Burzum is the solo project of Varg Vikernes (born Kristian Larsson Vikernes, AKA Greven Grishnackh/Count Grishnackh, currently legally named Varg Qisling Larsson Vikernes). The band was initially known as Uruk-hai, Varg Vikernes' first band which he formed in 1988-89. He changed the name to Burzum (meaning "darkness" in Black Speech, the language of Mordor in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings) in 1991 after the disbanding of Satanel, a band he founded with Abbath of Immortal.
Burzum played a vital role, along with other Norwegian black metal bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, Emperor and Immortal, in the development of black metal as a musical genre and ideology. In particular, the ambient black metal and depressive black metal subgenres owe much to Burzum's sound.
Style over time
Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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Artists on air on the same radio stations and in the same genres
Burzum members
Current members: Varg Vikernes
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On the radio
Stations that played Burzum in the last 30 days
- 4×
СТМу
Russia · Jazz - 3×
Northern Metal Radio Extreme
Sweden · Metal - 2×
Radio Metal On: The Brutal
Portugal · Metal - 1×
Radio Rock Madagascar
Madagascar · Rock - 1×
Rock Hard Greece
Greece · Metal - 1×
Dzed Bardaitis Radio
Black Metal - 1×
Death.FM
United States · Metal - 1×
Radio Free Fargo KRFF 95.5
United States · Pop - 1×
WOBC 91.5 FM Oberin College and Community Radio
United States · Rock
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