Editing Burzum (section)

=== Post-imprisonment and retirement (2009–2020)<!--'Byelobog Productions' redirects here--> ===
{{anchor|Byelobog}} [[File:Burzum2010.svg|thumb|right|Burzum logo used on the 2010 album ''Belus'', set in the typeface Ruritania]] Soon after being released, Vikernes started writing new tracks (nine metal tracks and an ambient intro and outro) for an upcoming Burzum album. According to Vikernes' recounts, several record companies were interested in releasing his first album in eleven years. He stated about the new album, "I want to take my time, and make it the way I want it. It will be metal, and the fans can expect genuine Burzum."

The album was going to be originally titled ''Den hvite guden'' (''The White God''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/07/04/magasinet/innenriks/kriminalomsorg/kirkebrann/drapsdom/7051663/ |title="Greven" angrer ingenting – magasinet – dagbladet.no |date=4 July 2009 |work=dagbladet.no |language=no |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> but he later decided to change it to ''[[Belus (album)|Belus]]'', which was released by the independent record label '''Byelobog Productions'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> (''byelobog'' is the transliteration of "''белобог''" in Slavic languages, meaning 'white god', [[Chernobog and Belobog|Belobog]]) on 8 March 2010.<ref name="Belus">{{cite web |url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/discography/official/2010_belus.shtml |title=Burzum – Discography – Official Releases – "''Belus''" 2010 |date=December 2009 |work=burzum.org |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/library/a_burzum_story12.shtml |title=Varg Vikernes – A Burzum Story: Part XII – ''Belus'' |last=Vikernes |first=Varg |author-link=Varg Vikernes |date=November 2009 |work=burzum.org |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> It was also announced that a movie would be released in 2010, based on Varg Vikernes' life in the early 1990s. The movie would mainly draw inspiration from the book ''[[Lords of Chaos (book)|Lords of Chaos]]'', with the film being of the same name. Vikernes expressed his contempt towards both the movie and the book upon which it is based.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/library/the_lords_of_lies06.shtml |title=Varg Vikernes – The Lord of Lies: Part VI – The ''Lords of Chaos'' Movie |last=Vikernes |first=Varg |author-link=Varg Vikernes |date=December 2009 |work=burzum.org |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref>

A second new album of original Burzum material, ''[[Fallen (Burzum album)|Fallen]]'', was released on 7 March 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/discography/official/2011_fallen.shtml |title=Burzum – Discography – Official Releases – "''Fallen''" 2011 |date=January 2011 |work=burzum.org |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> followed by a compilation album, ''[[From the Depths of Darkness]]'', containing re-recordings of tracks from Burzum's self-titled album and ''Det som engang var'', on 28 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/discography/compilations/2011_from_the_depths_of_darkness.shtml |title=Burzum – Discography – Compilations – "''From the Depths of Darkness''" 2011 |work=burzum.org |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> A third new studio album of original material, titled ''[[Umskiptar]]'', was released in May 2012.<ref name="Umskiptar news">{{cite web |url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/news.shtml |title=Burzum and Varg Vikernes News and Updates |work=burzum.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204135838/http://www.burzum.org/eng/news.shtml |archive-date=4 February 2012 |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> ''[[Sôl austan, Mâni vestan]]'' ("East of the Sun, West of the Moon"), Burzum's first electronic album since 1999, was released in May 2013.<ref name="Ancestral Cult">{{cite web |url=http://ancestralcult.com/2013/02/24/burzum-news-east-of-the-sun-west-of-the-moon/ |title=Burzum News; "East of the Sun, West of the Moon". <nowiki>|</nowiki> Ancestral Cult |last=Vikernes |first=Varg |author-link=Varg Vikernes |date=11 February 2013 |work=ancestralcult.com |access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> On 27 April 2013, a song was posted on the official YouTube channel of Vikernes, titled "Back to the Shadows".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8RtBSXCo4M| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731124039/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8RtBSXCo4M| archive-date=2013-07-31 | url-status=dead|title=Back to the Shadows|work=YouTube|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> In a blog post, Vikernes stated that "Back to the Shadows" would be the last metal track released by Burzum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thuleanperspective.com/2013/04/30/shadows-of-the-mind/|title=Shadows of the Mind|work=Thulean Perspective|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401223329/https://thuleanperspective.com/2013/04/30/shadows-of-the-mind/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another album, ''[[The Ways of Yore]],'' was released in June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burzum.org/eng/news.shtml|title=Burzum and Varg Vikernes news and updates|publisher=Burzum.org|access-date=14 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204135838/http://www.burzum.org/eng/news.shtml|archive-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>

After a period of inactivity, Vikernes posted a video on his YouTube account in June 2018 announcing that "[he had] moved on [from Burzum]", saying "bye bye" to the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/varg_vikernes_has_ended_burzum_for_good_burzum_is_my_painful_past_in_a_reeking_bog.html|title=Varg Vikernes Has Ended Burzum for Good: 'Burzum Is My Painful Past in a Reeking Bog'|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive]]|access-date=4 June 2018|date=3 June 2018}}</ref>

In July 2018, a YouTube user named Hermann posted unreleased materials of Uruk-Hai from 1988 to 1990 and Burzum's Bergen prison recordings from 1994, which he received from Tiziana Stupia.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.maniacsonline.com.au/news/fan-uploads-missing-uruk-hai-burzum-recordings-varg-vikernes-reacts-201016|title=Fan Uploads Missing 'Uruk-Hai' Burzum Recordings, Varg Vikernes Reacts |website=Maniacsonline.com.au|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>

In October 2019, Vikernes posted a tweet saying he intended to release another album as Burzum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GandalftheWhi19/status/1181312065253847046|title=Some adventures never have an end.... It was not my intention to make another Burzum album, but it so happens that I have so much unreleased music by now, that I actually plan to release another Burzum album soon. It will be MYFAROG/Thulê themed Hopefully an end to this folly.|website=Twitter.com|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> He announced that the tentative name of the album would be ''Thulêan Mysteries'', which would have 23 songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burzum.org/eng/news.shtml|title=Burzum and Varg Vikernes News and Updates|access-date=5 November 2019|date=23 October 2019}}</ref>{{better source|date=November 2019}} The tracks from the album were previously used as background music on Vikernes' YouTube channel, which was taken down the same year. Vikernes also said that the music of ''Thulêan Mysteries'' is meant to be used as a background soundtrack for his MYFAROG [[Tabletop role-playing game|role-playing game]]. On 18 December, Vikernes tweeted the album cover for ''Thulêan Mysteries'' and announced its release date as 13 March 2020. Vikernes has stated it would be Burzum's last album at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Thulêan Perspective (Alias Gandalf the White) |url=https://twitter.com/GandalftheWhi19/status/1207258663024562176 |title=The image on the upcoming (03/2020) Burzum album 'Thulêan Mysteries' is by Th. Kittelsen. It's called "Nøkken" (English "Nix"/"Water Troll"). "Nøkken" derives from Norse 'nykr' & translates as "stench". This is of course a mythic creature, that can be found & fought in MYFAROG.… |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218112234/https://twitter.com/GandalftheWhi19/status/1207258663024562176 |url-status=dead |via=[[Twitter]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.plastichead.com/item.aspx?catno=BOBV785LPLTD |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513052332/https://plastichead.com/item.aspx?catno=BOBV785LPLTD |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GandalftheWhi19/status/1181312065253847046|title=Some adventures never have an end.... It was not my intention to make another Burzum album, but it so happens that I have so much unreleased music by now, that I actually plan to release another Burzum album soon. It will be MYFAROG/Thulê themed Hopefully an end to this folly.|website=Twitter.com|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>