I just find it so repetitive and boring

if you're referring to the new album, it's no less boring than really any of his other albums, really. it just has a different mood than his other releases, and again, it's definitely not a black metal record. i'm honestly not sure what it is, actually.

if there's anything i know about metalheads, it's that they shit themselves when an established artist doesn't re-release the same type of album that they love. Or hell, even if they're un-established, many people will cry "OMG BETRAYAL" over it, so long as there's a different-sounding "superior" album to compare it to. so i can't say that i'm surprised that people dislike it. i understand the negative reviews it's gotten.

I'm fine with Burzum changing his sound, as long as that change results in something good. The reason I dislike the new album is not that it's "not black metal" or whatever, and I think most would agree with me. If Burzum decided to release an absolutely fantastic polka record I would admittedly be shocked, but if it was indeed fantastic, then would treat it as such. "Umskiptar" is just bad, at least in my opinion (and a lot of other people's apparently). Not because it isn't metal, but because it just sucks.

it seems to me that varg, at this point, is only really keeping burzum going because, as strange as it seems, it does pay his bills.

i mean umskiptar is essentially a long plug for his new book on mythology and stuff. hes older, he wants to do different things and i dont really have a problem with that. ill jam hvis lyset and still enjoy it and he can do whatever he needs to do to keep up his interests

not getting the hate then. nothing about Umskiptar jumps out at me as being even remotely bad. the closest thing would probably be the vocals, which still work exceptionally well within the context of the album.

I also lol'd at the people who were saying that this had has "forgettable riffs". Umskiptar is the first burzum album that's even had riffs since Det Som.

Hating Burzum does not make one a fag.

It says they have better taste in music than you.
And they are trolling.

"I just find it so repetitive and boring"

Yes! This person gets it.
Not only that but tinny, poorly produced, aimless...

Album Rating: 2.5

god the vocals are so bad. what a pointless album



sadly umskiptar is even more disappointing than this

Yup... I haven't listened to Umskiptar since my initial playthrough.

Definitely an unnecessary remaster, but not painful to listen to like the new Stormblast.

at least he didn't rerecord anything from HLTO or Filosofem

Album Rating: 5.0

Disagree.



I agree with Varg that those early vocals needed fine tuning. The clearer vocals really turn up the intensity.

Album Rating: 3.5

Do people just kind of inherently hate this because it feels like a (mostly) effortless cash grab? I like Burzum's s/t, and I think the small production changes actually help here, and perhaps somewhat heretically I prefer the update vocals. (Okay so the "new" interludes are totally unnecessary but whatever.) Yet this album always has significantly lower ratings than Burzum s/t, and is often one of the lowest rated non-synth records in Burzum's whole catalog. (This is true for various music rating websites.)



Yet several other bands have re-recorded and re-released early albums (Touche Amour just for one somewhat recent example) and no one seems to be throwing knee-jerk 1s their way. Is it because Varg is a shitty human being? Legitimately confused.

Album Rating: 3.0

Personally I just don't dig the re-recorded sound, not even the vocals. The s/t is not the strongest album in the discography, but with Aske it is still a damn solid one.

Album Rating: 3.5

That’s understandable, but you’ve also coupled that sentiment with a reasonable rating of 3.0, only half-point down from the s/t based on your scores. What I don’t understand are the people who give s/t 3.5+ and then toss a 1.0 on this. Like whether you think the new vocals are an improvement is one thing, but I am having a difficult time fathoming how so many people could find the disparity that great. Which makes me think it’s more of a knee-jerk dissent against what would appear to be a quick cash grab, despite numerous other beloved bands doing the same thing and receiving no such backlash (and often praise, lol).

>despite numerous other beloved bands doing the same thing and receiving no such backlash

maybe its not the same people rating them?

Album Rating: 3.5

Well of course that’s a possibility, I just mean why is the Burzum fan base (or anti-fan base?) lamenting this as a useless release whereas other fanbases of bands who have done similar re-recordings of early material don’t have the same blind aversion? Is it because Varg is a shit human being? Which is totally understandable, I’m just wondering whether that’s the real motive or if it’s something else, that’s all.

Album Rating: 3.5

Like for example if the people who gave this a 1.0 had never heard the original s/t album or if we hypothetically pretend it doesn’t exist, would this have a notably more favorable reception? Part of me thinks yes, totally.

Album Rating: 3.5

Never checked this

Album Rating: 3.0

I think you're going into the right direction digging up the reason behind the low average of this one. So I'd say tons of 1.0s came from "general" disrespect/dislike towards Varg or the remake itself. (+separating the art from the artist etc.) I can see all reasons having numerous followers.

>whereas other fanbases of bands who have done similar re-recordings of early material don’t have the same blind aversion

i dont know man, i was wondering last year why sadus' last two albums have such low scores when they are nowhere near as bad waterings down of their material as 99% of bands in the genre around the same time

i guess sadus fans are pickier, people who know em arent exactly new to this shit

actually black metal is full of purity tests and such, i can see most of metal-archives being opposed to a remaster of whta they consider a classic on those grounds alone lol