BURZUM — Belus (review)

BURZUM — Belus album cover Album · 2010 · Atmospheric Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
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So, Varg Vikernes is out of prison, at last. Which means a new Burzum album, in which Black Metal's most infamous protagonist eschews the style of his prison years, and returns to the 'evil guitars and angry vocals' formula of the days before his incarceration. Though Mr Vikernes claims to now reject the entire black metal scene, this is clearly a black metal album more than it is anything else.

Which isn't to say there is no subtlety here - this isn't the lo-fi noise of angry 90s norwegian teenagers. This album still retains an ambient undertone, and the production values have clearly improved from earlier releases. Burzum is not afraid to allow his music to be beautiful, when it needs to be.

The album overall is, in fact, possibly the best thing Varg has done yet. It is an album that steps up his use hypnotic, pulsating repetition beyond breaking point, pushing the listener at times over the edge into some sea of serenity beyond madness, especially on the epically wonderful closing track.

my advice: buy this now.
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