Ulver albums
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Topic: Ulver albums
Posted By: Dim
Subject: Ulver albums
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 22:06
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I must say, for a band with so many rating, there isn't a lot of discussion about them.
From Black metal, to electronic, jazzy, and now extremely mellow, this band knows no bounds, and a lot of fans of all kinds music can be turned on to this group.
So vote and recommend, I have Bergatt, Blake, and Shadows of the sun, all of which I am very pleased with. ------------- 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 22:19
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I used to be a metalhead, and at that point I thought Bergtatt was the one and only relevant Ulver release. hee... now I'm just keeping hold of Blake, Perdition City and Blood Inside. I thought Shadows of the Sun was a little minimal, creatively, and it didn't interest me all that much. ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 22:21
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Ulver are probably one of the most creative bands I have ever heard.You can't pin them down to any one genre,they change and re-invent themselves from album to album,and I love that.
That being said,I prefer their earlier black metal albums and think Bergatt is one of the best ever in that genre. -------------  |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 22:43
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Well, I just did a review of Bergtatt, not my favorite, but a great black metal album.
Right now my personal choice is the Blake album, though I'm definatley looking forward to getting perdition city. -------------
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Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 01:03
| Nattens Madrigal is hands down one of the greatest black metal albums out there, and my favourite album by Ulver. Of course, this album is very very far from progressive, so I'll say Lycantropen Themes as well. |
Posted By: Fenmalain
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 01:16
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Bergtatt. While I like the later electronic stuff, I prefer Coil for that kind of thing.
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Posted By: Asphalt
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 04:14
Haha, funny as it may seem, I am torn between two opposite outputs of Ulver's catalogue, namely the first and last you mentioned: it's either Bertgatt or Shadows On The Sun (since they're so different, can't I choose both?  )
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Posted By: maups2
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 05:18
| Perdition City hands down. |
Posted By: Hatters
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 06:55
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Nattens Madrigal! Any of there albums could win, it depends on your personal preference of music.
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 09:42
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Kveldssanger. A beautiful folk album. -------------  
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 10:55
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Themes from William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell for me, but any will do depending on my current mood. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Urs Blank
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 10:55
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Bergtatt is a great black metal album, and the one I prefer from the four I have (Bergtatt, Kveldssanger, Perdition City and Blood Inside). I consider Ulver as one of most creative and groundbreaking metal group.
In deed is this still metal? No matter, it is simply good music! ------------- Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 12:42
| No love for Blake... |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 12:57
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To be honest, I haven't heard an Ulver album I haven't liked yet (though I've only heard Kveld, Shadows, Perdition, Marraige, and Blood)
The stuff amazes me, and I've been really getting into it
Blood Inside is probably my favorite right now, Garm's vocals on it are drop dead gorgeous
not taking away from their other stuff though! -------------   |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: February 03 2008 at 01:41
| I've only heard Bergatt, Perdition City and Shadows of the Sun. Perdition City is great, Shadows of the Sun is okay, and Bergatt is awful IMO. |
Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: February 03 2008 at 18:05
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Bergtatt is one of the best black metal albums ever. The folk touches were unique at the time and every track is excellent. Ulver's more experimental material I love equally, but I often find their later albums inconsistent. Full of brilliant material, but also some let-downs. So I'll go with Bergtatt for innovation and consistency. ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: February 03 2008 at 18:15
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It's funny how an almost non progressive black metal album is second place only to whats considered a prog masterpiece. -------------
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: February 17 2008 at 18:53
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Perdition City is an incredible listen. loved it. Shadows of the Sun, eh... i still need time to let that sink in i guess but its good. not wonderful but good. i need themes and blood ... i think they are going to be my next purchases. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 17 2008 at 21:34
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Perdition City, Blood Inside, and Shadows Of The Sun are all near
perfect and 5 star albums. Very much of which one I would call the best
would be based on nothing more than my particular mood. When I find myself giving out Ulver recommendations though I usually think to say Perdition City, so I'll vote that way. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 01:27
