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Rating: [So: the author of the album reviewed here has expressed and expresses political positions and has committed (and incites others to commit) actions that DeBaser finds repugnant. In the end, however, we are talking about music: therefore, we publish the review anyway. /DeBaser]
This is the CD that represents the true self of Varg Vikernes. It moves away from the more classic stylistic elements of black metal that we have been accustomed to, bringing us closer to the true essence of black metal. It's absurd to say, but this time the Count expresses his true music, with anger, violence, and melancholy perhaps more than before.
This CD came out when he was already in prison, and he never heard the final mix here. Musically speaking, the CD is very different: the guitars are distorted to the extreme and serve as a base for all the first three songs. Vikernes' voice is filtered by his own will (recorded on a broken headset) blending with the perpetual hum of the guitars.
There are six tracks in total, and the CD can be divided into two parts, the first three and the last three, because the last three are played entirely by keyboards. It is a wonderful, evocative CD that unfortunately marked the beginning of the ambient turn undertaken by Burzum already hinted at in this album. I am not mentioning any songs; they need to be listened to all, a strange black metal, never heard before and not even after, marking the complete musical maturation of an artist, though less so in life!
Tracklist and Lyrics
04 Decrepitude I (07:53)
Tears from the eyes so cold, tears from the eyes, in the grass so green.
As I lie here, the burden is being lifted once and for all, once and for all.
Beware of the light, it may take you away, to where no evil dwells.
It will take you away, for all eternity.
Night is so beautiful (we need her as much as we need Day).
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