Bergtatt is amazing, a total classic - if anyone can recommend anything on similar lines, I'd love to hear it. Borknagar didn't do it for me, Blut Aus Nord's 'Ultima Thulee' is as close as I've got.
― Soukesian, Friday, 14 November 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Well Alcest's sound is heavily based upon "Bergtatt". Also, Forgotten Woods were contemporaries along the same lines.
― Siegbran, Friday, 14 November 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Alcest, I know and like. Forgotten Woods' take on Baudelaire angers me deeply, sad and nerdy as that may seem.
― Soukesian, Saturday, 15 November 2008 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Fancy hearing some live Ulver? Maihaugsalen Live 2009 bootleg
If mods dont want links to live bootlegs feel free to delete it and anyone can PM me for the link.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 4 June 2009 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
earth calling LJ
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 4 June 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Fancy SEEING some live Ulver: http://www.terrorizer.com/content/ulver-announce-historic-uk-performance
― Status Quo hell at the end of the 80s (DJ Mencap), Friday, 7 August 2009 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yes
― cockles (country matters), Friday, 7 August 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
just booked tickets, am in back row of rear stalls but I DON'T CARE
there were only like 12 tickets left, I hate to say it but thank FUCK for Facebook's sponsored ads, and their creepy reading of my profile details
― should probably be practising shorthand (country matters), Monday, 28 September 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
fwiw ILX's favourite metal-lovin' sometime-nursin' occasionally-songwritin' nascently-novelisin' dude is playing the same venue a week later and I as a former employee of the Southbank complex am fucked if I'm giving 'em any more money so pretty please try to get me in gratis and we're talking OUTLAY on yr album(s) at the stall I COULD HAVE BEEN MANNING if they hadn't fired me and forced me to take up a Masters degree instead XD
― should probably be practising shorthand (country matters), Monday, 28 September 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
An Ulver gig from Greece this November has just gone up on D1m3adoz3n if anyone is interested.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 5 December 2009 09:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I dont torrent really but if anyone made a mediafire or something i'd be interested.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd be happy to grab it for anyone.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
that would be great, thanks!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 10 December 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, well it came down the tubes pretty quick, PM me Herman or anyone else and I'll mail a CD.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 10 December 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Another London show coming up at the Scala in february
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 11:07 (fourteen years ago) link
oops missed your post. will pm you now
― Pfunkboy : The Dronelord vs The Girly Metal Daleks (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
this time i'll book early! hopefully they'll play, like, 'christmas' this time :p
― like having an eternal kazoo in your underwear (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone else want this before I take it off my hard drive?
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
FINE, you always knew I'd say yes eventually
― Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight! (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 11:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I ought to sound more enthusiastic than that. This sounds pretty dope! Wahey! You know my address! That's better.
― Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight! (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, I have a little backlog of things to send you, if you have changed address recently PM me and check the Cardiacs thread laterz.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 11:44 (fourteen years ago) link
My address is still the same! My craving for whacked-out semi-progressive sonic mayhem is undimmed.
― Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight! (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Just got tickets to see them in Vienna, looking forward to it.
― anagram, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, I would def. like to hear this!
― original bgm, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
PM me Alan and I'll sort you one.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
cool. just sent you a email via the webmail thing. that's the same thing as PM'ing, right? (have actually never done this before,)
and thanks man!
― original bgm, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i have also sent an email, let me know if you dont get it
― .81818181818181818181818181 changed everything (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
john you are free to talk about them again!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/booking-26-1/february-mmx - new song
Album is called War Of The Roses
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I really like this song
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll be at Ulver's gig in Oslo next week if any ILXrs are heading over for By:Larm...
― Under Me Smang Tang (Doran), Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
ooooooh
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
interesting. that song sounds like it's splitting the difference between circle and mew. i would love it if the new album's a little more like "synen," the old demo they contributed to last year's amazing whom the moon a nightsong sings comp -- dark, sort of militaristic, acid folk
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 17 February 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
ULVER – WARS OF THE ROSES (K Scope)Release Date – May 16th
New studio album from Norwegian dark music legends
www.myspace.com/ulver1
Ulver are the latest band to join the Kscope roster. Early pioneers of Norwegian black metal, the band have continually evolved throughout their career and now stand as living legends of the dark music industry, blending rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions along with noise and experimental music to create ground-breaking material.
Until this point the band have remained uncompromisingly independent, operating without marketing, advertising or any backing from a label (except their own imprint, Jester Records). Despite this stance the band are revered around the world, have sold in excess of half a million records, have well over 11,000,000 plays on Last FM and the interest does not seem to be fading; indeed the band are now preparing to make another step with a bigger label and new management.
The last two years have also seen Ulver emerge as a live band. Following their first live performance in May 2009, at the Norwegian Festival of Literature, the band toured Europe in 2010 selling out prestigious venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Volksbühne in Berlin and Casa da Música in Porto, to great acclaim.
Wars Of The Roses was mixed by producer extraordinaire John Fryer (Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Swans etc.), following a chance meeting outside Crystal Canyon studios during the latter stages of recording. Sounds like fate.
1. February MMX 2. Norwegian Gothic 3. Providence4. September IV 5. England 6. Island 7. Stone Angels
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
have well over 11,000,000 plays on Last FM
Is this really a "thing" in press releases now?
Regardless, so very excited for this!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck yes, album of the year contender
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
*slavers*
― acoleuthic, Thursday, 10 March 2011 06:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"providence" is blowing my mind
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
"stone angels" is the best album closer since "good thoughts, bad thoughts"
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
oh someone revived it already, just listening to it now
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
wait shit this is out?
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 27 March 2011 07:21 (thirteen years ago) link
leaked.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 27 March 2011 11:45 (thirteen years ago) link
the quality of the leak i got to hear sucked, but even so, this album kicked my ass
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 27 March 2011 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been slowly warming to this album. At first, it seems to lack a bit the consistency of theme and focus of "Shadows of the Sun", but I'm glad they're not resting on their laurels. Probably would make for a good headphones album, since there's lots of sonic detail that is easy to miss if not listening closely.
― o. nate, Friday, 24 June 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
still need to hear this; i pulled out Blood Inside the other day and that still sounds overwhelmingly good
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
great record; sort of what blood inside would be like with a more consistent field of vision? by which i mean, there are the jazz and ambient elements, they're just more organically integrated.
which, the abrupt collage of blood inside is so instrumental in that record's overall effect—each track causes a specific vertigo. here the lateral moves are smooth, graceful.
"september iv" is so so gorgeous.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 07:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm leaning toward this new record being a dud. I love the last two, but this hasn't grabbed me nor given me much desire to grapple with it further to see if it ever will. as o. nate says, it lacks focus. Likely it is merely that I don't like the direction they've taken away from Shadows which I truly love.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't given it many thorough listens, but I really love the opening track and the aforementioned "September IV."
― You Post on ILX (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
I listened to it again this morning after not playing it for a while, and it was better than I remembered. I think maybe it just wasn't what I was hoping for after Shadows of the Sun (i.e., more of the same). It's starting to hang together a bit better in my mind.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
"providence" was the first 'holy shit!' listen i had with the new one
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link