LISTEN! Ulver new track

The ever restless Ulver have released a new track.

The band who somehow have made sense of so many different phases on their extraordinary adventure that started in a dark energy black metal with a hypnotic croon to adventures in dark folk, their own orchestral manoeuvres in their personal darkness and then a thrilling honing down of their sound through an almost Frankie Goes To Hollywood huge three dimensional cimmerian pop to the current vistas that find something emotional and captivating in an eighties pop that fast forwards it into a bladerunner now.

There is nothing like Ulver out there – uniquely original and capturing the same themes and emotional shivers with whatever style of music they utilise and always making it their own.

Forgive Us is an EP of delights that never rests on its laurels; it’s a beautifully sculpted soundscape to get lost in with sumptuous vocals and a soaring widescreen film playground of sound. There is also a trumpet that is like Chet Baker’s at his aching best making the whole track sound like the soundtrack to the best film that has never been made.

Ulver is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album Bergtatt, were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band has since evolved a fluid and increasingly eclectic musical style, blending genres such as experimental rock, electronica, ambient, trip hop, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise, progressive and experimental music into their oeuvre. 1997 marked their international debut with the release of their third album Nattens madrigal through German label Century Media. However, following discord with the label, Rygg formed his own imprint, Jester Records, in 1998. In 1997, Rygg invited composer and multi-instrumentalist Tore Ylwizaker into the band, and together they changed Ulver’s musical direction. Their first musical endeavour together, Themes from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, drew from a variety of non-metal sources, including classical and avant-garde, and the works of William Blake. Metamorphosis and Perdition City followed, showcasing further experimentation and explorations into electronic music.

LISTEN! Ulver new track ‘beautifully sculpted soundscape to get lost in with sumptuous vocals and a soaring widescreen film playground of sound’