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Year 1994, Norway. A sense of loneliness, despair, nihilism, alienation, dramatic, nocturnal visions, ethereal, evil.
This is the third album by Burzum, consisting of 4 very long tracks, an ambient black metal record, with rare vocal parts if they can be called that, the distorted guitar is accompanied by a bass and a keyboard.
It's incredible how with only 3 instruments masterpieces can be created, considered by critics and fans as one of the milestones of black metal, "Hvis lyset tar oss" is a night-time album to listen to in solitude.
I'm not going to explain track by track because it's not worth it, I consider music very subjective; what I feel listening to this album I've already described before. I highly recommend this work to all lovers of extreme sounds and beyond.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Det som en gang var (14:21)
Imellom buskene vi stirret
På de som minnet om andre tider
Og fortalte at håpet var borte
For alltid...
Vi hørte alvesang og vann
Som sildret
Det som en gang var er nu borte
Alt blodet...
All lengsel og sorg som hersket
Og de følelser som kunne røres
Er vekk...
For alltid...
Vi døde ikke...
Vi har aldri levd
02 Hvis lyset tar oss (08:04)
En åpning i skogen
Hvor solen skinner
Hindret av trærne fanges vi
I denne guds åpning
Det brenner, det svir
Når lyset slikker vårt kjøtt
Opp mot skyene en røyk
En sky av våres form
Fanget av begravelsen
Pines vi av guds godhet
Ingen flammer, intet hat
De hadde rett, vi kom til
Helvete
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By Nero Befehl
The icy, tense, creeping, obsessive, and sick atmosphere evokes dreamlike visions of damned souls, restless specters, witches, dragons, fairies, goblins, lost deities.
'Det Som En Gang Var' is a masterpiece of over 14 minutes that harmonically combines dreamy sounds with the chilling, inhuman, and angry voice of the Count.
By Stjerne
A true masterpiece, from every point of view, almost a kind of rebirth.
The voice is Burzum’s peculiarity! Those screams... add to making the final product even more engaging, emotionally and conceptually charged.
By mirkopianta
"A cold and repetitive guitar slices through the silence immediately annihilating the dimension of the real world."
"Truly a masterpiece, which still has a lot to say today."
