ULVER have posted a cover of Prince’s “Thieves in the Temple,” a track originally released on Prince’s 1990 album, Graffiti Bridge. For the cover, ULVER collaborated with female soul singer and Wyclef Jean protégée, Siri Stranger.
The Norwegian outfit downplay their own participation and relationship to Prince stating, “Prince is not our familiar, but we appreciate [...]
June 16th, 2008
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HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM, featuring Daniel Cardoso (ex-SIRIUS) and Garm (ULVER), have posted their cover of SEAL’s “Kiss from a Rose” here. The track was left off the band’s debut album, Murder Nature.
January 9th, 2008
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Norways’ FLEURETY have completed recording two new tracks, “The Animal of the City” and “Summon the Beasts“, to be released as a forthcoming 7″ EP. It’s the band’s first new material to be properly recorded since 1998.
The lineup for this EP consists of guests Ayna B. Johansen (who also performed on the Last-Minute Lies [...]
January 5th, 2008
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An ULVER tribute album entitled, My Own Wolf: A New Approach, has been released by Asphyrical Asphyxia to commemorate the Norwegian band’s 15 year anniversary. The 2 CD set has been posted as a free download, and will receive an physical release on May 8th. The tracklisting is as follows:
CD 1:
01. UNFURL - [...]
January 2nd, 2008
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It’s been a grossly successful 2007 for APESHIT, and though we find it hard pressed to make that same general claim for metal in 2007, a handful of albums did manage to leave a strong impression on us. We here at APESHIT individually compiled our own top 10 metal albums of 2007 lists for [...]
January 1st, 2008
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The collective anticipation has been in wondering what the devil ULVER will throw at us the next time around. Known for being quite unpredictable at times, ULVER’s latest is fortunately of highest quality. Like the previous Blood Inside, Shadows of the Sun is a new age, art rock, musical soundtrack full of emotive soundscapes. [...]
October 5th, 2007
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ULVER vocalist Kristoffer Rygg (aka Garm, Trickster G) and programmer/keyboardist Tore Ylwizaker will be DJ-ing the CD release party for their upcoming album Shadows of the Sun (out October 2nd on The End Records) Thursday September 20th, 2007 at Europa Night Club in Brooklyn, New York.
Both members of ULVER will be DJ-ing throughout the night. [...]
September 4th, 2007
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ULVER have made the new song “Vigil” available for listening on the band’s MySpace page. The track comes of the band’s forthcoming new album Shadows of the Sun, which is set for an October 2nd U.S. release. More info here.
August 28th, 2007
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The End Records has set a North American release date of October 2nd, 2007 for the upcoming album Shadows of the Sun from Norway’s ULVER.
The album serves as the follow-up to 2004’s Blood Inside, the critically-acclaimed album that showcased the band’s vibrant musical progression masterfully scripted amongst their unique vision, style and sound.
To view a [...]
August 5th, 2007
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ULVER have confirmed the completion of their new album and follow-up to 2005’s acclaimed Blood Inside album, Shadows of the Sun. The band issued the following statement:
“Many of you have been waiting for sound, and we are sorry for the silence. We needed to be alone, without the hustle and bustle of the living. [...]
July 15th, 2007
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ULVER’s A Quick Fix of Melancholy EP will be released on 10″ red vinyl through Viva Hate Records. Pre-orders are now being accepted through the label’s website, www.vivahaterecords.com.
Also, a cryptic MySpace blog post stating “the wolves have indeed been gathering,” hints that ULVER are working on new material.
July 10th, 2007
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Candlelight Records is one of the last places you’d look for a non-metal album so MANES’ new album came as quite a shock. Norway’s MANES have created an instant underground “post-metal†classic. This unique band can loosely be described as an electronic-based post-metal/rock band with live instruments, various vocal styles, and trip-hop, hip [...]
June 10th, 2007
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