Kveldssanger

Kveldssanger is the second album by the Norwegian band Ulver and the second part of her trilogy about the " sinister aspects of Norwegian folklore ."

Formation

Worked for the album Garm, Haavard and AiwarikiaR with cellist Alf Gaaskjønli together, they also assisted in their contribution to the sampler Synen Souvenirs from Hell. The album was recorded in 1995 in the Endless Lydstudio in Oslo (listed on the back of the album with the former name Christiania ) with Kristian Romsoe, mastered as a sound engineer and co-producer, it was by Craig Morris at Strype Audio.

Garm designated Kveldssanger in retrospect as " immature ," but later said the comment was based on the version and been exaggerated.

Title list

The music was composed by Haavard and Garm.

Music, lyrics and booklet

Unlike the debut album Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler on which Ulver mixed black metal and folk influences, the band related to Kveldssanger exclusively acoustic instruments. It processed " classic colored Nordic Folk Songs" in a style that was indicated according to William York of Allmusic in the acoustic interludes of the previous album and here " fully developed " in "real songs with thoughtful, albeit sparse, arrangements ". In some songs Garm's singing was processed by overdubbing to create a choir-like effect. In addition, the album contains some a cappella recordings, the greater part of the album is instrumental but with an emphasis on quiet acoustic guitars and some cello and flute parts. Martin Kreischer described Ulvers acoustic recordings in the Icons Magazine as the enrichment of the Neofolk " with filigree structures " than in the early - Apocalyptic folk bands.

As a language in which the texts of this album and the entire trilogy were written, Old Danish is specified. In fact, however, it is more of a archaisiertes, poetisierendes Norwegian, with the impression of an ancient language should also be reinforced by the (partially free fantasized ) orthography. Words such as kveld and Lafarge are clearly Norwegian vocabulary, and the title of the first song is taken from Østenfor Sol Og Vestenfor Mane, one of the most famous Norwegian fairy tales.

The painting on the cover is from Mary Jaquete. On the back of the album can be seen "dead calm lake and a misty forest " one. The photograph comes from Torgrim Novreit.

Reception

Kreischer designated Empyrium and Ulver in Icons Magazine as "the first [ ... ] who have enriched the NeoFolk with filigree structures, than the early - Apocalyptic folk bands ". In his question to the band Graumahd, whether you can see " an upheaval, a removal of the 'new' bands of the 'old' " see Wolf replied: "The new seemed to be that one has only focused on the delicate guitars. The 've got Ulver or Empyrium never done, so you can assign any genre it when bands "Joerg added ." I would not say so, because as Ulver, Empyrium from another, ' originate scene. While there have been points of contact (such as Ulver's brilliant contribution to the legendary, Souvenirs from Hell " compilation of Cthulhu or Empyrium on the light -baptism ' sampler ) and are safe individual albums great sources of inspiration for many musicians from the genre, a fork, I trust them but only because of the, scene strangeness ' not to. There was, I think the invention of the German neo -folk a larger watershed. "

According to York evokes the music in conjunction with the design of the album " a sense of quiet, eerie loneliness ". When listening to Kveldssanger it was hard to imagine that the album came from a more youthful belt, especially of one, whose next album Nattens Madrigal - Til Ulven i was Aatte anthem almonds "wild black metal ". This CD was a bold and successful work, which helped to confirm Ulver's reputation as one of the leading black metal bands, even though the album ironically did not include a metal.

Johnny Ultimate - Guitar.Com called it hard to imagine that Garm said to have been at the time of vocal recordings only 19 years old. He described Kveldssanger as " incredible album" and Ulver's best release, which he recommended to all the fans of acoustic folk and acoustic music in general. Roberto Martinelli from the Maelstrom Webzine wrote in his review for the album, there is no other black metal band that forest worship so beautiful expressions such as Ulver in their black-metal phase, which includes the album. Although Kveldssanger is a purely acoustic album, but " so much a black metal album, as it is possible "; except possibly Empyrium on later albums have no band managed to come close to creating a metal album with no metal elements, but such feelings cause like a Black Metal album.