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1. Perdition City 2. Lycantropen Themes (unerrated...or maybe it's because I have a weakness for music with an ambient quality) 3. Blake 4. Bergtatt 5. Kveldsanger 6. Blood Inside 7. Shadows of the Sun but those last four are all basically tied...Ulver = greatness. one of my favorite bands. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Seltzer
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 02:44
Well it's just so good. I voted for Nattens Madrigal. That album is unbelievably raw, yet still melodic at the same time. Perdition City would be my next choice - in fact, I'm listening to it right now. |
schizoid_man77 wrote:Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: February 20 2008 at 14:41
yikes. in honor of some ulver re-listening i did tons of last night...I have to re-order this: 1. Blood Inside (10/10) 2. Perdition City (9/10) 3. Shadows of the Sun (9/10) 4. Blake (8/10--the latter disc is a bit boring) 5. Kveldssanger (8/10) 6. Lycantropen Themes (8/10--still underrated and unmistakably awesome, but the last few tracks are sort of out-of-place and go on a bit too long) 7. Bergtatt (7.5/10--very good for black metal; however, being that I am not really one FOR black metal...this one's good, but not excellent like their others to me.) Are there any I need to check out, based on my favorites? ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: February 20 2008 at 22:52
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I love seeing my threads return from the dead! -------------
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: February 21 2008 at 00:16
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I love returning them. I'm a f**king necromancer, and you are my client.  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 21:07
| I didn't read anyone talk about 'Svidd Neger'. It's not my favorite Ulver album, but it's so damn nice. Thought at least someone would vote for it. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 12:35
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What are Svidd neger, and Lycantropen themes like? They dont seem to be very well appreciated here. -------------
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Posted By: EliasMisael
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 14:21
Perdition City: No Contest! ------------- "...Basic temperamental filters on our eyes Alter our perceptions Lenses polarize..."  |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 22:29
Svidd just has some amazing orchestral arrangments. Kind of like the 'A Quick Fix of Melancholy' EP. I thought it was awesome. |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 13:25
I've never listened to the Svidd Neger soundtrack by itself, but I do enjoy the movie, it's hilarious!  ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: March 24 2008 at 00:10
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I have just to get the Blake album... will have to see. I wont vote for now, but Blood inside sure is hard to be beaten!
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 00:25
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um, ULVER has just tonight jumped about 50 spots on my fav. artists of all time. Shadows of the Sun just sank in and its my favorite of the 5 that i have (bergatt, nattens madrigals, blood inside, perdition city, shadows of the sun) perdition city is still amazing but shadows of the sun moves mountains. or floats them away. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 03:26
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ok wait, blood inside is incredible.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 11:10
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The more I listen to it the more I think Blood inside is a masterpice of modern music... a review will come in time, but as every new listen is... well, NEW, I cant figure out just yet what it should get... 4 or 5 stars?
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: April 15 2008 at 00:19
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Perdition City Was a bit disapointing, but the few times the vocals come up, they're almost tear jerkingly awesome!
I want Nattens Madrigal sooooo bad!!!!! -------------
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: May 30 2008 at 06:51
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Just spent a few hours listening and reading the lyrics to "Blood Inside" and must say I'm hooked. Very creative and just love the second half of this album.. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 30 2008 at 18:23
That´s true, on a whole its kind of boring, but it does have some incredible moments here and there ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: chemo
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 05:46
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Bergtatt is pretty much the pinnacle of folk/black, which is why I voted for it. I never really got into Nattern's Madrigal, there's something not honest about recording something deliberately raw after having clear production before hand. I love my raw BM, but the album seems to miss the point of being a raw album, and just seems fake. it's not really all that raw, the sound is still quite strong and powerful in some ways, it's just got horrible scratchy guitars for no reason. Kveldssanger could be great, but it's probably not inventive enough in it's songs, and could have done with some of more Garms brilliant vocals. Blakes is good, I like the variation in it, but probably runs a little long (*cough* 20 minutes of silence for no reason *cough*) but it's an interesting album. I really like the new album, kind of like a half-ambient/half acoustic thing. Still prefer the black metal, but as far as that type of thing goes, it's pretty damn good. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 15:44
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Well, Nattens Madrigal was ridiculusly black metal.... And I just got Blood inside, but I need morer time to make a good opinion. -------------
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