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Founded in 1991, Burzum initially played raw black metal, and quickly became prominent within the Norwegian black metal scene. Burzum was signed to [[Non-Indicative Name|Deathlike Silence Productions]], the record label run by Øystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous); Vikernes released four albums before his arrest in 1994 for the murder of Euronymous (whom he stabbed, allegedly over a contract dispute), as well as the arson of several churches in the area. While in prison, Vikernes recorded two dark ambient albums, which had a more mixed reception from the metal community than the rest of his albums.

** Although he claims that many of Euronymous's "stabwounds" were actually inflicted by broken glass he threw him down upon (not ''entirely'' implausible, considering several of these wounds were on the soles of his feet).

* [[Self-Titled Album]]

* [[Surprisingly Gentle Song]]: The ambient instrumentals.

* [[Three Chords and the Truth]]: All of Burzum's music is extremely minimalistic, stripped-down and repetitive - most songs are just cycles of two or three recurring riffs. The same principle extends to the production quality, which is deliberately bare and lo-fi - for the recording of the ''Filosofem'' album, he even forwent using a guitar amp, instead plugging his guitar into the speaker of his brother's old hi-fi.