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Studio Album, released in 1994

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Capitel I: I Troldskog Faren Vild (7:51)
2. Capitel II: Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need (6:34)
3. Capitel III: Graablick Blev Hun Vaer (7:45)
4. Capitel IV: Een Stemme Locker (4:01)
5. Capitel V: Bergtatt - Ind I Fjeldkamrene (8:06)

Total Time 34:17

Line-up / Musicians

- "Garm" (Kristoffer Rygg) / vocals
- "Haavard" (Håvard Jørgensen) / guitar
- "Aismal" (Torbjørn Pedersen) / guitar
- "Skoll" (Hugh Stephen James Mingay) / bass
- "AiwarikiaR" (Erik Olivier Lancelot) / drums

With:
- Steinar Sverd Johnsen / piano
- Lill Kathrine Stensrud / vocals, flute

Releases information

Artwork: Tania Stene

CD Head Not Found - HNF005 (1994, Norway)

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4.00
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(35%)
35%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(43%)
43%
Good, but non-essential (12%)
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Collectors/fans only (8%)
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Poor. Only for completionists (2%)
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Review by King of Loss
PROG REVIEWER
2 stars Ulver is a new Black Metal band here, with their approach to music being cold and raw, but however as compared to some of their Black Metal counterpatriots Darkthrone, Mayhem or Early Emperor, they take a much more, digestible melodic root to their sound by incorporating a lot of folk influences within their sound here and definitely making it accessible to non Black metallers fans like me.

However, this album is not recommended for everyone since of the heavy Black metal assault in some parts of the album. But of course, if you appreciate Folk Progressive Rock or a fan of heavier forms of Prog Metal like Edge of Sanity and Opeth, you are most likely recommended to take a listen if you are open-minded.

As I've said this album is not for everyone, It would be a 1.5 for Prog Rockers and a 3.5 for "more Metal loving" Prog Metallers. This is a good debut, probably the best debut in my opinion of any Black Metal band, but however, it could be better and the Rating of a 2.5 shows this.

Review by OpethGuitarist
PROG REVIEWER
3 stars Progressive black metal? Yes, it exists, and Ulver were one of the leaders before their drastic left turn. Bergtatt is arguably their best output from their black metal days, incorporating traditional black metal with a strong sense of folk and dynamic elements.

The album starts with a track which reminds me of Opeth during their Orchid days. An uplifting "In Mist she was Standing" styled riff, with an almost marching beat to it ends the track. The second track is generally more folk oriented, and really shows how this is progressive, with flutes and acoustic guitars leading into the typical black metal sound. Garm shows he has vocal abiliies far superior to his black metal peers, with many soaring lines in Soelen Gaaer.

The next track is my favorite, perhaps even one of my most favorite of all black metal songs. Ulver really showed they were different with this track, following many black metal traditions, but with the incorporation of folk and near psychadelic effects. Tremolo picked riffs and blastbeats lead into the most unlikely of directions. A man is running through a forest, crushing limbs along the way, with only a piano as background. After escaping the forest, we are led back to the tremolo riffs and Garm doing what he does best.

This album is the highlight of Ulver's early days, and especially reccommended for those who are fans of early Opeth.

Review by Dim
PROG REVIEWER
3 stars Ulver, now an ambient mellow band, barely in the outskirts of being called rock. Then. a black metal band, complete with the eerie recording techniques, non stop drumming and riffing, and simple guitar solo's. I like both versions, quite a bit. I'm a complete newcomer to black metal, with only two albums so far (this one, and wolves in the throne room), I must say, the drumming is quite a turnoff to me, and unless the riffs really compliment each other good, they get bland fast, which s the case for about forty percent of the album.

