ULVER

Non-Metal / Black Metal / Avant-garde Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal • Norway
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Ulver (Norwegian for “wolves”) is a multi-disciplinary musical quartet from Oslo, Norway and now, London, England. The band was formed by Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg in 1993, and their current members are Rygg (vocal, programming), Jørn H. Sværen (misc.), Tore Ylwizaker (programming, piano) and latest member Daniel O'Sullivan (guitar, piano, various). Since their first folk metal/black metal release in 1993, Ulver’s style has ever been changing by combining elements of experimental, electronic and ambient music, avant-garde, rock, trip-hop, and their own genre-defying innovations.

"Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler" is a folk-themed black metal album. The title Bergtatt literally translates as “mountain-taken”, but is more commonly used to describe someone who is stricken with awe. In Norwegian folk tales the word refers to people who wander off into mountains, lured by trolls or other mythical beings. The narrative of the album’s lyrics follows a woman as she becomes so
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ULVER albums / top albums

ULVER Bergtatt: Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler album cover 4.36 | 47 ratings
Bergtatt: Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
Atmospheric Black Metal 1995
ULVER Kveldssanger album cover 3.63 | 30 ratings
Kveldssanger
Non-Metal 1996
ULVER Nattens Madrigal: Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden album cover 3.67 | 30 ratings
Nattens Madrigal: Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden
Black Metal 1997
ULVER Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell album cover 3.29 | 19 ratings
Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
Avant-garde Metal 1998
ULVER Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film album cover 3.71 | 11 ratings
Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film
Non-Metal 2000
ULVER Lyckantropen Themes album cover 3.55 | 8 ratings
Lyckantropen Themes
Non-Metal 2002
ULVER Svidd Neger album cover 3.50 | 7 ratings
Svidd Neger
Non-Metal 2003
ULVER Blood Inside album cover 4.09 | 7 ratings
Blood Inside
Non-Metal 2005
ULVER Shadows Of The Sun album cover 4.17 | 11 ratings
Shadows Of The Sun
Non-Metal 2007
ULVER Wars Of The Roses album cover 3.37 | 10 ratings
Wars Of The Roses
Non-Metal 2011
ULVER Childhood's End album cover 4.50 | 7 ratings
Childhood's End
Non-Metal 2012
ULVER Messe I.X - VI.X album cover 4.16 | 7 ratings
Messe I.X - VI.X
Non-Metal 2013
ULVER Terrestrials (with Sunn O)))) album cover 3.67 | 3 ratings
Terrestrials (with Sunn O))))
Non-Metal 2014
ULVER Riverhead album cover 3.25 | 2 ratings
Riverhead
Non-Metal 2016
ULVER ATGCLVLSSCAP album cover 3.50 | 4 ratings
ATGCLVLSSCAP
Non-Metal 2016
ULVER The Assassination Of Julius Caesar album cover 4.63 | 6 ratings
The Assassination Of Julius Caesar
Non-Metal 2017
ULVER Flowers of Evil album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
Flowers of Evil
Non-Metal 2020
ULVER Scary Muzak album cover 3.00 | 2 ratings
Scary Muzak
Non-Metal 2021
ULVER Liminal Animals album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Liminal Animals
Non-Metal 2024

ULVER EPs & splits

ULVER Mysticum / Ulver album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Mysticum / Ulver
Black Metal 1994
ULVER Metamorphosis album cover 2.71 | 3 ratings
Metamorphosis
Non-Metal 1999
ULVER Silence Teaches You How To Sing album cover 2.79 | 3 ratings
Silence Teaches You How To Sing
Non-Metal 2001
ULVER Silencing The Singing album cover 2.79 | 3 ratings
Silencing The Singing
Non-Metal 2001
ULVER A Quick Fix Of Melancholy album cover 3.89 | 5 ratings
A Quick Fix Of Melancholy
Non-Metal 2003
ULVER Roadburn EP album cover 2.75 | 2 ratings
Roadburn EP
Non-Metal 2012
ULVER Sic Transit Gloria Mundi album cover 3.17 | 3 ratings
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Non-Metal 2017

