests Unknown") 1.įrom 1988, Vikernes had been playing in the short lived band Old Funeral which also consisted of members who would later form the band Immortal. Vikernes claims the intent to create this fantasy world came from dissatisfaction with the real world. Each album, he claims, was designed as a kind of "spell" in itself, with each beginning song intending to make the listener more susceptible to "magick", the following songs to inspire a "trance-like state of mind", and the last song to carry the listener into a "world of fantasy". Vikernes has described Burzum as a kind of "spell" or recreation of an imaginary world tied in with Pagan history. Vikernes' music is characterised by hypnotic repetition and simple yet profound song structures this trademark sound has been present on Burzum's black metal and electronic albums alike. Musically, Burzum has progressed from primitive, raw black metal to classical-influenced ambient music characterised by minimalist tendencies and dark atmospheres. Much of Burzum's later music focuses on Norse legends, especially his most recent two ambient albums: Dauði baldrs deals exclusively with the legend of the death of Baldr and Hliðskjálf recounts the death of Wotan and the approach of Ragnarök. As he continued to release albums, Vikernes' attraction to Norse mythology and Pagan beliefs became more and more apparent. 2 Some of Burzum's early songs featured titles like "En ring til å herske" ("One Ring to Rule") however, Vikernes later explained this to be a reference to the Rheingold of Norse mythology rather than to Tolkien's works, which themselves owe debt to Norse mythology. The choice of the name for the project reflects both this influence and the desire for anonymity: "Burzum" is a word of the Black Speech of Mordor meaning "darkness", and is one of those found on the Ring-inscription of the One Ring (the final part of the Ring inscription being "…agh Burzum-ishi krimpatul, or "…and in the darkness bind them"). All though Burzum's discography is inspirations drawn from Tolkien for example, the name "Count Grishnackh" is taken from an orc character called Grishnákh in Tolkien's works 1. The later two albums being Dark Ambient style music (probably due to lack of resources in prison, though Varg has himself spoken of bands of a similar vein such as Das Ich while in prison). Burzum's first four albums contained the basic staples of Black Metal which includes tremelo picking, heavily distorted guitars, mystical or folk inspired lyrics and themes, violent screams and weird arpeggios.
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