The music basically switches from electric to acoustic, Grunty vocals to clean choir like vocals, with some Gregorian chant thrown in their for good measure. The guitars IMO, don't really do a good job of fusing together when being strummed like crazy, though this might just be a cause of the strange recording. I love black metal solo's when the intense strumming is going, and Ulver pretty much put that love on me from this album, with very clean and calm solo's flow easily while the rest of the band is going insane. My least favorite aspect of this album (and black metal in general) is the snare work. Usually with metal, it's the double bass drum that drives me crazy, but with this style, the snare is being hit almost as much as the hi hat/crash, leaving the drumming to chaotic and overdone for my tastes The beautiful/crazy lyrics are supposedly about a bunch a Norwegian folk tales which they fuse together to follow one character, I wouldn't take my word on it though.

A good album, but there is a little bit of immaturity surrounding it, especially with the more intense metal parts. I don't know how they go from this one to Shadows of the sun, but losing a bunch of members, and the discovery of the drum machine was probably a big factor. Either way, I don't any Ulver I don't like, and this album is exceptional, but from what I'm told, pretty average as far as black metal goes. I was in it for the progginess, and though it barely even exists, I wont rate it based on a lack of elements it doesn't need. 3 stars.

Review by UMUR
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
3 stars Ulver has been one of the leading forces in Norwegian extreme/ black metal through the nineties, but has on later album made more experimental electronic music far removed from their extreme metal roots. Bergtatt is Ulver´s debut and it´s a pretty good progressive black metal album.

The music has three main styles. Mid-tempo heavy sections with Garm´s beautiful clean singing and melodic yet brutal riffing, more typical black metal blast beat sections with raw black metal vocals and finally classical inspired acoustic guitar pieces. These three styles are incorporated into most of the songs which means that there are great diversity even within the songs. The fourth song Een Stemme Locker is a bit different as it is acoustic throughout the whole song with some subtle singing and whispering. What is important to point out though is that even the black metal sections are pretty melodic.

The musicians are pretty good, even though I´m not too impressed with the drums from Aiwarikiar. Garm needs to be mentioned as he is a great singer. He masters both the clean singing and the black metal rasps to perfection. His clean singing is distinct and beautiful.

The sound quality could have been better, but in keeping with the early black metal scene this is pretty low-fi. The vocals are produced very well though.

I think Bergtatt is an enjoyable album, and I believe this is a true black metal classic. Even though I keep mentioning that this is black metal I think the style Ulver plays on Bergtatt is more related to a band like Opeth´s early recordings which means I would rather recommend fans of the first two Opeth albums to try this one out than fans of black metal. I think this deserves 3 stars, and I´m sure that I would have given this 4 stars had I been a fan of the band back then. Listening to Bergtatt today it does seem a bit dated though.

Review by Jake Kobrin
PROG REVIEWER
5 stars Listen to this album on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/52ua2aBI8N4lDhus48a3lu

This album is a victim of the tragedies of ProgArchives. Had Ulver dawned a distinct moniker from that of their early work and two "Ulvers" were added to the Archives, one in Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, and the other in Post-Rock I can certainly guarantee that this album would be amongst the top 15 Tech/Extreme albums on the website. Thus it certainly saddens me that such a masterpieces must be disregarded because of how an artist has changed (I won't use terms such as "progressed" or "evolved" because that is a matter of opinion.) I consider this album in THE TOP THREE BEST BLACK METAL ALBUMS EVER WRITTEN. That is a fantastically gigantic undertaking, as there have been thousands of black metal albums produced since the genre was conceived in the Eighties. It is also, I believe Ulver's magnum opus.

[To be continued...]

Review by Bonnek
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
4 stars Black Metal meets shoe gazer Britpop. The opening track of this album won me over in no time. Though the music is fairly average, the beautiful melodies of the clean dreamy vocals are a treat. The song is quite extended but doesn't have classic Prog features. It's closer to the repetitive drone of kraut and electronic music, even though it's all guitars, bass and drums. Also folksy themes crop up, making this track quite an interesting blend of styles.

