What is Aske (EP)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Album | name = Aske | type = EP | artist = [[Burzum]] | cover = | released = March 1993 | recorded = August 1992 in<br>[[Bergen]], [[Norway]] | genre = [[Black metal]] | length = 20:02 | label = [[Deathlike Silence Productions|Deathlike Silence]] | producer = [[Varg Vikernes|Count Grishnackh]], [[Eirik Hundvin]] | Reviews = | prev_title = [[Burzum (album)|Burzum]] | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = [[Det som engang var]] | next_year = 1993 }} '''''Aske''''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: ashes) is an [[extended play]] by the [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[black metal]] solo project [[Burzum]]. The EP was recorded in August of 1992 in [[Grieg Hall]], [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]. It was [[wikt:release|release]]d in March of 1993 through [[Deathlike Silence Productions]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Burzum/Aske/377. |title= Burzum - Aske - Encyclopedia Metallum |publisher= Encyclopedia Metallum |access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> == Background == The cover of the EP is a photograph of the [[Fantoft Stave Church]] after it was burned down on 6 June 1992. It is believed that [[Varg Vikernes]] took the photo himself.<ref name=Christe>{{cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal |url=https://archive.org/details/soundofbeastcomp0000chri |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Inc |year=2003 |location=New York City, New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/soundofbeastcomp0000chri/page/277 277]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Campion |first=Chris |date=20 February 2005 |title=In the Face of Death |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |publisher=[[Guardian Unlimited]] |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/feb/20/popandrock4 |access-date=13 August 2012}}</ref> In 1994 he was [[convicted]] of burning down the Fantoft Stave Church along with other historic churches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/lists/top-10-crimes-committed-black-metal-musicians |title=Top 10 Worst Crimes Committed by Black M