Burzum - Belus' Død

Belus is the seventh full-length album by the Norwegian black metal band Burzum. The first studio album to be released after a near 11-year hiatus, it is expected to be released on March 8, 2010 via Byelobog Productions. Belus will be the first album to be released after Varg Vikernes' May 2009 parole from prison, where he served almost 16 years of a 21-year murder sentence. In November 2009, he announced an upcoming release of the new album, initially titled Den Hvite Guden ("The White God" in Norwegian). It is dedicated to the White God, known across Europe, according to Vikernes, under different names, such as Apollo, Baldr, Belenus, Belus, Bragi, Belobog, Jarilo and others. In December 2009, Vikernes announced changing of the title to Belus due to what he described was a backlash against the perceived racist nature of the album. Vikernes maintains that the previous title had nothing to do with skin colour and racism, but was simply a reflection of Baldr being associated with light. The names used in the track titles are the supposed Proto-Indo-European names of the gods of European mythology. Belus is analogous to the Norse god Baldr. Lukan is analogous to Loki. Kaimadalthas is equivalent to Heimdallr and Hermóðr (who Vikernes believes were initially the same god, Haimaþellar). Kelio is equivalent to the Norse Hel as well as Hades from the Greek mythology. The album will be about 50 minutes long, originally containing nine metal tracks and an ambient intro and outro ...