How to Make Black Metal (Burzum style)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- How can you make music in the style of Burzum's Filosofem album? Let's find out!
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For the microphone, a helicopter pilot headset mic will do.
Unique idea!
@@ItsWinterProductions Haha, thats actually how Filosofem vocals were recorded.
I got a call center headset. Good enough?
@@floridianwolf1029 might be too high quality.
Buy a really cheap corded landline telephone and wire a guitar jack up direct to the earpiece speaker not the mouth part but the earpiece speaker. It makes for a great “terrible in a good way” microphone
damn this is actually pretty good. quite surprised the mic worked so well to replicate the headphone mic varg was using. he truly was the first to experience xbox live mic quality
And after all go to jail.
the title should've been "Am I God? Let's find out"
👉 "let's find out"
Lmao
Thanks bro
I don't get it
@@crimson7925 varg had his own youtube channal but it was banned in every video he said "lets find out"
Raskolnikov moment
I have made a preset in Amplitube 5 which was really dead simple:
Use the 80's Metal preset with the Metal Distortion Pedal, Noise Gate before it, use two SM57's instead of one and change the volumes for the mics and EQ. Boom! Bathory/Burzum sound.
If you want that really fuzzy sound you can use the EQ afterwards like in this video.
The tuning is simple too: E Standard @432Hz.
I find this helpful when trying to write Burzum type music:
"On Hvis Lyset Tar Oss Burzum evolves to a simplicity of rhythmic communication under a dark mood suspended in the ambient tones of distorted guitar, but re-introduces thematic narration to make the album that raised the bar for black metal so much that it forced other bands back toward less ambitious works. Recombinations of scale fragments balance a nihilism of tonal equality with a chaotic will to melody, building each song from progressions of simple riffs that emphasize a pulse in their dominant strokes.
In this, Hvis Lyset Tar Oss comes closest to achieving the ideal of the ancient Greeks: an epic poem set to music and choreographed to the motions of actors on a stage, telling a story that is both literal and of mythic symbolism, which Burzum expresses through motif slices that resemble the leitmotifs of Richard Wagner. The listener becomes enmeshed into these tracks and subsequently shocked awake when their evocative structures unfold and implode, blooming a wistful moment of both realization and emotion, resignation and resistance.
Of four tracks, three are lengthy (11, 8 and 15 minute) minimalist epics of driving technoesque beats and strobing guitar that leaves a passage of time resonating with the entirety of the greater phrase which in its own subtle way shares the fundamentals of each component phrase. Emergent ideas project and converge merging with a distant reality as these songs articulate their pain; then into the cold of silence drops a sparse ambient keyboard piece of ten minutes called "Tomhet," absolute minimalism that portrays dark reflections of a dying age. Thus concludes a brief vision of eternal order rising from necessary violence and then chaos, presenting the human soul yearning for more than the functional before vanishing into despair with the enigmatic afterglow of a falling star."
holy fuck i forgot how pretentious those anus reviews were lmfao
Tomhet is amazing.
"how to make BOORTZOOMIQUE black metal? LETS FIND OUT!"
The track was lit like the churches Varg once gave a visit 🔥
Varg didn't actually burn any churches, he was implicated by dumbass Euronymous
Filosofem.. what an album
It's mostly filosofem that is very repetitive.
That's part of what makes it his best album imo, so minimal yet just so perfect.
Surprised I couldn't find a comment mentioning the "huh?wow" reference at the end. Great video from start to finish dude
Please make a "tutorial" on how to make that typical late 90s, early 2000s ultra mega giga melodic Finnish dark-goth rock/metal such as HIM, Entwine,. Charon, Poisonblack, Sentenced, For my Pain, Reflexion, Negative, Rasmus, Sinamore, Soulrelic, etc. :-)
Yeah I might do that at some point!
Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiitos paljon!@@ItsWinterProductions
This proves that 70% of modern bm bands are inspired by burzum. My former band counted in
1st of all, learn Norwegian. 2nd Learn Norwegian lore, 3rd Listen some Dungeon Synth, 4th Burn some churches.
kind of annoying how good your tribute tune turned out!
Thanks!
@3:50 couldn't you pass the mic through a distortion pedal?
Absolutely. I just didn't have a pedal that sounded good so I used my multieffect instead
I will always love Burzum the debut album and filosofem are legendary the atmospheric style is beautiful and dark at the same time. Also liked varg’s thulean perspective channel before they took it down
Funny. All the runes say is the names of Norse gods...
