Burzum - Daudi Baldrs ..

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ARTiST.... Burzum
TiTLE..... Daudi Baldrs
LABEL..... Misanthropy Records
GENRE..... Black Metal
RiP.DATE.. 2011-05-03
STOREDATE. 1997-00-00
SOURCE.... CD
QUALiTY... 223 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
TRACKS.... 6 / 39:10
SIZE...... 65.42 MB
RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4
URL.......
NR. TRACKNAME TiME
1 Daudi Baldrs 8:49
2 Hermodr a Helferd 2:41
3 Balferd Baldrs 6:05
4 I Heimr Heljar 2:02
5 Illa Tidandi 10:29
6 Moti Ragnarokum 9:04
TOTAL TiME: 39:10 MIN
TOTAL SIZE: 65.42 MB
RELEASE NOTES
Dau
8i Baldrs ('Death of Balder') is yet
another anomaly in the long string of anomalies
that have festooned the career of Varg Vikernes.
Recorded entirely during his prison sentence, and
without the benefit of musical instruments, it
certainly had its work cut out for it, and yet,
fascinatingly, it succeeds despite this. Was it
too costly a risk to take? We can each answer
this only for ourselves. I personally know
several people who despise this recording with a
passion, thinking it some blasphemy upon the
damnable Earth, or a mere grab at cash during his
incarceration, sold upon the name Burzum alone.
But certainly, anyone who sits through the entire
40 minutes can hear that there is in fact a stout
effort placed into its haunting drought. All
atmospherics. Somnolent compositions of a folk
saga being played out as puppets on a dimly lit
stage.
This is a MIDI album. Not a metal album. It's got
more in common with cryptic Super Nintendo role
playing games than Hvis Lyset Tar Oss or Det Som
Engang Var, as if Tchaikovsky had penned some
lost Final Fantasy score. Yet, the aesthetic
choices made through the compositions are
theatrical, ritual and maintain a persistent
gravitas. Part of this is the packaging, which
is, like Filosofem, brilliantly conceived. In
fact, it's the best looking Burzum CD period,
including artwork by Tanya Stene; the lyrics and
poetry incorporated to guide the listener through
the imagery being evoked in the music, despite
the lack of vocals on the album. I might have
liked having English translations in the booklet,
but they are provided on the official website for
any who want to read them. Certainly for
something this minimalist, Varg and the label
have gone all out. There was no stopping his
vision, confinement or not.
Musically, the material ranges from a martial,
Medieval framework to a more lush, melodic folk
landscape, all of which captivate the desperation
of Balder's saga. The quality is a bit lopsided,
and I can say I enjoy four of the songs greatly
and the other two not so much. "Dau
8i Baldrs"
itself is the opener, and the nearly 9 minutes
portray an ominous descent, a conflagration of
dour dreamstuff that is carried through a number
of melodic, eerie lines and a rather stout
contrast in the percussive use of the horn.
"Hermo
9 Helfer
8 (Hermodr on a Journey
to Hel)" is far shorter, clocking in under 3
minutes, and features a flighty repetition of
pianos with a flute-like narrative. "B
lfer
8
Baldrs (Balder's Burning)" returns to the vibes
of the first track, only it runs dry within the
first few minutes, and it's not a favorite here.
"I Heimr Heliar (In Hel's Home)" is steady and
bombastic, like a march, but all too brief, and
then the album curves into the dire eaves of
"Illa Ti
8andi (Ill Tidings)", which is
incredibly drawn out to over 10 minutes,
ultimately a bit too repetitive even for a man
who on his prior album included a 25 minute
ambient track. "M
ti Ragnarokum (Towards
Ragnarok)", on the other hand, is beautiful,
perhaps my favorite tune on the whole disc, with
a powerful sense of melancholy evoked through the
piano and the sweeping symphonic discourse, then
the stalking violin string segues that morph into
pianos and back again to the creepy melodies.
When I say it feels very Metroid, I mean no
insult whatsoever. There are likely only a
handful of folks who will understand what I'm
getting at, but this piece creates a similar,
isolated vibe to that game's old score, which I
worship.
In the end, this is an enjoyable departure, an
enduring experiment, but it does suffer a few
flaws. For one, this is the one of the only cases
where some of the repetition that has proven
crucial to Vikernes' compositions in the past
creeps out and bites the album on the ass. It's
hardly crippling, but at least two of the central
tracks ("B
lfer
8 Baldrs" and "Illa
8andi") needed something more to them to
round out their considerable, 16 minute chunk of
the ritual. Also, this is intensely crude, even
for MIDI, it was basically shunted over to a tape
recorder. The format is pretty damn charming, but
I'd honestly love to hear a few of these pieces
worked out with an actual orchestra. That said,
Dau
8i Baldrs is what it is, a musician's
perseverance through a near depletion of any and
all musical resources. One can envision its
creator coming up with these bits in confinement,
how much more haunting they must have felt within
the folds of that imagination. I wouldn't mind
hearing more in this style, but that doesn't seem
likely.
QUOTES
Anarchy wears two faces, both Creator and
Destroyer. Thus Destroyers topple empires; make a
canvas of clean rubble where creators can then
build a better world. Rubble, once achieved makes
further ruins' means irrelevant. Away with our
explosives, then! Away with our Destroyers! They
have no place within our better world. But let us
raise a toast to all our bombers, all our
bastards, most unlovely and most unforgivable,
let's drink their health, then meet with them no
more.
-- V
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