Draugen (album)

Draugen: Rarities
Compilation album by Burzum
Released	Sep 19, 2005
Genre	Black metal Dark ambient
Length	72:39
Label	Back on Black / Misanthropy
Burzum chronology
Anthology (2002) Draugen: Rarities (2005) Lord of Darkness Anthology (2008)

Draugen: Rarities is a 2005 re-release of a bootleg of rarities by the Norwegian black metal act Burzum.^{[citation needed]} It was released without the band's permission. It also includes remastered versions of the officially released tracks "Lost Wisdom" and "My Journey to the Stars".

This album is a digitally remastered edition of the set that was originally released as a bootleg. This edition includes new artwork which the label falsely claimed was approved by Varg Vikernes.^{[citation needed]}

It is worth noting that all tracks on this compilation can be found on the official Burzum demos and releases, except for the remastered versions of "Lost Wisdom" and "My Journey to the Stars"

The track "Seven Harmonies Of The Unknown Truth" is actually NOT a Burzum track. It is actually by Norwegian band Ildjarn, and its inclusion on this compilation is a mistake. The "Outro" is also a fake track, it is a studiotrack a bootlegger made by playing an album song out in a room and then recording it.

This release was heavily criticized by Burzum fans as it is a bootleg, includes fake songs that aren't even Burzum, and has so-called remastered sound which is actually taken from poor mp3-files.

Track listing

1. Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit - 9:11 (Taken from Burzum, released in 1992)
2. Stemmen Fra Tårnet - 6:09 (Taken from the Aske EP, released in 1993)
3. Dominus Sathanas - 3:04 (Taken from the Aske EP, released in 1993)
4. Lost Wisdom - 4:52 (Taken from Burzum (Demo I), released in 1991)
5. Spell Of Destruction - 4:58 (Taken from Burzum (Demo I), released in 1991)
6. Channeling The Power Of Souls Into A New God - 4:00 (Taken from Burzum (Demo I), released in 1991)
7. Outro - 1:57 (Taken from Burzum (Demo I), released in 1991)
8. Et Hvitt Lys Over Skogen - 9:08 (Taken from the Svarte Dauen bootleg, released in 1998)
9. Once Emperor - 6:14 (Taken from the Svarte Dauen bootleg, released in 1998)
10. Seven Harmonies Of The Unknown Truth - 3:09 (Taken from the Svarte Dauen bootleg, released in 1998)
11. My Journey To The Stars - 8:10 (Taken from Burzum, released in 1992)
12. Lost Wisdom - 4:38 (Taken from Det Som Engang Var, released in 1993)
13. Dunkelheit - 7:05 (Taken from Filosofem, released in 1996)

External links

• Billboard.com
• Draugen – Rarities at AllMusic