The second piece starts as an instrumental folk tune with acoustic guitars and flutes. It quickly changes into a fast-paced Black Metal attack with both sharp snarls and melodic vocals. For many listeners, the change Ulver did towards ambient music may have come as a surprise but even their black metal already has the approach to sonic texture that is typical for ambient music. This is even more prominent on the third track, featuring the typical black metal primal blast beats that create the same effect as aggressive nihilistic techno beats. Soundscape and primal rhythm, the pillars of both black metal and techno, though few fans of either genre will like to hear it, the similarities of their music are obvious. Ok, admitted, techno fans don't burn churches.

Track 4 is entirely acoustic and atmospheric, an obvious inspiration for Agalloch. The last track returns to the mix of tribal rhythm, black metal nihilism, folk influences and dreamy pop vocals.

Ulver's debut is not an easy listen but it is most intriguing, captivating and highly influential.

Review by The Sleepwalker
PROG REVIEWER
4 stars Bergtatt is the marvelous debut album of Ulver, at the time a very influential black metal band. Unlike many of its contemporaries, Bergtatt does not only include the harshness of black metal, but combines this with the beauty of Norse folk music expressed through a concept revolving around a girl lost in a forest of trolls.

The album opens with a brief drum fill, taking us to what might be the best piece on this album. "I Troldskog Faren Vild" showcases the excellent combination of beauty and beast. Rough riffs drive the song, but the vocals that are sung over it are no conventional black metal vocals. No, they're chanted choir-like vocals that work very well in creating a beautiful feeling. Though these kind of vocals make a frequent appearance on other songs too, vocalist Garm also uses the more conventional ferocious black metal shrieks frequently, like on the second song, "Soelen Haaer Bag Aase Need".

Like already mentioned earlier, Ulver combines black metal with folk on this album. Most of the songs have classical acoustic passages, and there even is a completely acoustic track on the album, "Een Stemme Locker". Another memorable part of the album are the middle few minutes of the third song, where sounds are heard of the girl making her way through the forest accompanied by gentle and delicate piano playing. The combination of these benign acoustic parts and the fierce black metal gives Bergtatt a feeling of beauty with a solitary and melancholic undertone.

Ulver has created a fantastic album with Bergtatt. Its combination of black metal and acoustic folk takes care of all possible repetitivity that one could find in black metal and therefore might even attract those who don't enjoy the genre in general.

Review by Man With Hat
COLLABORATOR Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
5 stars True progressive black metal.

I was not a fan of any type of metal, any type of prog, or really any type of music back in 1994 when this was released. Thus, I can't put this in a true historical perspective, but from what I've learned in the days where I am a fan of all these things there was nothing like Ulver and Bergtatt back in 1994. The music on Bergtatt is based in pure black metal. Aggressive, harsh, shrieking vocals, high tremolo picking, blast beats and poor production. All of these characteristics appears here. However, its everything else that's added, and more importantly integrated, into the mix that really makes this album special.

The key to Bergtatt is beauty (a quality lacking in most if not all traditional black metal). Hypnotizing acoustic guitar passages, gorgeous Gregorian chant-esque vocals, and a melancholic folk influence is infused to every song on the album. Even though the album is realtiviely short, it never drags or is overly repetitive, even in the heavy black metal parts. Perhaps ironically, this strategy hits it's zenith in the first song on the album, I Troldskog Faren Vild. Musically its very aggressive, unbridled, and full throttled. But I Troldskog Faren Vild may contain the most beautiful vocals in all of black metal. Smooth, melodic, perhaps even heavenly vocals poor out of Garm which gives the song such a majestic quality. Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need starts off with a classical prelude before bulldozing it's way into purer black metal, with some wonderful choral backing vocals. The most avant-garde moment of the albums appears on Graablick Blev Hun Vaer, when the wall of sound suddenly stops and a duet of piano and the sounds of running through the forest takes over. (Really now...how many metal/rock bands where doing that.) And just as alarmingly it ceases and the metal returns full force. Een Stemme Locker is a fully acoustic piece with a wonderful guitar riff and solemn, haunting vocals. The album finishes with Bergtatt - Ind I Fjeldkamrene, a piece that is an excellent summery of the album, combining many of the standout features of the album.

