#ulver

Ulver - Capitel I: I Troldskog Faren Vild 1994

Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993. 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.

Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler ("Spellbound – A Fairy Tale in 5 Chapters") was praised for its production atmosphere and was described as "mysterious, melancholic, eerie, and oddly tranquil". The archaic Dano-Norwegian lyrics were influenced by Scandinavian folktales and inspired by Baroque poets such as Ludvig Holberg and the hymn-writer Thomas Kingo.

Bergtatt, the first part of what has become known as "The Trilogie – Three Journeyes Through the Norwegian Netherworlde", was released during the rise of the Norwegian black metal subculture in Norway in the early 1990s. Separated from the more straightforward black metal sound of their contemporaries, Ulver incorporated elements of Norwegian folk music, utilizing acoustic guitars, droning low choirs, flutes, melody-focused songwriting and clean vocals together with fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, blast beat drumming, raw (lo-fi) recording and unconventional song structures.

"I Troldskog Faren Vild" received a total of 54% yes votes.