L e t s f i n d o u t
I was playing my flute to some Runescape tunes, came to your Runescape video, then it was a very short road back to Burzum.
Inescapable it seems.
I've been working on some bm.. wanted a burzum feel.. couldent get a good video explaining untill this. Absolutely love it bro
Glad you found it helpful
BRRRRZM
Might be the best "burzum" impression in YT
Great video would just recommend adding more reverb to the drums and playing the hi-hat faster. Other than that you did very well.
Sounds fucking amazing dude!
Thanks man!!
As the youth say: "This track slaps". 🤘
Nice. Your accent sounds a bit Dutch
Thanks for doing this! For the ambient burzum stuff you mentioned, can you do a tutorial on Hlidskjalf era Burzum ambient stuff?
I have a Dungeon Synth tutorial on my channel that kind of touches on similar sound. But I admit that video is more of a meme and not so much informative. I'll probably make a new, proper tutorial on folky dungeon synth since there seems to be demand!
@@ItsWinterProductions I like that video a lot, actually. I will never complain about more dungeon synth tutorials, though, since there's hardly any on youtube. It's taken me years to dial in the Thangorodrim/Mortiis sound.
I know its been two years and your passion may have switched to something else already but could you please go into a bit of detail regarding sounding a bit like Thangorodrim?
His approach to sequencing and drums is a bit unorthodox when compared to other releases of "dungeon synth"
@@baronvonshekel7323 from what stuff I've done in that style, he uses a lot of i-vii-i progressions (I think that's what they're called) and then uses a lot of saturation, reverb, and bandpass filtering
Was there anything special you had to do to plug your guitar into a stereo?
That's a good song at the end there my guy.
Thank you!
Very awesome video. Id watch a bathory version. the stooner doom video was also very helpful since thats my main focus.
Cheers!
I love these riffs that you came up with. such a treat to listen to
Yup! Just play Barre chords. Arppegio tremolo picking 👍
A soundtrack to “visit” churches by 😂
Man you are becoming my favourite music youtuber
Thanks!!
Is there somewhere I could find that exact Grundig stereo?
Thanks for this ; big up dude !!
nice😀😀nice😀😀
WOW
What drum plugin are you using?
Ugritone Kvlt drums II
How to play Burzum style black metal.....
Bite off Bathory.
Im a little late to the party but what bpm range do you recommend
brzm AHHAAHAH, btw GREAT video.
This is the pure and a real Filosofem track!
You nailed it. Really good.
Thanks!
Is the guitar plugged straight into the stereo during that clip of it playing?
Damn man. You just answered all the questions I ever had about how to do all of this - and I'm a guitar tech for over 15 years.
Also, - dutch? I recognize the accent ;)
Thank you! Glad you found it informative. And actually I'm Finnish haha!
Which programme is that?
Bro I just want an excuse for such a busted amp
Hmm, nope!
Darn it
@@ItsWinterProductions No matter.
This sounds really good
Or you can cheat the bass by duplicating the lead guitar and pitching it down
man ur channel is a treasure, great content indeed
Thanks!
cool! Rune writing could be improved! Don´t write Thor with the Tyr runar use the TH! Freya probably written with an Isa instead of an Eiwaz rune or an Elhaz and Balder maybe either Baldur so the Uruz is missing. 😉😉
Is there a subgenre for burzum style black metal or some Spotify playlist? I just want to dive in that atmosphere
Bilskirnir - In Solitary Silence
Wigrid - Hoffnungstod
Draugurz - Elbenopfer
On the depressive side of athmospheric black metal, check out Gris.
The vocals lowkey sounds like nowdays Dimmu Borgir :D
But thanks for the tuto. I always wanted my black metal songs sounds like burzum-ish.
That’s some xasthur shit
xasthur is a lot more dissonant but yeah tbh I hear it
Are u from Finland?
dude thats awsome. make a funeral doom
Hello, I did already. You can find it on my channel. Thanks!
it's pronounced buRcum not bursum🤓🤓😭
No it won’t work unless you record it in a forest in Norway in winter.
did you tune to 432hz ?
What guitar do you use?
Tokai Love Rock
@@ItsWinterProductions Thank you
Is this on spotify?
Forget about guitar solos…
Drudkh: hold my beer
Thanks a lotttttttttttt
I am currently working on a song!