All in all this is a forward looking metal album that is also well thought-out and well executed. Even though there are periods of harshness here, there is so much beauty, that really makes this album worthwhile. An album that fans of adventurous music really should try, even if you don't like metal. 5 stars. Recommended.

Review by Warthur
PROG REVIEWER
4 stars Ulver's debut album is categorised as black metal solely because Bergtatt visits that territory more regularly than any other. But when you have this strange mixture of atmospheric black metal pitched to emphasise a sense of cold otherworldliness as opposed to the aggression of bands such as Mayhem, interspersed with folky acoustic guitar which occasionally moves into the spotlight for a folk interlude, vocals shifting constantly between typical black metal shrieks, strange intonations, and more or less clean singing, and all the other features the band cram into this album, it's clear that what we're dealing with here is a group at the very edge of the avant-garde of black metal as it existed at the time.
Review by Conor Fynes
PROG REVIEWER
5 stars 'Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler' - Ulver (90/100)

What is the definition of a classic? The medium regardless, I'd like to think of a classic as an album that would still turn heads even if it came out today. A lot of people malign the term, usually thinking of a classic as any older, respected album. With black metal in particular, the distinction between timeless and merely influential is blurred in most albums from the Second Wave. A relatively small group of people unleashed a disproportionate number of masterpieces within a few years, and most of them still sound great. But how many of them are genuinely timeless? Burzum's two peak albums come to mind, and so does Ulver's Bergtatt.

I am near-positive that Bergtatt would get people excited if it came out a week from now, let alone in 1995, when Garm and the rest of these legends-to-be were either in their teens, or just barely out of them. how could it be that such young musicians created such a well-realized album? I am not sure, personally; compared to the adolescent lo-fi fuzz of most of their contemporaries, Ulver approached Bergtatt with a distinctly artistic ambition that went against the Second Wave iconoclasts. Nordic folk and even echoes of progressive rock found their way into the Bergtatt formula. Add to that the virtually blasphemous trait of relying largely on clean vocals, and Ulver's debut still sounds like a monolith unto itself.

Even if the album's sound is familiar in the wake of Agalloch and others that found their own success with the template, I'm not sure how many bands have ever come close to nailing it as well as Ulver. No time is wasted getting things started with "Capitel I: I Troldskog Faren Vild"; a drum fill takes the album into full swing with a simple but evocative riff. Compared to most albums of the time, Bergtatt has a feeling of being very relaxed for the most part as black metal goes. The guitar parts sound like they were carefully crafted to make the most with the least, and even the drums sound transcend aggression. Garm's voice sounds quite a bit more adolescent than the deep croon of later albums, but even then, he makes full use of what he's got, often sounding like the soloist of some monastic choir. A relevant bass presence and near-perfect production gives the album an incredible warmth. Despite its relative brevity (clocking in shortly over half an hour) Ulver cover a pretty wide dynamic range. The times Bergtatt dives into full-force black metal aggression (such as "Capitel III: Graablick Blev Hun Vaer") are pretty scarce amid the folk interruptions and reserved melancholy. Even at their heaviest and most conventional, Ulver manage to excel. The dynamic keeps every gear-shift sounding fresh in a way less nuanced artists fell damnably short of.

The strange and even frustrating thing about Ulver is the way they've continued to evolve. No matter how enticing a new sound may be, they've always kept moving onward. With the next album following Bergtatt, they'd capitalize purely on their dark folk threads; on Nattens Madrigal after that, they went for a much more traditional black metal style. Nonetheless, Bergtatt has inspired many followers since, and for good reason. The album sounds rich and entrancing in a way few other Second Wave masterworks can dare to compete with.

Review by VanVanVan
PROG REVIEWER
5 stars It's amazing to me that until a short while ago I had only heard Ulver mentioned and had never actually listened to their music. From what I understood, they had begun as a black metal band and generally transitioned into more of a prog band. Based on my experiences with a lot of bands whose careers traced similar arcs, I wasn't expecting too much from this first release; I expected it to be pretty straightforward metal without a whole lot of prog.

