Burzum - Demo 1 (1991)

Country: Norway
Genre: Black Metal
Songlist:
Lost Wisdom 0:05
Spell of Destruction 5:12
Channeling the Power of Souls Into a New God 10:17
Composed by: Varg Vikernes

[@Kondziorek55]

There's 240p Then there's 144p and then there's Burzum Demo 1

[@43CYN]

Man I'm so high, you made me laugh out so loud

[@nicolausteslaus]

@@43CYN Drugs are for gays.

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@tsgregory91]

and you still love it

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

Listen to this on a 1890s gramophone player for the full experience.

[@RPG7rokette]

writting Lost wisdom in 1991 when you look what the musical landscap was at that time is crazy, Varg is just built different

[@saraivatoledo1842]

You know what I found crazy in 1990´s " musical landscape " ? Mayhem live with Pelle and Hellhammer in late 1989/early 1990 playing " De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas " material already . Varg will never admit to this but he was highly galvanized by Arseth´s ( Pelle´s too ) views and musical vision .

[@eddiemperor]

@@saraivatoledo1842 So what? VARG made everything more Minimal, that's what made the 2nd wave of BM important.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

@@eddiemperor You´re aware Mayhem released " Deathcrush " when Varg was probably still in Baghdad lusting after all those hot Iraqi teachers etc , etc ... yes ?

[@eddiemperor]

@@saraivatoledo1842 You talk about that terrible Demo?? Deathcrush wasn't even a black metal release.....

[@eddiemperor]

@@saraivatoledo1842 Euronymous had no vision. He copied bands from South America like Sarcofago, Holocausto, bands from Asia like Sigh and Abhorer, VON...bands already had this sound since mid 80s You think that Mayhem was the first band w this sound and image...Burzum was the first band to put Norwegian BM on the map.

[@jww732]

Dude had his own groove / vibe that is STILL untouched or unmatched. Nothing has ever been this frozen or frost bitten since!

[@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902]

Judas Iscariot came close.

[@jww732]

@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902 yea close however time period was different. I'd say Clandestine blaze " church of atrocity " came close too.

[@behindthen0thing]

I guess

[@corybray7763]

lln

[@jww732]

@@corybray7763 les legion noire?

[@Torn_Shoe]

Recordist: How raw sound it needs to be? Varg: Yes

[@blackpanda32]

by recordist you mean that toy microphone he used

[@Torn_Shoe]

@@blackpanda32 dude, it's a joke, of course he had recorded it by himselves)

[@Paolur]

I remember finding a couple tracks off this demo on limewire when I was 13 and it blew my fucking mind

[@Vladi306]

I got some tracks on Limewire and it blew my fucking hard drive.

[@Paolur]

@@Vladi306 BURZUM_DEMO_4REAL.exe

[@Wrath6909]

I downloaded these songs too when I was 13 in 2003. Good times and it sure does go by fast. I downloaded my tracks on Kazzaa

[@behindthen0thing]

​@Wrath6909 shut up

[@miranha6821]

i really like this sound quality, the worst the better

[@svart_kors]

Varg is an unparalleled musical genius. Love him or hate him, he knows how to write black metal songs like no one else.

[@okkokarsama1596]

"unparalelled musical genius" XDDDDDDDD

[@stlkr]

he knew back then. most of his releases after he left the prison were meh. Belus was ok but the rest... Filosofem was his peak imho.

[@beans8269]

@@okkokarsama1596he is bro do you understand how ground breaking this was back then

[@okkokarsama1596]

@@beans8269 sure, might have been groundbreaking but to say he was an unparalelled musical genious is definetly an overstatement. Even in black metal Xasthur has better atmospheric albums, and I don’t consider him an unparalelled musical genious. Someone like guthrie govan is an unparalelled musical genious because of his insane technical skill and ability to improvise some of the best fusionjazz solos ever.

[@beans8269]

@@okkokarsama1596 maybe it is an overstatement but with the example you give you seem to think of musical genius as someone very talented at playing their instrument but in my opinion that has little to do with it. All what matters is song writing. Is nirvana considered one of the best bands of the 90s cuz of Kurt’s great playing skills, or songwriting skills? That’s what Varg was above average at

[@musicenjoyer4203]

The tape hiss might be louder than the guitar

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

Yup. Bass too.

