Burzum

Burzum
Genre(s)
Black Metal, Ambient
Lyrical theme(s)
Folklore, Fantasy, Gloom, Darkness, Longing
Origin Formed in Current label Status
Norway (Bergen) 1989 Misanthropy Active
Current line-up
Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes (b. Kristian Vikernes) - Vocals, All Instruments (Old Funeral, Mayhem (Nor), Uruk-Hai (Nor), Satanel (Nor))
Former/past member(s)
Tomas "Samoth" Thormodsaeter Haugen - Bass (on "Aske") (Arcturus (Nor), Emperor, Embryonic, Gorgoroth, Ildjarn, Satyricon, Scum (Nor), Thou Shalt Suffer, Zyklon, Zyklon-B (Nor), Xerasia, Notodden All Stars)
Additional notes
Kristian Vikernes was born on the 11th of February 1973 at 21:58 in Bergen, Norway. In 1993, he legally changed Kristian to Varg and later started to use the name Varg Qisling Larssųn Vikernes as his pen-name. Varg, which means "wolf", says that he's related to the Quisling family, a name that even became an international word for "traitor" (similar to "Judas") after Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian political leader during the second world war, who founded a collaborationist pro-Nazi government. One [...]
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xSpinalTartxJuly 16th, 2002
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Sorrowful_MournerNovember 6th, 2009
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Discography


Demo I Demo, 1991[6 reviews, average 83%]
Demo II Demo, 1991[1 review, 40%]
Burzum Demo, 1992
Burzum Full-length, 1992[10 reviews, average 81%]
Aske EP, 1993[6 reviews, average 60%]
Det Som Engang Var Full-length, 1993[12 reviews, average 79%]
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss Full-length, 1994[20 reviews, average 90%]
Burzum / Aske Best of/Compilation, 1995[8 reviews, average 87%]
Filosofem Full-length, 1996[23 reviews, average 82%]
Dunkelheit Video/VHS, 1996[5 reviews, average 64%]
Dauši Baldrs Full-length, 1997[13 reviews, average 45%]
1992-1997 Boxed set, 1998
Hlišskjįlf Full-length, 1999[9 reviews, average 78%]
Anthology Best of/Compilation, 2002
Anthology (2008) Best of/Compilation, 2008[1 review, 85%]



Links

Official
Burzum

Official merchandise
Burzum Official Merch
No Colours Records
JSR Direct
Burzum merchandise
Burzum @ Ramazataz
Abyss Records
Burzum @ Plastic Head
Burzum @ Star 500
Burzum T-Shirts & Merchandise
Burzum @ Record Shop X
Burzum @ Candlelight Records
Osmose Productions Mailorder
Temple of Darkness Records

Fan site
Burzum.com
Burzum.wz.cz
Burzum (Hungarian Site)
Lithuanian fan site
Unofficial Polish Website
Burzum @ NSBM
Burzum @ Myspace
Various Burzum Wallpapers
Burzum's Bio (in Spanish)

Tablatures
AZChords
MetalTabs
Ultimate Guitar
MySongBook
911Tabs
Bass Masta
Doomish
XGuitar
Guitabs
Burzum @ Mxtabs.net
ttabs
White Power Guitar Tabs
Burzum@ GTabs.org



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