Well, as I often am, I was completely wrong. Though there is quite a bit of black metal influence, there's also an incredible amount of subtlety in Ulver's music here. The production isn't spectacular, but that only adds to the subtlety; often very intense listening is required to catch everything that is happening in the music. That may be irritating to some but personally I find it very intriguing and I'm willing to bet that most prog fans will as well.

"I Troldskog Faren Vild" begins with a drumroll that leads into a metal riff, that, despite being labeled as progressive black metal, isn't that hard to digest. To my further surprise the first time I listened through this album, the first vocals are clean. The extremely fuzzy guitars and almost dreamy vocals give the song an almost psychedelic feel, which was a welcome surprise. Not that I dislike black metal, but from what I'd read about this album I was expecting something much more brutal. This, on the other hand, I actually find quite pretty, with folky guitar solos and extremely pleasant vocal harmonies taking place over the constant, almost droning riffs in the background. Though there is undoubtedly a great deal of black metal influence here, this is very dynamic music, a fact which is highlighted by the sudden acoustic guitar solo that takes place towards the end of the track. It's a gorgeous little break, and when the heaviness picks back up in the last minute for an extremely folky- sounding electric guitar solo you begin to grasp the intense maturity of songwriting demonstrated on this first album from Ulver.

All the metal trappings go right out the window with the beginning of "Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need," which starts with a flute section accompanied by classical guitar. This beautiful little introduction lasts for about a minute and a half before pounding blast beats and riffing burst forth out of the relative calm, accompanied by the first growled vocals on the album. Lest you think that Ulver has fallen back into stereotypes, however, they prove they can still create an atmosphere by interspersing these harsh growls with haunting, almost chanted clean vocals. Personally I think this track sounds quite a bit like early Opeth, though the production is undoubtedly a little rougher. This track will probably be a little tougher than the first for non-metal fans to digest, but if you're not terribly averse to growling there's still a ton of beautiful music happening here.

"Graablick Blev Hun Vaer" is another song with an unconventional beginning for a metal track, with chanting vocals layered over what sounds like a fingerpicked guitar part. Like "Soelen Gaaer?" a very heavy metal track emerges from this introduction, with more growling and riffs and drumming that nearly approach speed-metal. Some interesting bass work makes an appearance as well, with the bassist laying down a languid, flowing line behind the insane strumming and drumming that's happening at the front of the track. As quickly as it began, the metal gives way to a fantastic acoustic guitar solo that itself gives way to what sounds like a field recording of someone stomping through the woods. Over this a piano part emerges, lasting for a brief period before fading away just in time for the metal to re-emerge, this time backed by those same chanting vocals from the previous track. The song ends in a bizarre mish-mash of metal and atmosphere that sounds completely alien and yet works absolutely perfectly.

"Een Stemme Locker" starts off again with an acoustic guitar part and very low pitched vocals that are reminiscent to me of Gregorian chant. After awhile these chanted vocals drop out to be replaced with faint whispers, and at about the same time the guitar part gets more complex, with harmonies being added over the repeating pattern. Very faint female vocals are briefly added as well, giving the song an otherworldly, ethereal feel. Overall the song is a very relaxing one, with no metal to speak of, and it works both as a standalone piece and as an interlude of sorts before the final track of the album begins.

"Bergtatt, Ind I Fjeldkamrene" begins immediately with the same kind of droning, fuzzy riffs that dominated the first track. Some extremely brutal growling is introduced over this, and if you listen very carefully you can hear some folky acoustic playing back in the mix as well. After only about a minute this comes to the forefront, and this acoustic guitar part plays unaccompanied for a little while before the metal riffs return, this time aided by clean vocals. At one point, a very faint clean guitar solo begins playing behind the riffs, creating a very delicate effect that really shows off the subtlety of the songwriting here. For most of the rest of the track growled vocals dominate, but the track switches it up briefly at the end to feature another of those gorgeous classical acoustic guitar parts to close out the track.