[@Tremolo12]

It's cool that drums break the sound barrier

[@MidwestCombatServicesLLC]

Sounds like should be an 8 bit Castlevania soundtrack. Love it more!

[@KaminariHouse]

Doesn't get much more Lo-Fi than this. Hails to Varg, and you for posting \m/

[@seangalloway9609]

Legend has it Varg recorded all the early Burzum tracks on a Remington shaver

[@The_Count_Uglukh]

@@seangalloway9609 In that time there was no remington :D Only razors :D

[@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902]

@@The_Count_Uglukh And axes:)

[@behindthen0thing]

And headphones

[@brodifacoum88]

with the release of the first Burzum demo album,a dark and cold journey started that no one can reproduce again,no one can create the mood and the atmosphere that the Count created at that time.....

[@Yeolde777]

Goosebumps, throws me right back in time. Love how slow and evil it sounds.

[@pixelnazgul]

RAW. So raw, that I want to put it back into the owen.

[@DaniFenriz]

I feel in another dimension when I hear this! 🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘

[@TheCervelas]

you gotta hand it to him , he made something pretty good all by himself with the crappiest equipment possible .

[@Evoluutiomies]

I keep returning to this. Incredible stuff.

[@todensarg]

No pherkele sehä on evoluutiomies ite

[@6mat]

@@todensarg jummijammi

[@blackheavyblans]

this is truest trve kvlt ever exists

[@djoverkin]

Lost wisdom sounds so much like half of the gorgoroth songs....he really was instrumental, a shadow you cannot escape...

[@dexunen]

Burzum\m/

[@misss109]

Thank you for sharing! Love the raw sound

[@LambLiesDownOnBroadway]

144p and then it's pure perfection!

[@toastyidk.1176]

As raw as you can get

[@junesuprise]

91? He was a genius indeed

[@juancantu761]

My favorite album.. love BURZUM 🔥🤗🔥

[@nicolascandola4797]

Varg Is genius

[@prowlingfrost5588]

The Ragnarok bootleg CD is the easy way to get these demo tracks and it sells for quite reasonable price.

[@brodifacoum88]

When we talk about demo tapes from black metal bands like Burzum, we're talking about very rare materials that nowadays cost a lot, from what I understood in Euronymous' store you could find demo tapes, I don't know exactly if they have demo tapes from Burzum were sold in Helveti while the store was run by Euronymous, instead I know about the album Burzum Promo 92 which was produced in a few copies and is an extremely rare material that could be purchased from Øystein's store at that time time. The role of the album Promo 92 was to promote the first debut album from Burzum which was to be released in March of 1992.

[@amiralikhosrovaan]

Hail Varg 🤘🏻🖤.

[@bozobaggins4341]

This is absolutely amazing...

[@Dragonborn77777]

İ am in BM since 1993 and still one of the best introvert metal demo ever

[@ariel8730]

Yeah

[@erlik420]

hocam kralsın

[@LandLos.]

I am bm since 2006

[@mugosquero]

@@erlik420 Bilge Kagan, is that you? Hey bro what you doin'.

[@erlik420]

@@mugosquero fine bro wbu

[@LysanderSA]

Legend. My early Youth

[@sarahbergstrom659]

Atmosphere

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Jokes aside I prefer this kind of raw production to something like Ildjarn or Von. It feels like being in the womb as opposed to being out in a hailstorm.

[@rogue-o1h]

This might unironically be burzum's best work.

[@kaljasiepp8]

Sad that there were no vocals on this. It would've been magical to hear the raw, faint screams over the shitty lo-fi drumming

[@GZawrotniak]

Exactlyy

[@uer-px1kd]

Banger forever

[@eternallygone]

Greifi Grishnackh was the only one able to create such unique evil atmosphere back in the days.

[@enterbalak]

Drums of the URUK-HAI!

[@bennyboop3654]

Varg is the lead where ever he goes

[@aeddgynvael8355]

Excruciatingly cool.

