Ulver - s/d

not me. tempting though. or at least the old logo.

You have to seek ulver (wolves) in Norway as they are almost completely eradicated from nature. On the other hand, destroying them is against the law, so I would advise you to let them live.

YOU'RE BLOWING MY MIND HERE DUDE.

briefly, while i have the time, breaking my self-imposed ilx exile to note that the new album is lovely. very dreamy. beautiful. late-night mood. even the sabbath cover fits in nicely. though it was a lovely song to begin with. so, nothing strange about that. nowhere near as jarring or as fanciful as the last album, but just as deep and wild in its way.

don't even know where to begin...

this impresses me. as always, i guess. i'm looking forward to hearing how other people respond to this.

:-) You should know, Scott, that your EMP presentation *still* gets people talking about Ulver.

Does someone have "Bergtatt" handy and could send it to me?

http://blackmetalownsyou.blogspot.com/2007/08/ulver-bergtatt-et-eeventyr-i-5-capitler.html

OMG this thread revive is such a ridiculius coincidence! I've JUST (in the past half-hour) copied to my computer Ulver's ENTIRE album discography (alongside a LOT of other metal)! I shall be reporting to this thread with observations.

Themes From WB's MOHAH is unhinged, catchy awesomeness, yet also completely "what were they thinking?" at the same time. You want to look away, you want to hear more.

Thanks, GOTT!!

'bergtatt' is really something special
fantastic vocals, extremely melodic, sparsely brutal, and i'd imagine pretty influential (i'm hearing similar melodies in dissection and agalloch)
1994 could be THE year for black metal

listening to 'perdition city' right now. well it's good and all, but i think they've really evolved and found their true element outside of the metal realm since then. grazie

the series of EPs they put out (and the soundtrack work they did) after perdition city are also a good taste of what was to come. although the progression from marriage of heaven and hell to perdition city is likewise a pretty major stepping stone to the current stuff. i would say that the sham mirrors was, in all its lunacy, a harbinger of things to come as well. especially lyrically and vocally.

ulver - evolution from day one.

(that's their new motto)

hahah 'marriage of heaven and hell' is wack! some great ideas and sounds in there, and guest appearances, but i can only listen to it rarely

I love everything this band has been compared to. Maybe I need to get some when I have money...

you'd be well advised

It's only just sunk in during the past couple of days just how brilliant Shadows Of The Sun actually is. Arguably even more intricate (in its subtle way) than Blood Inside, although I still prefer the 2005 record, because I'm more a thrill-junkie than a contemplative sad-sack. ;-)

(Also because it's got slightly better songs and more of a sense of flow)

i've been listening to the last two albums a lot again recently and only now hearing something similar to six finger satellite's law of ruins. maybe i'm crazy

i must now hear six finger satellite

You may find it hard to divine the thread.

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check them out, just got offed, i think you might like them

I've found myself deeply drawn to Bergtatt lately. It's becoming an obsessive, regular spin. There's something about the churning, hyper-melodic tunes with the pseudo-Gregorian chant vocals that rivets me.

And there's that irresistible contrary element to Ulver. The way they identified with the spirit of black metal as it was developing, but they refused to be confined to it. I like that.

So far, Enslaved is the only other BM outfit that capture my imagination in the same manner.

Ulver rule, cant stop listening to them lately.

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.

Well Alcest's sound is heavily based upon "Bergtatt". Also, Forgotten Woods were contemporaries along the same lines.

Alcest, I know and like. Forgotten Woods' take on Baudelaire angers me deeply, sad and nerdy as that may seem.

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.

earth calling LJ

Fancy SEEING some live Ulver: http://www.terrorizer.com/content/ulver-announce-historic-uk-performance

yes

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

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

An Ulver gig from Greece this November has just gone up on D1m3adoz3n if anyone is interested.

I dont torrent really but if anyone made a mediafire or something i'd be interested.

I'd be happy to grab it for anyone.

that would be great, thanks!

Okay, well it came down the tubes pretty quick, PM me Herman or anyone else and I'll mail a CD.

Another London show coming up at the Scala in february

oops missed your post. will pm you now

this time i'll book early! hopefully they'll play, like, 'christmas' this time :p

Anyone else want this before I take it off my hard drive?

FINE, you always knew I'd say yes eventually

I ought to sound more enthusiastic than that. This sounds pretty dope! Wahey! You know my address! That's better.

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.

My address is still the same! My craving for whacked-out semi-progressive sonic mayhem is undimmed.

Just got tickets to see them in Vienna, looking forward to it.

oh, I would def. like to hear this!

PM me Alan and I'll sort you one.