Burzum – Filosofem (1995)

January 22, 2021

When I was a nipper, Filosofem was the hardest Burzum release for me to get into. The super harsh, wasp-like quality of the guitars and vocals, coupled with the deathly pace of the tracks in general, put it low on my list. Of course, as a fully mature adult, one can now appreciate this for the black metal masterpiece that it is. A lot of atmospheric, “transcendental” and one-man DSBM projects owe a great deal to the approach that Varg took whilst recording this.