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Det som engang var (Norwegian for What Once Was) is the second studio album by the Norwegian black metal solo project Burzum. It was recorded in April 1992 and released in August 1993 through Burzum's own label, Cymophane Productions.

Det som engang var
Studio album by Burzum
Released	August 1993
Recorded	April 1992 at the Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
Genre	Black metal dark ambient
Length	39:49
Language	English, Norwegian
Label	Cymophane
Producer	Count Grishnackh, Pytten
Burzum chronology
Aske (1993) Det som engang var (1993) Hvis lyset tar oss (1994)

Background

Varg Vikernes recorded the first four Burzum albums between January 1992 and March 1993 at the Grieg Hall in Bergen. However, the releases were spread out, with many months between the recording and the release of each album.

The album was initially named På svarte troner (Norwegian for "On Black Thrones") but was renamed shortly before its release. The song "Det som en gang var" (with a slightly different spelling) would appear on the next album, Hvis lyset tar oss.

The album cover is visually inspired by the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st edition) module The Temple of Elemental Evil.[1] At the bottom of the artwork is a depiction of the "reaper" and the tree shown on Burzum's first album. The album cover was drawn by Jannicke Wiese-Hansen, who also drew the cover for the first Burzum album.

Release

Det som engang var was released on CD in August 1993 through Vikernes' own record label, Cymophane Productions, which he created so he could leave Deathlike Silence Productions, which was owned by Mayhem guitarist Euronymous.[2] Its release was limited to around 950 copies.[2] Although the two were friends, by the time of the album's release they had fallen out. On 10 August 1993, Vikernes stabbed Euronymous to death outside his apartment in Oslo. He was arrested a few days later and, in May 1994, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for both the murder and the church arsons.

Det som engang var was reissued in 1994, by Misanthropy Records, in two formats: CD and vinyl. The vinyl release contained a Limited Edition poster of the album cover art.[2]

After Vikernes's release from prison in 2009, he re-recorded two songs from the album—"Key to the Gate" and "Snu mikrokosmos tegn"—and released them on the album From the Depths of Darkness.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic wrote: "Vikernes' claim to musical genius would soon be irreparably stained by his, shall we say, extra-curricular infamy, burying all of the fascinating contradictions inherent in his art under the brutally one-dimensional label of "murderer", and, by extension, forcing complicated feelings of guilt upon all those who would dare experience this otherwise compelling music."[3]

Track listing

Personnel

Burzum

• Count Grishnackh – vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums, bass, gong, production

Additional personnel

• Euronymous – gong (track 1)[4]
• Pytten – production
• Jannicke Wiise-Hansen – album artwork (artwork is a partial re-creation of The Temple of Elemental Evil's cover art.)

References

External links

• Det som engang var at Burzum's official website

На других языках

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[de] Det som engang var

Det som engang var (Norwegisch für „Das, was einmal war“) ist das zweite Album des Black-Metal-Soloprojektes Burzum von Varg Vikernes. Das Album wurde 1993 auf seinem Label Cymophane Productions veröffentlicht und 1994 von Misanthropy Records auf CD und Faltcover-LP neu aufgelegt.

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- [en] Det som engang var

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[es] Det Som Engang Var

Det Som Engang Var (Castellano: "Lo que una vez fue") es el segundo álbum de estudio publicado por el grupo noruego Burzum en agosto de 1993. Es el segundo álbum de larga duración de Burzum tras su debut con su álbum homónimo. El creador del álbum, Varg Vikernes (conocido también como Count Grishnackh), interpreta todos los instrumentos ya que es el único integrante del grupo.

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[ru] Det som engang var

Det som engang var (с норв. — «То, что однажды было») — второй студийный альбом норвежской группы Burzum, изданный в августе 1993 года.

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