The Ulver Appreciation Thread

I really only know of two people here who enjoy Ulver here, myself and Trickster F.

Anyone else here appreciate the artistry of this band?

check out Blood Inside or Perdition City

both worthy albums Mike

Bergtatt and Kveldsanger(spelling?) are markedly different than their later stuff, although Ulver really is impossible to classify.

W&B is a great album to have especially if you have Ulver's earlier works, becuase it shows just how radically different the music changed, which I give extra kudos to, because of having to start entirely over with a new fan base from their black metal works

Funny, I made an observation that most Ulver fans are Metal enthusiasts, though the band released just two metal albums out of more than ten. I guess there are just artists who only a chosen underground scene is exposed to, even though people of other taste would greatly enjoy it, and I'd really like to change that.

^ Alright, thanks! 

OpethGuitarist wrote: I really only know of two people here who enjoy Ulver here, myself and Trickster F. Anyone else here appreciate the artistry of this band?

well, sign me on the fanlist; I've listened to all of their albums and like them a lot

as for the metal loving fans of ulver, i think they always kept something really mean/agressive/dark in their sound, even on the silence themed eps and that's probably why it was easy for metal fans to connect with

Every single thing this band has released is impressive, their ability to master so many styles is absolutely incredible.  All of the "black metal trilogy" is stunning (especially Nattens Madrigal, which I would say is THE perfect black metal album) and their more recent electronic/post-rock works are equally brilliant (Perdition City is my favorite).  In addition to the obvious ones already mentioned I'm a big fan of Lyckantropen Themes, a spellbinding piece of downbeat electroncica which I'd recommend to anybody with a taste for ambient music.

Fans of Ulver's black metal period should also check out the first two Borknagar albums (which feature Garm and aren't too stylistically removed from Bergtatt and Nattens) and anything by Arcturus up to The Sham Mirrors (all of which is remarkably avant-garde and boundary pushing in the metal world, further accented by his majestic clean vocals).

Ricochet wrote: being Experimental means that I'll check them out eventually (I'm seriously expanding my view over this genre, as well as Krautrock...).

I definitely think you'll like them man, make sure to get ahold of Perdition City.

I only have their electronic albums Perdition City and Blood Inside. Perdition City is a great album. I love the atmosphere and the sound of it (it reminds me of the Sin City movie). Blood Inside had some good moments, but it didn't do much for me compared to Perdition City. I haven't heard anything from their metal era.