Daudi Baldrs - Burzum

The final two albums released under the Burzum name are remarkably different to those released prior to Varg Vikernes' imprisonment for murder and arson, as black metal's finest one-man-band has now been limited to a keyboard and a rather pathetic computer program to tie it all together. 'Dauði Baldrs' is Burzum's most conceptual album yet, but you wouldn't know it from the music; the lyric booklet details the story of Baldr despite the songs themselves featuring no lyrics whatsoever, and being forced to communicate Varg's ideas through rather shoddy MIDI programming. I'm making it sound quite pathetic, and indeed it must have been quite humbling for the musician, but ...  Read the complete review