ULVER live albums

ULVER Live At Roadburn album cover 3.25 | 2 ratings
Live At Roadburn
Non-Metal 2013
ULVER The Norwegian National Opera album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
The Norwegian National Opera
Non-Metal 2013
ULVER Drone Activity album cover 4.38 | 3 ratings
Drone Activity
Non-Metal 2019
ULVER Hexahedron – Live at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Hexahedron – Live at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Non-Metal 2021

ULVER demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

ULVER Vargnatt album cover 3.00 | 3 ratings
Vargnatt
Black Metal 1993
ULVER Rehearsal 1993 album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Rehearsal 1993
Black Metal 1993

ULVER re-issues & compilations

ULVER The Trilogie: Three Journeyes Through The Norwegian Netherworlde album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
The Trilogie: Three Journeyes Through The Norwegian Netherworlde
Black Metal 1997
ULVER Teachings In Silence album cover 3.56 | 5 ratings
Teachings In Silence
Non-Metal 2002
ULVER 1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines
Non-Metal 2003
ULVER Oddities And Rarities #1 album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Oddities And Rarities #1
Non-Metal 2012
ULVER Trolsk Sortmetall 1993-1997 album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Trolsk Sortmetall 1993-1997
Black Metal 2014

ULVER singles (1)

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2.00 | 1 ratings
February MMX
Non-Metal 2011

ULVER movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

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3.50 | 1 ratings
The Norwegian National Opera
Non-Metal 2012

ULVER Reviews

ULVER Svidd Neger

Album · 2003 · Non-Metal
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"Svidd neger" is a soundtrack album release and the seventh full-length studio album by Norwegian experimental music act Ulver. The album was released through Jester Records in September 2003 and it´s the soundtrack to the original motion picture "Svidd Neger". It´s the successor to "Lyckantropen Themes" from November 2002 (also a soundtrack album release), although the two full-length studio albums are bridged by the August 2003 "A Quick Fix of Melancholy" EP.

Try and imagine how the music style found on the "A Quick Fix of Melancholy" EP would sound if the tracks were more ambient, subtle, and repetitive and you´re halfway there describing the sound of "Svidd neger". It´s a pleasant, atmospheric, and ambient soundtrack release, but it´s also apparent that the music is made to be used as the soundtrack to a film. Because as pleasant and calming it is listening to "Svidd neger" it´s obvious that the music would function better while watching the movie. The dramatic climaxes of "Rock Massif Pt. 1" and "Rock Massif Pt. 2" which are placed around the middle of the album are some of the few examples on the album featuring anything but mellow, subtle, melancholic, and ambient music, although the intriguing "Waltz Of King Karl" arguably also falls under the catagory of being different from the remainder of the album. A few shorter noise tracks also help keep the album varied, but the overall feeling after listening to "Svidd neger" is still that it´s predominantly a mellow, subtle, and melancholic ambient music release.

"Svidd neger" features a well sounding production, and especially the programmed orchestral/string parts sound really well. Upon conclusion "Svidd neger" is a good quality ambient music release from Ulver and it´s obvious that it would make an effective soundtrack too. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.

ULVER A Quick Fix Of Melancholy

EP · 2003 · Non-Metal
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"A Quick Fix of Melancholy" is an EP release by Norwegian experimental music act Ulver. The EP was released through Jester Records in August 2003. It´s the follow-up release to the November 2002 soundtrack album release "Lyckantropen Themes" and it was released only a month before the release of Ulver´s seventh full-length studio album "Svidd neger" (also a soundtrack album released in September 2003).

