New Burzum Album Announced

A new BURZUM album, titled Umskiptar (Metamorphoses), is scheduled for release in May on Byelobog Productions. Umskiptar consists of 65 minutes of skaldic metal, recorded in Grieghallen Studio in Bergen in September 2011.

Umskiptar tracklist:
'Blóðstokkinn (Soaked in Blood)' (1:16)
'Jóln (Deities)' (5:51)
'Alfadanz (Elven Dance)' (9:22)
'Hit helga Tré (The Sacred Tree)' (6:51)
'Æra (Honour)' (3:58)
'Heiðr (Esteem)' (3:02)
'Valgaldr (Song Of The Fallen)' (8:03)
'Galgviðr (Gallow Forest)' (7:16)
'Surtr Sunnan (Black from the South)' (4:14)
'Gullaldr (Golden Age)' (10:20)
'Níðhöggr (Attack From Below)' (5:00)

The lyrics on Umskiptar are all taken from a Norse poem, Völuspá. For an English translation of the lyrics see the book Sorcery And Religion In Ancient Scandinavia.

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Jason Fisher    January 21, 2012