The hawk he appears human but spiritually he cannot be called that. An existence that no one in the physical world can rival alone. Surely he IS the absolute. If he is the incarnated form of the fifth angel recorded in the revelation... if he is the hawk of darkness, then he is dreadful.
Slowing it down gives it a totally different feel. Not strictly better or worse, just different. I love it but it's certainly no replacement for the original. :)
No. It's from Susnu Hirasawa's solo album "Technique of Relief" / "Kyuusai no Gihou" from 1998. The (first) Berserk anime was in 1997. It's obvious why the songs from that album would sound like they're from Berserk.