[@3vil_j34n]

one of my fav demos

[@bjornserko2831]

музыка Варга бесподобна, практичеки прародительница и атмосферика и жёсткого индастриала, и амбиента, и симфо, и много чего ещё, и кто бы что не говорил, один фиг, слышали ЭТО все!)

[@zigzagzugzug]

ну, она по СТРАШНЕЙШЕМУ звучанию и правда похожа на индастриал с долбящим киком, но всё же я не сказал бы, что имеет к нему особенное отношение. индастриал создавался в то же время, но всё же под влиянием совсем других банд из других частей света. но сходство определённо есть) а насчёт того, что музыка бесподобна - конечно, и это лишь доказало прошедшее время!

[@urbanwinterhound8863]

This is sooo damn raw

[@SuperBlackshadow666]

чертовски здорово!

[@labra-dog]

No tienes porque hablar than feo mi amigo

[@fred-ericschulz7736]

Damnit, this tape is as old as me, no wonder i like it

[@arctclvrarctclvr8021]

Спасибо 🤝

[@Kurt_guenand]

Good sond🎸

[@ivanwong6325]

hasta hora tengo mi caset de burzum

[@razielhernandez9356]

A genius lord Vikernes 🔥

[@Will_Y584]

Real Black Metal

[@walterswagga8032]

крутой альбом реально варг молодец красава епта лучший тупо в блек метале лучшци красава 🇧🇻🤌🤌🤌🤌🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

[@anikainu7038]

это демо

[@user-hk2uk8wr8t]

@@anikainu7038 так человек про альбом именно говорит

[@denistur7669]

Можно перенести в классический симфонический оркестр и обыватель не заметит, что это bm, Варг композитор

[@stluke4655]

Woah way more aggressive than the other uploads

[@todensarg]

This was ripped from my own copy of the cassette and it sounds a bit different

[@russiarussinfo9739]

@@todensarg And what about the cover? Is this original Varg,s pictures?

[@todensarg]

@@russiarussinfo9739 no, they are my own images

[@MisterMagnificent]

was this recorded with a sea shell?

[@TheYam001]

Damn... as crunchy as my cornflakes

[@comesect]

Crispy.

[@rickysword3945]

I love the drum… it sounds like a hello kitty drum… Hell o’ Kitty

[@WingZeroSymphonics]

yes this will do.

[@notbizkit]

Sounds almost like 8 bit remix

[@bhs8732]

Takk 🤘🤘

[@dthvlly]

mto foda

[@brentyocum4824]

Nice

[@gnarxy]

144p is the only way to watch this

[@uncooldispatch5438]

It doesn’t really change tho

[@uncooldispatch5438]

The music I mean

[@AndrewLomenzo]

This was back when the intended black metal sound was full bass no treble.. it was eventually reversed the following year.

[@nuntervonmeimgrundstuck6004]

I Need the Toaster that he used for Recording

[@themountainking3378]

Burzum -Schizophrenia Edition Holy shit this is crunchy

[@musicenjoyer4203]

burzum schizophrenia edition, aka burzum

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

It’s not Burzum, it’s bOyTz-zYiM

[@Vladi306]

This is what music sounds like when you play it through one of those plasma balls from Spencer's and THAT'S fuckin' kvlt! 🤘

[@LVCIFER_666]

⸸🤘🏻🖤🔥⛧🔥🖤🤘🏻⸸

[@Daniel-ph9eb]

Gadajcie co chcecie ale Burzum i tak jest wielki 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ZombifiedPreacher1]

Was this recorded soon after he removed his Scorpions pin?

[@dnbstructure]

Yes, but before the chocolate milk drinking accident.

[@blackimperialblood]

So lo-fi it sounds like a 16bit videogame ost

[@DavidDexterMusic]

Interesting

[@wrathforce5611]

Thats a live rehearsal...wanna know whos playing the drums and the bass with varg.

[@lalito._.01]

Its all him. From what i remember reading a while back he would record each part separately and layer them cassette to cassette. Its one of the reasons why the audio is so low quality due to generational loss between the cassettes

[@arturolearczyk]

1971 burzum - demo .