So if it's not totally apparent by now, this album totally blew me away. Those who really can't stand extreme metal probably won't like it much, but fans of the genre should check this out immediately. Coming in at only about 35 minutes, this is an incredibly tight release without a poor moment on it. Highly recommended for all metal fans, especially Opeth fans searching for something a little grittier. Seamlessly blending folk, psychedelia, and a heavy dose of pounding black metal, this is one of the most impressive and enjoyable metal albums I've heard in a long while.

5/5

Review by TCat
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
4 stars Thus begins the journey. I was intrigued when I first read about Ulver and how their style is so varied. I just had to explore this band and (for the most part) I have done a thorough job of it. Now, just because their first album turned out to be considered Black Metal, is it really fair to label them as a Black Metal band that has "sold out"? Or are they really a innovative band out proving that music should not be limited to labeling? This first official album by Ulver is definitely Black Metal and considered by many to be one of the best ever. I don't know if I can judge it as being the best since I am not an expert in black or technical metal and am limited somewhat to my knowledge of Progressive Metal, but I do know that this album has an amazing amount of ingenuity and beauty in amongst the noise and discord that is prevalent here. After hearing most of their discography, I would consider Ulver one of the best all around groups ever, because everything I have heard from them is quality material in some form. This album is no exception. Now it might be hard for those who do not like black metal to appreciate this on the first several listens, and I do admit it was hard for me to appreciate it for a while. But listening to this album from time to time has brought out the genius of the music that is here. This album is full of surprises throughout, chanting, growling, clean vocals, folk acoustic and a lot of black metal mayhem. It's all here. This album and this band definitely deserves a place in the Prog Archives without a doubt. They are unpredictable and in most cases, masters of each genre of music they tackle. The one thing that seems to be consistent throughout their discography is darkness, their music is dark and is always dark. It doesn't pretend to be anything else. Opeth, Amathema, and Agollach are all band that I also love and that have also explored many facets of different genres, but not even close to the extent that Ulver has. Those other great bands mostly stay in the realms of variations of customary rock, but no one has ventured as far and as successfully as Ulver. Electronica, jazz, folk, movie soundtracks, poetry/literature, spoken word, ambience, and yes even silence have been explored by this band and always done well. I recommend this album, but then I do recommend that all prog-heads become familiar with all of their discography. You will be surprised many times on your journey. I guarantee it.
Review by siLLy puPPy
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic
5 stars ULVER (Norwegian for 'wolves') has become one of the strangest and most eclectic bands in the universe over their two decade span of releasing albums and that uniqueness begins right here on their debut release BERGTATT - ET EEVENTYR I 5 CAPITLER (Spellbound - A Fairy Tale In 5 Chapters). The first thing you hear is a fast drum roll and then kicks in black metal riffing but what really grabs your attention is the Gregorian chant vocals that accompany it. Eventually the clean vocals give way to the expected raspy shrieks and screams more typical of the second wave but the interplay between the two styles is the basis of this entire album which was inspired by Scandinavian folktales. What's really going on here is two distinct styles of the album taking place. One is in an aggressive black metal style and the other is in an acoustic folk style with the monk-like chanting. These two styles usually trade off with each other but often they coincide with one taking the lead role at any given moment.

The album is actually considered part of the "Black Metal Trilogy"even though the second album lacks the metal part of the equation. In addition to the fusion of styles, ULVER set themselves apart from other black metal bands of the day by focusing their lyrics around myths and fantastical worlds instead of anti-Christianity, national pride or other hateful themes. The folk sections consist of beautiful classical acoustic guitar, cello and flute. The black metal parts pack in all the aggressive fury one would hope for but what really works is how well it is all mixed together and all the trading off of sounds is perfect. Before you know it the album goes by way too fast. A very unique album that obviously influenced later acts such as Agalloch and Deathspell Omega. Despite being lumped into the black metal universe it is clear from one listen to this beautiful beast that ULVER were on their own trajectory and it's one that i'm glad I have finally latched on to. 4.5 rounded up!

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