Burzum

Burzum is a Norwegian music project founded by Varg Vikernes in 1991, widely regarded as a pioneering act in the development of atmospheric black metal. The project's early albums — Burzum (1992), Aske (1993), Det Som Engang Var (1993), and Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (1994) — helped establish a distinctively raw, atmospheric approach to black metal that influenced the subsequent development of the genre internationally.

Vikernes's association with the church-burning wave that swept Norway in the early 1990s and his conviction for the murder of fellow musician Euronymous of Mayhem in 1993 have made Burzum one of the most controversial projects in extreme music.