Good luck! If you publish it let me know and I'll listen
Varrrrg Viiikernes
Let's find out 👉
Burzum is a very special band
Varg is a genius
The Black Metal he made is very Dark but Melodic and Hypnotic.
Very different from the other Black bands of that time.
I lived my best Blacker years with his music
I miss that era :(
If you love Burzum's style you should listen to this album: Severoth - When the Night Falls
The influence of Burzum is noticeable
Great Video
Reggards🤘
great video
Thanks!
good video! thanks
Great Work
Actually pretty good, I prefer the early vocal style though.
That early Burzum vocal style is hard to nail, very unique
That sounds amazing hahaha
good shit
very cool content, thank you
Woah the song is sick as hell, great work!!!
Thank you!!
Evil trees there. LOL. Great song. I need to work on the shitty microphone. Song has more than 3 riffs though. So bad on you!
what software did you use?
FL Studio
KAKO NAPRAVIT BEND SLIČAN BURZUMU?
NIKAKO...
How to be a copy! Man, Black Metal has really flooded with a lack of creativity since last I checked.
Nice sound you created here. it reminds fully of the old burzum albums. i appreciate!
Love this tutorial, amazing track as well! I've tried with the headphones as an input like Varg did and the result was evil!
yo make an album of yours as an burzum filosofem
Ty mate, this really help me in my proyect
Esas guitarras lo haces con un programa Bro?
Thx for the video. This is mind blowing 😃
Hi ! Can you tell me how do you connect the guitar on the old stereo ? It will be very useful to me, since i'm a little confused but i want absolutely replicate it ! If any reader sees this and knows something about it, please let me know ! Thanks
If it has an aux input you could probably buy a cable with on one end a guitar jack and on the other aux?
I know some people think that low fi sound is "Trve Kvlt" and all that. But personally, I find modern Black Metal bands with that sound come of as fraudulent. They didn't have that sound back then because it was the sound they really wanted. They had that sound because it was the only way to do a DIY home recording. In the room or when performing live, their sound is NOTHING like the recordings.
These days the cheapest way to record yourself, is with a cheap audio interface and free VST's. So if a modern album sounds like that. It just screams "I'm trying too hard to sound like they did", even though they sounded that way because they had no alternative. Their sound is authentic. Moderns bands with that sound aren't being authentic at all. Its a purely "aesthetic" sound. You're better of nodding to it rather than emulating it imo.
Depends on what you're aiming for,go into "broken FisherPrice Sing-a-long mic" territory too far and you're a tryhard,use all the features a DAW offers and have a too crispy sound and its hardly "Burzum/old Mayhem era" blackmetal
Vargs mantra was "if you have an idea then just go for it,do not care about what others may think or how they would do it" and,without trying to be a fangirl,this is the best advise he gave out regarding music
@@questionsfrog1918 I'm mostly just saying the whole nonsensical view of: it has to sound like shit to be "trve kult", is just stupid.
Having a well produced low-fi sound is totally fine imo. As you can absolutely have a low-fi sound whilst still having good production. Just look at low-fi hip hop. Its not a genre I'm a fan of, but the production on low-fi hip hop tracks are still top notch, whilst paying tribute to older songs without losing modern quality.
What comes off as fake to me, is a modern recording with a low-fi sound that has bad production in some misguided attempt to sound like home recordings from the 90's. We aren't in the 90's anymore, home recordings don't sound like that anymore.
If someone actually went to the effort of using period equipment to recreate that sound authentically, that I could at least respect. As it has a retro homage to it.
what software was used?
fl studio
Well FUCKING DONE👹
Очень крутой видос. Без лишней воды. Подход к теме видео замечательный. Смотрел с любопытством. Спасибо за такой интересный видос
This production is way too clean, needs to be more hazy like WAY more hazy. If you can clearly hear everything it’s not Burzum-y enough. Maybe adding a beehive in your amp will help
i agree. that's not sounds like Burzum, but nice try.
bro, this is so fucking good man
Thanks man!
Wow, that is a great song.
Burzum is Nazi Metal - Phil from Pantera favourite Band...!
thats like saying kanye is nazi rap. dont care bro
How can it be "Nazi Metal" if none of the themes touched by Burzum are political?
Note: "....it JUST IS,OKAY?" isn't a valid answer,do not drink too much coolaid during your antifa brainwashing sessions