Burzum Releases Thulêan Mysteries

After some years of silence, wildcat black metal band turned ambient powerhouse Burzum unleashed its new album Thulêan Mysteries on Friday, March 13, 2020. The new album features incidental musical compositions from the past few years.

As Vikernes opines:

Thulecirc;an Mysteries was made passively, in the sense that I never intended to make a new album; I just made music every now and then and at one point realized that I actually had enough to release it all on an album. When asked to do so I figured: why not? It was a good idea. The music is a little bit of this and a little bit of that, transcending any genre, and perhaps belonging to many different genres. The intention with it was always to create a certain atmosphere, often related to an idea or a situation. Since my true passion has never been music, but actually tabletop role-playing games, I figured I should make this an album intended for that use; as background music for my own MYFAROG (Mythic Fantasy Role-playing Game). Hopefully you will get a sense of Thulecirc; when you listen to this, like always with Burzum, ideally when on your own. I hope you will enjoy this soundtrack to Thulecirc;, to Mother Nature and life itself

Comprised of two discs in a digipak, the album — featuring cover art consisting of the painting “Nøkken” (“Water Troll”) by Norwegian artist Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914) — contains the following tracks:

CD 1

1. The Sacred Well
2. The Loss Of A Hero
3. ForeBears
4. A Thulêan Perspective
5. Gathering Of Herbs
6. Heill Auk Sæll
7. Jötunnheimr
8. Spell-Lake Forest
9. The Ettin Stone Heart
10. The Great Sleep
11. The Land Of Thulê
12. The Lord Of The Dwarves
13. A Forgotten Realm
14. Heill Óðinn, Sire
15. The Ruins Of Dwarfmount
16. The Road To Hel
17. Thulêan Sorcery

CD 2

1. Descent Into Niflheimr
2. Skin Traveller
3. The Dream Land
4. Thulêan Mysteries
5. The Password
6. The Loss Of Thulê