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▄░▓███████▄▄▄░ ARTiST.... Burzum ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀ TiTLE..... Filosofem █████▓░
▀░████▓░░▀ ░ ▀ LABEL..... Byelobog Productions ▀ ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
░▓███▓▓░ ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... Black Metal ▄▓▄ ▀ ░▓▓███▓░
▀▀░███▓░▄▄░ RiP.DATE.. 2011-05-03 ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
▀ ▄███▀░░ STOREDATE. 2010-00-00 ░░▀███▄ ▀
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ SOURCE.... CD ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ QUALiTY... 253 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
▄ ▄███▀░░ TRACKS.... 6 / 64:33 ░░▀███▄ ▄
▄▄░███▓░▄ ░ SIZE...... 116.63 MB ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
░▓███▓▓░ ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4 ▄▓▄ ▄ ░▓▓███▓░
▄░████▓░░▄ ░ ▀ URL....... ░▓████░▄
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░ ▄▓████ 1 Dunkelheit 7:05 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 2 Jesus' Tod 8:39 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 3 Erblicket Die Tochter Des Firmaments 7:53 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 4 Gebrechlichkeit I 7:53 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 5 Rundgang Um Die Transzendentale Saule Der 25:11 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ Singularitat ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 6 Gebrechlichkeit II 7:52 ████▓▄ ░
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░▓████▓▄ TOTAL TiME: 64:33 MIN ████▓░
░▓███████▄ TOTAL SIZE: 116.63 MB▄█████▓░
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ It's interesting to me that Varg Vikernes has ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ recorded several years earlier than the actual ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ release. The reason it's so fascinating is that ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ span of time shows either blind coincidence or ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ strong foresight before his imprisonment. Not all ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ "Burzum" aka "Dunkelheit", was an old track ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ previous album Hvis Lyset Tar Oss, but wound up ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ here. Regardless, they all incredibly well ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ this CD is. Up to this point, Burzum albums had ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ more or less been represented by dire, black and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ grisly content. But Filosofem sees not only a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Theodor Severin Kittelsen. Now, having admittedly ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ illustrators, I might have found this more ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ accustomed to the style of imagery, but either ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ way, it was pretty impressive for a black metal ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ album in 1996. The lyrics here are half Norse, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ half English, and the explanations are in Norse. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ This is a rare case where the German track list ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ is as prominent as the 'official', Norwegian ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ ruddy and distorted enough that they pierce the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ listeners' arteries, the drum mix a murky ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ thunder, the synthesizers quaint and the vocals ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ more grueling, spiteful and distorted than any of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the prior albums. But oddly enough, this is one ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ of the reasons the album is so damned good, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ despite Vikernes' own attempts to sabotage it ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ with cheap microphones, fuzz pedal, and whatnot. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ As I've been revisiting and reviewing the whole ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Burzum catalog, I've probably made a number of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ mentions of just how influential these records ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ were and remain. Well, I think it's safe to say ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ that as far as the sound itself, Filosofem must ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ have been the most inspirational of the lot; I've ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ heard more underground black metal records that I ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ could ever think about counting in the past 15+ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ years, and the structure here is incredibly ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ common among the younger bands. It's probably ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ just as often a subconscious tribute as an open ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ In particular, a lot of the depressive black ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ metal bands you'll today take their queues from ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ tracks like "Burzum", and it's not a strain to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ reason why. Incredibly crude, pathological chords ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ woven slowly along the steady, solemn drums, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ conjoined to the plump, minimal glitter of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ synthesizers and the repressed vocals, repeated ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and repeated with only slight deviations to the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ formula arriving in clean, downtrodden vocals and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ tweaks to the keys and guitars. "Jesu Dü0ï3d" ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ moves at a more slicing pace, the opening, bloody ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ melody affixed to feedback before the transition ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ to chords, and then swerving around 1 minute to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ one of my absolute favorite Burzum riffs in ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ history; like a wall of sanity and comfort ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ dissolved into sheer menace. "Beholding the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Daughters of the Firmament" follows a similar ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ course to "Burzum", but even more repetitious and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ desolate. It is the two halves of "Decrepitude", ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ however, that win the award for the most barren ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and bitter pieces Vikernes has ever included on ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ an album. Jarring distortion, acidic vocals that ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sound like a crazed, stray cat's final ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ testimonials before freezing to death, unable to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ find scraps of food anywhere in the winter. And ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ no percussion! Just waves of death ebbing at you ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ like Merzbow manning a suicide hotline. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Then, of course, there is the ambient piece, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ "Rundtgü0è2ing Av Den Transcendentale Egenhetens ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Of Singularity)", a monster at over 25 minutes in ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ length. This has long been a divisive element to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Filosofem: some love it, some just don't ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ understand it, and some understand it and fucking ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hate it. I fall firmly into that first batch, and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ of course anyone familiar with "Tomhet" from Hvis ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ inclusion. Perhaps just the breadth. It's an ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ amazingly repetitive but hypnotic synth journey ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ which takes the listener on a tour through spaces ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ external and internal, with scintillating, sparse ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and shattered melodies offset in thudding, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ implied bass lines and more of the ringing, fat ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ synth used in other songs like "Burzum". If ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ you're huge into 80s horror soundtracks (John ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Carpenter), Tangerine Dream, or others who once ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ proudly boasted the day's hardly cutting edge ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ pads, then there's no reason you can't be ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hypnotized here. Does it stick out like a sore ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ thumb? Yes and no. The duration is a challenge, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ but the synth tones are not outlandish among ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ those used in the metal cuts. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ other Burzum album I would turn towards for a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ guaranteed audio mecca into agony. This is the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Vikernes offered something fascinating that you ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ were unable to discover elsewhere, and Filosofem ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ the last that was recorded before he would begin ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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