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Ulver
OriginNorway
Genre(s)Black metal/Folk Metal/Neofolk (early)
Experimental (later)
Years active1993–present
Label(s)Jester, The End, Century Black, House of Kicks
Websitewww.jester-records.com/ulver
Members
Kristoffer Garm Rygg
Jørn H. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Folk metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s Neofolk is a form of Folk music -inspired experimental music that emerged from post-industrial music circles Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Jester Records is a Record label founded in 1998 by Kristoffer Rygg (also known as Garm Trickster G G The End Records came into existence in 1998 its sights set on offering discriminating listeners the best in eclectic avantgarde metal Century Media Records (CMR is an independent rock Record label with offices in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Kristoffer Rygg ( September 9, 1976) also known as Garm, Trickster G Sværen
Tore Ylwizaker
Former members
Håvard Jørgensen
Torbjørn Pedersen
Grellmund
A. Reza
Erik Olivier Lancelot
Carl-Michael Eide
Hugh Steven James Mingay

Ulver (Norwegian for “wolves”) is a multi-disciplinary musical group from Norway. Carl-Michael Eide (born July 24, 1974) is a Norwegian Black metal Drummer, Guitarist, and Vocalist. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language The grey wolf or gray wolf ( Canis lupus) also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora Music based on traditional Norwegian form usually includes minor or modal scales (sometimes mixed with major scales making a sober and haunting sound Since their first, folklore-influenced black metal release in 1993, Ulver’s style has ever been changing by mixing elements of experimental, electronic and ambient music, avant-garde rock and trip hop. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre and/or which pushes the boundaries Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap.

Contents

Musical overview

Black Metal Trilogy

Although Ulver’s first three albums are often called their “Black Metal Trilogie”, they are quite diverse in musical styles, with only two of them belonging to the black metal genre. The archaic Danish lyrics of the first album and Norwegian lyrics of the next two albums were inspired by Scandinavian folktales. Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Beings of Scandinavian folklore Perhaps most abundant are the stories about the race of Trolls ' a cunning and deceitful people living in the forestlands

Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler is considered to be a folk-themed black metal album for its occasionally fast tempo, distorted electric guitars and croaky screaming vocals intermitted with melodious acoustic passages with clean vocals, and having a fantasy storyline. Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler ("Spellbound - A Fairy Tale in 5 Chapters" is the debut album by the Norwegian band Ulver. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Screaming is a form of vocalization, most commonly heard in sub-genres of Heavy metal and Hardcore punk, though screamed vocals also feature in music The term clean vocals is used to describe melodic and clear singing styles Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The title Bergtatt literally translates as “mountain-taken”; in Norwegian folk tales the word refers to people who wander off into mountains, lured by trolls or other legendary beings. A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature (often known as "fabulous creatures" in historical literature The narrative of the album’s lyrics follows a maiden as she becomes so mountain-taken. The subtitle translates as “A Tale in 5 Chapters”. Bergtatt features a melancholic, fully acoustical song “Een stemme locker” (“A Voice Beckons”).

Kveldssanger, Ulver’s second album, contrasts with Bergtatt as it uses classical guitars, cello and chamber chants, completely eschewing the metal elements of Bergtatt, while still having a folk theme. Kveldssanger ( Twilight Songs) is the second album by Norwegian band Ulver. The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ Garm has since remarked that Kveldssanger was an “immature attempt at making a classical album. ” Garm later clarified this by saying that the performance was immature, yet the content is strong when their youth is taken into account. [1]

The third album, Nattens Madrigal (“Madrigal of the Night”), saw the band returning to a black metal style similar to Bergtatt. Nattens madrigal - Aatte hymne til ulven i manden ( Madrigal of the Night - Eight Hymns to the Wolf in Man) is the third album by Norwegian Black A madrigal is a type of Secular vocal music composition written during the Renaissance and early Baroque eras Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler ("Spellbound - A Fairy Tale in 5 Chapters" is the debut album by the Norwegian band Ulver. Unlike on Bergtatt, however, the only acoustic instruments appear in a brief interlude in the first track. The album is intentionally underproduced, akin to Darkthrone’s Transilvanian Hunger, with buzzing guitars and rather muffled drums. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing DarkThrone is a Massive Online Text Based Game developed by Lazarus Software Transilvanian Hunger is the fourth album by Norwegian Black metal band Darkthrone. There are rumors surrounding this album and its recording, the most famous being that the band recorded this album in a forest. Another and less-known rumor is that the band purposely recorded the album on a four-track cassette recorder and used the money that Century Media gave them for other things, like Armani suits, haircuts, cocaine, beer, and/or a new car. Century Media Records (CMR is an independent rock Record label with offices in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Fashion career From 1961 to 1970 Armani worked as a designer in well-known fashion house Nino Cerruti Jimenez after which he left to pursue freelance work Garm has since confirmed that the band has expensive tastes. [1]

Blake album

Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, released in 1998, was different from what Ulver, or even any other band, had made before. Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is the fourth album by Norwegian experimental band Ulver. Tore Ylwizaker, a new composer and sound architect, added to Garm’s expanding artistic visions and together they stepped over the boundaries of black metal aesthetics, creating a genre-defying work often associated with avant-garde metal. Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative Avant-garde elements large-scale In this album, the musicians blended electronics, industrial music elements, progressive metal and avant-garde rock, adding ambient passages. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Progressive metal (often referred to simply as prog metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music which blends the powerful guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre and/or which pushes the boundaries Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Lyrically, the album incorporates the entire text of the William Blake’s poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and features guest vocals. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is one of William Blake 's Books a series of texts written in imitation of biblical books of prophecy but expressing Blake's Despite confounding and perhaps alienating many fans of the band’s first three albums, the album received widespread acclaim from critics within both the rock/metal and alternative music press. For instance, it was reviewed as album of the month in several high-profile magazines such as Terrorizer, Metal Hammer, and Rock Hard. Terrorizer is an Extreme music Magazine published by Dark Arts Ltd Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany It also ranked very high at many year’s best polls that same year.