[@denistur7669]

Если на 2х скорости, то получается злой дэз

[@narthuz]

I thought that These tracks are from the Demo 2. Becuase on the Demo 1 you dont hear the drums that much 🤔

[@todensarg]

Demo 2 also contains demo 1 if i remember correctly

[@jaceksky4064]

👍

[@nicolascandola4797]

Burzum progect Is top

[@tigerinanina7637Südwest]

ABO✔️😈

[@skeletalremains8555]

I was the 666th like haha. Also it says it's from 91 but the cover appears to be of a church burning which would've been 92 or later, anyone know what's up with that?

[@todensarg]

The cover is from 1992 but this was originally released in 1991

[@skeletalremains8555]

@@todensarg Ah okay. Thank you

[@markp1881]

Chillz

[@Nekrist666]

Too overproduced.

[@ivanildocafu3452]

Hahaha 😅😂

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

fire

[@robertomoreno9882]

La era del orko y la tierra media

[@ertugrulbascnar4315]

Guitar tone sounds like farting in this one

[@bladempale1751]

It sounds 8-bit

[@aidanamphlett]

Hilarious

[@tigerinanina7637Südwest]

Hej Varg 🖤🤎🤎

[@Wyvernq]

Bro the quality 💀

[@thunderstruck2077]

RaW = WaR !!! GooD DaY - GooD FinD !!! Crank it Up Full Blast, Britto/Kormaa/ Smile Whenever You See Thee... 🤘🏿🤘🏿

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

where is vinyl of this.. merch with this

[@trveanti-moda1389]

Trve

[@tracisundari1950]

Trve cvlt

[@realneroncesar]

Cristian burned down the church in 92, because the cover of the 91 demo is the church destroyed? Did he already use artificial intelligence to create art?

[@reedperry2234]

Heil

[@Trollhe1m]

NORDIC POWER🧙🏻‍♀️🧙🏻‍♀️🧙🏻‍♀️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@__777__czarnobog7]

🤦🏻 za co. Tego gówna nie da się słuchać. I nie pierdolcie mi tu o jakieś klasyce

[@otakudesmaiado8532]

Q porra d língua é essa? Parece q ta engasgado

[@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902]

To jest DEMO. I MIAŁO brzmieć chujowo. Dlatego można tego posłuchać na YT albo niegdyś z przegranej kasety, jak słuchałem ponad 20 lat temu, a nie płacić jakiemuś cwaniakowi za bootleg na płycie:) Ale historycznie to ciekawa rzecz.

[@mattstiglic]

This is quite possibly, without exaggeration, the worst thing ive ever heard. This is what all the BM fanboys faun over? This?!? Good grief.

[@redfogwhitefrost2583]

If you know the songs that are on this demo. They were later re-recorded. You can begin to really appreciate this demo. But yeah, coming from an outside perspective. I can easily see how this is unlistenable. It's definitely not the best representation for what burzum sounds like for a first time listener.

[@evocati6523]

You can tell the potential is there, but this is just a demo. Listen to the actual final recordings

[@zvakaz]

if you start getting into the genre with this ofc it will sound disgusting because you have to get used to raw sound, so i'd recommend checking out the debut album Burzum/Aske

[@peikko3304]

@Fire from within lol elitists don't listen to Burzum or Mayhem

[@ashtralplane777]

It sounds this way because the music and recording was shaped that way duh. You don't even have to like bm or even be a musician to understand it's the tone that he was going for. The soundscape is used to elicit certain feelings and capture a vibe.

[@attilafuredi5224]

Varg was very talented at then, but this is unlistenable.

[@2jackgood]

How ??

[@attilafuredi5224]

@@2jackgood The sound.

[@76isthenumberofeverything76]

@@attilafuredi5224 Most black metal has terrible sound quality, even burzum's later albums sound lo-fi.

[@toastyidk.1176]

Its a demo, not a proper recording. Still I like how you can really hear the drums and bass in this demo

[@coldacre]

that was the point of this demo. it was a reaction against the popular death metal of the time. he deliberately made it sound bad. and the people who understood, understood.