Ulver had been experimenting with drone, noise, and ambient music since "Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film" (March 2000) and some experiments worked better than others. With "A Quick Fix of Melancholy" they hit one of their better quality ambient moments. While still being pretty experimental and diverse, the four tracks on the 23:09 minutes long EP have more shape, form, and direction than the more experimental ambient releases which directly precede it. The programmed orchestral parts and the semi-operatic vocals (the fact that there are vocals at all) are a relief after being subjected to the shapeless ambience of the preceding releases. I´ll dare say that "A Quick Fix of Melancholy" is at least occassionally an inviting and easily accessible ambient electronic music release.

Featuring a well sounding production job, intriguing songwriting ideas, and a perfect execution of those ideas, "A Quick Fix of Melancholy" is arguably the most interesting and well made Ulver release from this period of their career. A must listen for fans of Ulver´s ambient output. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.

ULVER Lyckantropen Themes

Album · 2002 · Non-Metal
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"Lyckantropen Themes" is a soundtrack album release and the sixth full-length studio album by Norwegian experimental music act Ulver. The EP was released through Jester Records in November 2002. It´s the follow up release to the two 2001 EPs "Silence Teaches You How To Sing" (September 2001) and "Silencing The Singing" (December 2001). "Lyckantropen Themes" is the original soundtrack for the short film "Lyckantropen" by Steve Ericsson.

After the two relatively experimental ambient EP releases, "Lyckantropen Themes" is slightly more inviting and easy to digest. It´s of course still an experimental and slow building ambient music release, but the generally shorter song lengths make this soundtrack album an easier listen than the longer and more directless ambient experiments of "Silence Teaches You How To Sing" and "Silencing The Singing". Especially the former is a demaning listen. I guess you could describe "Lyckantropen Themes" as a continuation of the most subtle and ambient moments featured on "Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film" (Ulver´s fifth full-length studio album from March 2000).

"Lyckantropen Themes" is a much less dramatic but unfortunately also less interesting release than "Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film", but for an ambient soundtrack album, it´s certainly a pleasant enough listen. Dark, melancholic, and ambient music, designed to make the listener chill out and float away. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.

ULVER Teachings In Silence

Boxset / Compilation · 2002 · Non-Metal
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"Teachings In Silence" is a compilation album by Norwegian experimental music act Ulver. The compilation was released through Black Apple in March 2002. It´s a compilation featuring all material from the two 2001 EPs "Silence Teaches You How To Sing" (September 2001) and "Silencing The Singing" (December 2001).

Featuring only four tracks and a total playing time of 52:59 minutes, "Teachings In Silence" is a compilation which is rich in quantity. The 24:05 minutes long title track from "Silence Teaches You How To Sing" opens the compilation and it´s a fragmented ambient electronic oriented track, featuring both drone/noise sections and more melancholic atmospheric sections. The three tracks from the "Silencing The Singing" are slighly more easily accessible and predominantly consist of repetion and subtle dark and melancholic melodies, glitches, and other atmosphere enhancing features.

It´s obvious that Ulver at this point in their career experimentet wildly and dipped their toes in a lot of different genres and stylistic elements. It´s certainly bold, but not necessarily their finest hour. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is warranted.

ULVER Silencing The Singing

EP · 2001 · Non-Metal
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"Silencing The Singing" is an EP release by Norwegian experimental music act Ulver. The EP was released through Jester Records in December 2001. It´s a sibling release to the September 2001 "Silence Teaches You How To Sing" EP, and along with the material found on the sibling release, most of the material featured on "Silencing The Singing" was recorded during the recording sessions for "Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film" (Ulver´s fifth full-length studio album), which was released in March 2000.

The EP features 3 tracks and a total playing time of 28:55 minutes. Stylistically this is electronic ambient music, featuring a lot of repetition and slow building songwriting. Not much happens during the playing time, but it´s a relatively pleasant ambient release, with some subtle melodies to maintain the listeners attention under the layers of glitches and dark ambient elements of the music. "Silencing The Singing" is well produced too and if you enjoyed the dark ambient nature of "Perdition City: Music To An Interior Film", you may appreciate this release too, although it´s a bit more minimalistic. A 2.5 (50%) rating is warranted.

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