Varg Vikernes made his name as one of the Norwegian black metal scene's more notorious figures early on, involved not just with the extreme music of Mayhem and other black metal groundbreakers, but also with church burnings, murder, and time spent in prison for his crimes.
This is all old news to anyone familiar with Vikernes and his one-man project Burzum, a musical entity that shifted from early black metal darkness into progressively more and more ambient territory.
With 11th album The Ways of Yore, Vikernes continues the foray into European medieval music that he began with 2013's Sôl Austan, Mâní Vestan.
The album's inherent gloom comes not from the burning hatred and isolation that fueled earlier Burzum albums, but conveys the same intensity through its use of chant and traditional instruments of early Norwegian folk music, which wrap around Vikernes' signature use of ambient electronics to create a truly inspired web of harrowing sound.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God From The MachineBurzum | Burzum | Play | 01:40 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | The PortalBurzum | Burzum | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Coming Of EttinsBurzum | Burzum | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | The Reckoning Of ManBurzum | Burzum | Play | 07:16 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Heil FreyjaBurzum | Burzum | Play | 01:56 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | The Ways Of YoreBurzum | Burzum | Play | 06:11 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Ek Fellr (I Am Falling)Burzum | Burzum | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Hall Of The FallenBurzum | Burzum | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Autumn LeavesBurzum | Burzum | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | EmptinessBurzum | Burzum | Play | 13:13 | 30 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Heill Odinn | Burzum | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Lady In The Lake | Burzum | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | To Hel And Back Again | Burzum | Play | 10:44 | 24 MB | 0 MB |
| 68 mins | 157 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burzum | Composer, Design, Layout, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Dan Capp | Design, Layout |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |