Surprisingly good for a man who spent most of a decade and a half away from a guitar. It's much better than I was expecting.
I thought it was disappointing. The album was rather flat-sounding and invoked no feeling inside me. Its a shame since Hvis Lyset Tar Oss is such a classic.
Surprisingly good for a man who spent most of a decade and a half away from a guitar. It's much better than I was expecting.
I thought it was disappointing. The album was rather flat-sounding and invoked no feeling inside me. Its a shame since Hvis Lyset Tar Oss is such a classic.
Production wise it's about what you'd expect from Burzum. Varg used the same studio he's always used. It's maybe a bit better sounding than the older albums, though I'm guessing that would just be due to advances in studio equipment in the years since he's recorded there. Music wise, forget the synth albums, this one picks up pretty much where Filosofem left off.
Production wise it's about what you'd expect from Burzum. Varg used the same studio he's always used. It's maybe a bit better sounding than the older albums, though I'm guessing that would just be due to advances in studio equipment in the years since he's recorded there. Music wise, forget the synth albums, this one picks up pretty much where Filosofem left off.
Varg has intentionally low quality because it helps make the atmosphere.
Production wise it's about what you'd expect from Burzum. Varg used the same studio he's always used. It's maybe a bit better sounding than the older albums, though I'm guessing that would just be due to advances in studio equipment in the years since he's recorded there. Music wise, forget the synth albums, this one picks up pretty much where Filosofem left off.
Varg has intentionally low quality because it helps make the atmosphere.
Right, hence how any improvement in sound is likely due simply to more advanced studio equipment rather than to any deliberation on Varg's part.
If Immortal only released Pure Holocaust, At the Heart of Winter, Sons of Northern Darkness and maybe All Shall Fall then I'd agree with you :P If Immortal released all albums at the quality of At the Heart of Winter, they would be my favorite band of all time.
[QUOTE="Guppy507"]*sign* There's a lot of black metal out there that's better than Burzum though. Drudkh and Deathspell Omega for example. Except no. Even Drudkh knows they aren't 1/10th as good as their inspiration, Burzum. The only black metal bands on par with Burzum are Darkspace and Paysage D'Hiver.
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