Vikernes' music is characterised by hypnotic repetition and simple yet profound song structures this trademark sound has been present on Burzum's black metal and electronic albums alike. Much of Burzum's later music focuses on Norse legends, especially his most recent two ambient albums: DauГ°i baldrs deals exclusively with the legend of the death of Baldr and HliГ°skjГЎlf recounts the death of Wotan and the approach of RagnarГ¶k. As he continued to release albums, Vikernes' attraction to Norse mythology and Pagan beliefs became more and more apparent. Some of Burzum's early songs featured titles like 'En ring til ГҐ herske' ('One Ring to Rule') however, Vikernes later explained this to be a reference to the Rheingold of Norse mythology rather than to Tolkien's works, which themselves owe debt to Norse mythology. The choice of the name for the project reflects both this influence and the desire for anonymity: 'Burzum' is a word of the Black Speech of Mordor meaning 'darkness' (though Vikernes believes that Pagans consider it to mean 'light' as opposed to how Christians consider it to mean 'darkness'), and is one of those found on the Ring-inscription of the One Ring (the final part of the Ring inscription being 'вЂ¦agh Burzum-ishi krimpatul, or 'вЂ¦and in the darkness bind them'). The band's early music shows heavy Tolkien influence for example, the name 'Count Grishnackh' is taken from an orc character called GrishnГЎkh in Tolkien's works. All of the band's albums feature intentionally low production quality. Musical style Burzum's music features characteristics common in black metal, including distorted, tremolo-picked guitar riffs, harsh vocals, and the use of blast beat and double bass techniques in the drumming.

While imprisoned, Vikernes recorded two albums in the dark ambient style. During 19, Burzum recorded four albums however, in 1994 Vikernes was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of guitarist Гystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth and the arson of several churches. It began during 1989 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene. Burzum is the musical project by Varg Vikernes (under the pseudonym 'Count Grishnackh').

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