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2011 9th studio album from Burzum, follows the highly critically acclaimed 2010 release Belus.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I can't believe that still no one has reviewed this album. Is the world still paying attention? It should be! This is Burzum (aka Varg Vikerness) back at the top of his game. Unlike many others, I was a bit dissapointed by the previous album (Belus). By comparison Fallen sounds much cleaner, crisper and better produced. It has a more coherent and modern feel to it. The atmosphere is excellent and there is a very effective vocal variety on display here: from clean vocals to a more refined version of Varg's unique balck metal screech; and also the subtler, almost whispered versions of both styles. It hardly matters that this is all in Norwegian, and I barely noticed that some tracks were quite long. I strongly recommend this album, which encapsulates the contemporary essence of Varg.
[PS The one-star review is just copied word for word from the reviewers evaluation of the Belus album so don't take it too seriously (has the reviewer even heard this album?). Certainly if you think this album is 'trying to be scary' you have missed the point.]
[PS The one-star review is just copied word for word from the reviewers evaluation of the Belus album so don't take it too seriously (has the reviewer even heard this album?). Certainly if you think this album is 'trying to be scary' you have missed the point.]
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Having bought Belus and been pleasantly entertained but not really blown away, I was a bit worried about the next album from Varg. However, the refernces made to Det Som Engang Var made me give it a try and was I rewarded!
My favourite tracks from Belus were Sverddans (faster than the others) and Kaimadalthas' nedstigning (with the spoken word), I found these elements given more prominence and the whole album felt like a more coherent product.
The intro sounds like two trolls in a cave boiling a kettle though...
I found this endearing.
From Jeg Faller onwards, each song is possessed of an insanely catchy chorus. After a few listens I was finding myself humming them without realising it. To me, that kind of music that worms it's way into your head and stays there forever is what really great albums are made of. I think I will be listening to it for a long time.
Musically, the production is clearer and the guitar is higher in the mix and more trebly, making the listening experience a bit harder to ignore. I can't really tune this album out of my brain like I could Belus. this means that when it is on you are constantly aware of it. Sometimes I found the tone a bit too harsh though, takes some getting used to.
I personally didn't have a problme with the lyrics being in Norsk, as I listen to a lot of Black metal where they may as well be speaking Swahili for all the coherency they have (Xasthur anyone?).
Combined with the album artwork, which is a big depature from the norm, I was left with the impression of a more accessible record tha still managed to relinquish none of the principles that define the music of Burzum.
If he keeps making records like this I will be happy.
My favourite tracks from Belus were Sverddans (faster than the others) and Kaimadalthas' nedstigning (with the spoken word), I found these elements given more prominence and the whole album felt like a more coherent product.
The intro sounds like two trolls in a cave boiling a kettle though...
I found this endearing.
From Jeg Faller onwards, each song is possessed of an insanely catchy chorus. After a few listens I was finding myself humming them without realising it. To me, that kind of music that worms it's way into your head and stays there forever is what really great albums are made of. I think I will be listening to it for a long time.
Musically, the production is clearer and the guitar is higher in the mix and more trebly, making the listening experience a bit harder to ignore. I can't really tune this album out of my brain like I could Belus. this means that when it is on you are constantly aware of it. Sometimes I found the tone a bit too harsh though, takes some getting used to.
I personally didn't have a problme with the lyrics being in Norsk, as I listen to a lot of Black metal where they may as well be speaking Swahili for all the coherency they have (Xasthur anyone?).
Combined with the album artwork, which is a big depature from the norm, I was left with the impression of a more accessible record tha still managed to relinquish none of the principles that define the music of Burzum.
If he keeps making records like this I will be happy.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Hot on the heels of Belus, Varg's (Burzum IS Varg Vikernes so this is how I shall refer to him/them) fist post-prison album release, comes 'Fallen,' released no more than a year after Belus...is this a case of a little too quick, or has Varg spent his time in prison harnessing those considerable talents?
The answer, thankfully, is the latter. Resoundingly. Fallen is both darker and lighter than Belus, heavier on the bleak forest-in-midwinter atmospherics, yet containing a much greater clean-vocal element, and the result is to create a more rounded sound than the slightly one-dimensional Belus.
And boy-oh-boy is it catchy. Listen to the first 'real' track, 'Jeg Faller' once, and try and get it out of your head for the rest of your life (I'm humming it now...). Once you've purged 'Jeg', track 3, 'Valen', happily leaps into your cerebral cortex and takes over the mantle.
The reason for the four-star review is the last three tracks drop slightly in standard (only slightly), the back-on-itself riff to 'Enhver Till Sit' isn't one of Varg's best, and 'Budstikken,' although otherwise a fine song, suffers from a weak drum beat that sounds like a badly-programmed Bontempi. Coupled with the atmospherics-only outro leaves a feeling of ever so slightly being short-changed, with only 5 'full' tracks.
However these are minor quibbles, this is another rousing work from a truly original and innovative artist, and without doubt the leading light in the Black Metal scene.
The answer, thankfully, is the latter. Resoundingly. Fallen is both darker and lighter than Belus, heavier on the bleak forest-in-midwinter atmospherics, yet containing a much greater clean-vocal element, and the result is to create a more rounded sound than the slightly one-dimensional Belus.
And boy-oh-boy is it catchy. Listen to the first 'real' track, 'Jeg Faller' once, and try and get it out of your head for the rest of your life (I'm humming it now...). Once you've purged 'Jeg', track 3, 'Valen', happily leaps into your cerebral cortex and takes over the mantle.
The reason for the four-star review is the last three tracks drop slightly in standard (only slightly), the back-on-itself riff to 'Enhver Till Sit' isn't one of Varg's best, and 'Budstikken,' although otherwise a fine song, suffers from a weak drum beat that sounds like a badly-programmed Bontempi. Coupled with the atmospherics-only outro leaves a feeling of ever so slightly being short-changed, with only 5 'full' tracks.
However these are minor quibbles, this is another rousing work from a truly original and innovative artist, and without doubt the leading light in the Black Metal scene.
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Far away from his masterpieces
"Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" and "Filosofem", those are his best works to date. They are a must. Sadly, it seems he wont be able to top them. "Belus" was amorphous and... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Linjo "The Dingo"
Fantastic second 'post-incarceration' album from Burzum
Fantastic second 'post-incarceration' album from Burzum,
Fallen in many ways carries on from the previous (2010) album Belus, keeping some of the key features that make a... Read more
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Published 11 months ago by CMaxwell
Fallen
I missed out on Belus but hearing some MP3 samples convinced me that this album was a mandatory purchase; Fallen is basically Burzum doing what Burzum does best. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Replican't
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