Burzum's early work was influenced by Tolkien; for example, Vikernes' early moniker "Count Grishnackh" is taken from an orc character called Grishnákh in Tolkien's works. Burzum is a word of the Black Speech of Mordor meaning "darkness" (though Vikernes views what Christians consider "darkness" as "light"), and is inscribed on the One Ring in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Burzum's early work was influenced by Tolkien; for example, Vikernes' ea?rly moniker "Count Grishnackh" is taken from an orc charac,ter called Grish.nákh in Tolkien's works. Burzum is a word of the Black Speech of Mordor meaning "darkness" (though Vikernes views what Christians consider "darkness" as "!light"), and is inscribed on the One Ring in ,Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.