Black wizard Varg Vikernes has released his most recent project, Hyperborea Rising, with an initial recording Halls of Stone designed to reflect the experience of dwarves.

This seems to be the material with which he is most engaged of any of his works post-Hlidskjalf, even if it sounds straight out of a 1970s progressive folk rock project and the songs are very similar.

Most importantly, he has discarded black metal rhythms and tropes almost entirely and instead crafted a musical language out of chants and harmonized vocal melodies, forging ahead with a new genre to replace what is now history.

Tags: Black Metal, burzum, dungeon synth, progressive, varg vikernes