Aske (Norwegian for Ashes) is an EP by Norwegian black metal solo project Burzum. Recorded in April and August 1992, and released in March 1993
Early 90s Black Metal from Count Grishnack defines some of the characteristics of the genre although simple, and often suffocatingly feral with ghoulish distorted screams garbling any message but the mood: sadness. The music evokes a dark and emotional despair that is suppressed fear within human existence.
As the history goes, the image of the cover is that of a church burned by Varg Vikernes and lead to his arrest. The EP itself, the music, features Samoth of Emperor on Bass and this edition has not been available, in its original form, until now. Note, unlike the the first 1000 copies of Aske bearing the album cover's image of Fantoft Stave Church's remains, these do not come with a lighter.
This was released in 3 different variants:
- Standard Black Vinyl
- Grey Marble Vinyl
- Picture Disc Vinyl