After an 11 year hiatus due to Vikernes' 16-year imprisonment for the murder of Øystein Aarseth, Burzum's new album Belus will be released tomorrow (March 8). Are there any other Burzum fans here who are eagerly anticipating this? Vikernes says that the album will not be like the style of the music he made in prison, which was essentially dark ambient music, but instead will be more in the style of Filosofem. Unlike Burzum's earlier albums, Belus will not be pro- or anti-religious in any way, it is about the Norse god Belus. I personally can't wait to listen to this tomorrow.

 

Vikernes seems to have gotten a new Burzum logo too.

I'll be sure to give it a listen. I haven't listened to BM in a while now but Burzum was always interesting.

I haven't gotten my hands on it yet, but hopefully it will be pretty good. I've always liked Burzum. :)

I listened to it this morning on my drive to school. In my opinion, it's Burzum's best black metal album :thumbup:

Listening to a few of the songs on youtube before I go to bed. Real interesting so far, def a lot like his older work.

I've always found his music to be a bit bland. This album was definitely my favorite of his work. Welcome back Varg. =]

very good music

 

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I've heard good things.

I've always found Burzum's music incredibly dull. I kind of liked Filosofem a few years back, but it is almost completely unlistenable to me now. Don't get me wrong; I like black metal that goes nowhere in particular (Paysage d'Hiver, Peste Noire, Lantlos, and so on) but Burzum was always an artist that I've found to be overhyped, and definitely overrated.

 

I've listened to a couple of songs on Youtube and I don't feel anything in it. I will eventually check out the whole album, but I'm not in a hurry to do so.