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Ulver

Real Name:
Kristoffer Garm Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker, Jørn H. Sværen
Profile:
Evolutionary concept artists, from Norway, who've exaggerated and blurred the lines between every musical form they've been enveloped. As unconventional as their approach to music has always been the results have been consistently adherent and profound. In larval form they torqued the genre of black metal with folk, jazz, minimalism and soundscape offering this generally conservative design liberties it was once afraid to embrace. After completing their initial conceptual trilogy Ulver have astounded all who have experienced their current material with elegance, intelligence and multiplicity. Now, more than ever, Ulver have altered the way form can join and function in ways rarely sought. Retaining elements of their past, they now manipulate and extend the possibilities with a comprehensive understanding of the developing aural technologies.

Ulver means "Wolves" in Norwegian.
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Discography

Releases:
Vargnatt Promo '93 #1 (MiniAlbum) (5 versions)   Not On Label ... 1993
Split (7", Ltd)   Necromantic Gallery Productions 1994
Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler (Album) (3 versions)   Head Not Found ... 1995
Kveldssanger (Album) (2 versions)   Head Not Found 1995
Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden (Album) (5 versions)   Century Black ... 1997
The Trilogie - Three Journeys Through The Norwegian Netherworlde (3xLP, Pic + Box, Ltd)   Century Media 1997
Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell (2xCD, Album)   Jester Records 1998
Metamorphosis EP (CD, EP)   Jester Records 1999
Perdition City (Album) (4 versions)   Jester Records ... 2000
Silence Teaches You How To Sing EP (CD, EP, Ltd)   Jester Records 2001
Silencing The Singing EP (CD, EP, Ltd)   Jester Records 2001
Lyckantropen Themes (2 versions)   Jester Records ... 2002
Teachings In Silence (2 versions)   Black Apple Records ... 2002
1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines (Album) (2 versions)   Jester Records 2003
A Quick Fix Of Melancholy EP (EP) (4 versions)   Jester Records ... 2003
Svidd Neger - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album) (4 versions)   Jester Records ... 2003
Blood Inside (Album) (4 versions)   Jester Records ... 2005
Shadows Of The Sun (Album) (6 versions)   Jester Records ... 2007
Remixes:
IX Equilibrium (Album) (3 versions) Sworn (Ulver Remix) Candlelight Records ... 1999
Urd - That Which Was (Maxi) (2 versions) The Falcon Flies (Ulve... Well Of Urd 1999
Volven / Urd - That Which Was (CD, Album) The Falcon Flies (Ulve... Фоно 2002
Scattered Ashes - A Decade Of Emperial Wrath (Comp) (2 versions) Sworn (Ulver Remix) Candlelight Records ... 2003
Volven (CD) The Falcon Flies (Ulve... Karmageddon Media 2004
Board Up The House Remixes Vol. 3 (2 versions) I Won't Come Back Aliv... Relapse Records 2008
Pay For It (CD, EP, Enh) Pay For It (Rmx By Ulver) Uppity Cracker, The End Records 2008
Appears On:
White (4xLP, Pic, Whi + Box, Ltd) Cut Wood(ed) Southern Lord 2006
Agony & Irony (Album) (4 versions)   Sony BMG Music Entertainment ... 2008
Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince (5xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box) Thieves In The Temple C+C Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
A Dead Poem (CD, Album + CD, Smplr + , Ltd) Wolf & Passion Century Media 1997
Ablaze Compilation (CD) Of Wolf And The Night Ablaze Magazine 1997
Feuersturm (2xCD, Comp) Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase ... Century Media 1997
Souvenirs From Hell (CD, Comp) Synen Cthulhu Records 1997
Firestarter (CD, Comp) Hymn I Century Black 1998
UKS - Forum Of Contemporary Art No. 1 / 2 1999 (CD) The Voice Of The Devil... UKS 1999 1999
Lords Of Chaos - Die Geschichte Der Okkulten Musik (2 versions) Untitled Prophecy Productions 2002
Frog: Remixed & Revisited (2xCD) Denki No Numa (Frog Vo... Misanthropic Agenda 2003
Tribute To Dead Can Dance "The Lotus Eaters" (Comp) (2 versions) In The Kingdom Of The ... Black Lotus Records ... 2004
Uno (CD) Uno, Avhør, Brødre, ... Bonnier Amigo Music Group 2004
Gods Of Thunder - Norwegian Tribute To Kiss (CD, Comp) Strange Ways Voices Music Entertainment 2005
Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince (5xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box) Thieves In The Temple C+C Records 2008
The Wall Re-Built! Disc One (CD, Comp) Another Brick In The W... Mojo Magazine 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Ondes Triumph (Cass)   Not On Label  
Perdition City / Vargnatt (CD, Album, Promo, RM)   Agat Company Ltd.  
Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell / Ulver 1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines (2xCD, Album, RM)   Agat Company Ltd.  
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Review by bowman Dec 03, 2004 (edited over 4 years ago)
ULVER is an absolutely outstanding act in terms of musical variety and class. most items listed in discogs can be filed under electronica or ambient, but ULVER started as one of the finest black metal acts ever and released glorious gems such as "nattens madrigal" or the symphonic frightening dark neofolk jewel "kveldsvangar" - i know only very few acts which one can call truly incalculable cause they dont count in musical limitations or traditions, some names could be LAIBACH or BURZUM (dont take this as a simple analogy to these acts!!! its just the multitudinousness i speak about ....)

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