The metamorphosis

Ulver’s next two releases, the EP Metamorphosis and full-length album Perdition City, were even more experimental and pensive than 'Themes…. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify For other works by this name see Metamorphosis (disambiguation. Perdition City Music to an Interior Film is the fifth Studio album by Norwegian band Ulver. A disclaimer on Metamorphosis reads: “We are as unknown to you as we always were. ” The band had moved further away from rock and metal and into a more ethereal style, much like that of Coil. The use of programmed sound and atmospheric style is dominant here, unlike the previous albums. Programming is a form of Music production and performance using Electronic devices often sequencers or Computer programs to generate music Neo-classical composer and film scorer Craig Armstrong may have been an influence on Ulver as his use of electronics and hip hop beats over strings and pianos is somewhat reminiscent of Ulver’s later works. Craig Armstrong may refer to Craig Armstrong (composer Craig Armstrong (footballer Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos.

Perdition City combined many of their influences into a comprehensive painting of a desolate city filled with ghosts.

Teachings in Silence and soundtracks

The band followed up these two releases with two minimalist/ambient/glitch works Silence Teaches You How to Sing and Silencing the Singing. Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonant harmony, steady Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of experimental Electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s Silence Teaches You How to Sing is an EP by Norwegian avant-garde band Ulver. Silencing the Singing is an EP by Norwegian Avant-garde / Black metal band Ulver. These works featured minimal melodies and often had subtle, weird and unnatural noises within the song structures. Due to their individual rarity, they were later amalgamated as Teachings in Silence. Teachings in Silence is a compilation by Norwegian Avant-garde band Ulver.

Having proved their proficiency at making atmospheric music, Ulver were hired to make music for cinema films like Lyckantropen (see Lyckantropen Themes), Svidd neger (see Svidd neger (soundtrack)), and Uno. Lyckantropen ( 2002) is a Swedish Short film written and directed by Steve Ericsson. Lyckantropen Themes is the original Soundtrack album to the Swedish Short film Lyckantropen, composed entirely by Svidd neger (in English burned negro) is a Norwegian Film released in 2003 directed by Erik Smith Meyer and written by Stein Svidd neger is the original Soundtrack album to the Norwegian Film Svidd neger, composed entirely by Norwegian

Recent years

In 2003, Ulver began making more symphonic music. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. They released the EP A Quick Fix of Melancholy, which kept the minimalist, sparse styles of their previous albums, albeit adding more dramatic and symphonic elements, with various string sounds and operatic singing styles. A Quick Fix of Melancholy is the fourth studio EP by Norwegian Avant-garde band Ulver.

In July 2004, the band finished recording their sixth album, Blood Inside, which was released on June 6th, 2005. Blood Inside is the sixth full-length album by the Norwegian experimental band Ulver. With Blood Inside the band stepped away from the more minimal styles they had been experimenting with previously. Bringing back more traditional rock instruments like guitar and acoustic drums (since 1998 the band had used primarily digital drums and sampled beats) and combining them with real and synthetic classical instruments, brass horns, and sound samples, the band created something they had never done before. Managing to fuse genres ranging from rock, classical, minimalism, electronica and vintage Progressive rock with Garm’s broad vocal range, Ulver created an album that was far beyond anything anyone has heard in the avant-garde scene. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonant harmony, steady Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard

Ulver recently collaborated with drone band Sunn O))) on a fifteen-minute track which appears on Sunn O)))’s WHITEbox box set, released in July of 2006. Sunn O (pronounced simply sun) is an American Drone metal band in its broadest sense however it incorporates elements of the Dark ambient, Black WHITEbox is a box set re-issue of the White1 and White2 albums by Sunn O on vinyl limited to 450 copies Additionally, Ulver had announced back in 2002 that they had been working on a string remake of Nattens Madrigal, but Garm has stated on the message board of his alternative rock band, Head Control System, that the project “is in a state of total dormancy. Nattens madrigal - Aatte hymne til ulven i manden ( Madrigal of the Night - Eight Hymns to the Wolf in Man) is the third album by Norwegian Black Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Head Control System is a cross-national groove rock/metal band featuring Portuguese Daniel Cardoso (ex- Sirius and ex- and Norwegian Kristoffer Rygg ”[2]

The band's seventh and most recent album, Shadows of the Sun, was released on October 1, 2007. Shadows of the Sun is the seventh Studio album by the Norwegian experimental band Ulver, released on October 1 2007 in Garm called it “our most personal record to date. Low key, dark, and tragic. ”[3]

Discography

Full lengths

Other releases

Contributions and guest appearances

Members

Current members

Session, guest, and former members

Related bands

References

  1. ^ a b ULVER: The MetalKult Interview. MetalKult. com (2007-11-12). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
  2. ^ quote was taken from Head Control System page (link is dead now)
  3. ^ ULVER official site (2007-07-13). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Retrieved on 2007-07-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to

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