Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Occupation
- Trickster G.
- Goals Ylwizaker
- Håvard Jørgensen
- E. Lancelot
- Hugh Stephen James Mingay
- Knut Magne Valle
Beep Jam Studios
Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian band Ulver. It is a setting of William Blake's prophetic prose poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, was released in 1998 as a double album at Jester Records and was distributed by Voices of Wonder.
Creation and publication
After Nattens Madrigal - Aatte anthem Til Ulven i almonds guitarist Torbjørn " Aismal " Pedersen left the band for a new album, he was replaced by Knut Magne Valle of Arcturus. It was also gates Ylwizaker new band member. During the recordings to Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell also worked with Stine Grytøyr, Ihsahn, Samoth, Fenriz (all vocals) and Falch ( Scratching ). The album was recorded from late 1997 to early 1998 in the Jester and Beep Jam Studios, mixed by Børge Finstad and gates Ylwizaker and mastered by Audhild Johanne Rype at Strype Audio. Kristoffer Rygg was the producer, Ylwizaker Valle and the co-producers.
On the double CD album was released in late 1998 as the first publication of Ryggs founded in the same year, record label, Jester Records. In 2012 it was re-released in a limited edition on LP; here were several minutes of silence on the fourth side cut out before the last piece and the order of two pieces ( Plates 21-22 and A Memorable Fancy Plates 22-24) accidentally reversed.
Title list
This is Ulver's first English-language album, because the lyrics consist of the original text from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The titles of the pieces follow Blake's division of his work into sections or on printing plates.
CD 1
CD 2
Style
After rooted in folk and black metal trilogy of Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler, Kveldssanger and Nattens Madrigal Ulver began in the late 1990s ( as with Arcturus, Solefald and Dodheimsgard also other Norwegian bands at that time) to explore the limits of the genre and to. exceed Composition, instrumentation, and vocals on Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell are very varied. There are spherical, catchy and aggressive passages with sound surfaces, electronic effects, distorted guitars and drum loops, with choirs, whispers, Chanting or electronically alienated voices. There you will find influences from Folk, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Industrial Metal, Big Beat, Trip - Hop and Ambient.
Reception
The reactions of the press on the album were mostly very positive example, it was album of the month January 1999 Metal Hammer Germany. Captain Chaos of Vampster considers it " a little distracted ," it praises but also as " groundbreaking," and compares it with La Masquerade Infernal Arcturus. On metal.de is also found " whom has ' La Masquerade Infernal ' like in its complexity, which may also access here safely ."
For Gunnar Claussen of the Baby Blue Pages Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is " a half -hour roller coaster ride through moods, ideas, styles, and set pieces, so wonderfully modern and twisted and yet so inviting and melodious ". Wolf -Rüdiger Mühlmann from Rock Hard referred to the album as " a discovery, as it has, perhaps not seen since ages since Pink Floyd".