Saturday, January 21, 2012

BURZUM: NEW RELEASE "UMSKIPTAR" DUE OUT MAY 2012



BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes has announced a new release entitled "UMSKIPTAR" due out MAY 2012. VARG VIKERNES was released from prison in 2009 (Vikernes served over 16 years for church burnings and the murder of MAYHEM founder Euronymous) and has since unleashed one release per year on his own independent label BYELOBOG PRODUCTIONS.

FROM BURZUM:
Burzum persists. A new Burzum album, titled "Umskiptar" (Metamorphoses), is scheduled for release in May 2012 on Byelobog Productions. "Umskiptar" consists of 65 minutes of skaldic metal, recorded in Grieghallen Studio in Bergen in September 2011.

"Umskiptar" track list:
Blóðstokkinn (Soaked in Blood) (1:16)
Jóln (Deities) (5:51)
Alfadanz (Elven Dance) (9:22)
Hit helga Tré (The sacred Tree) (6:51)
Æra (Honour) (3:58)
Heiðr (Esteem) (3:02)
Valgaldr (Song of the Fallen) (8:03)
Galgviðr (Gallow Forest) (7:16)
Surtr Sunnan (Black from the South) (4:14)
Gullaldr (Golden Age) (10:20)
Níðhöggr (Attack from Below) (5:00)

The lyrics on "Umskiptar" are all taken from a Norse poem, Völuspá. For an English translation of the lyrics see the book "Sorcery And Religion In Ancient Scandinavia". The original Norse lyrics for "Umskiptar" can be found here.

The lyrics on "Umskiptar" are all taken from a Norse poem, Völuspá. For an English translation of the lyrics see the book "Sorcery And Religion In Ancient Scandinavia".





Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-