Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler

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Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
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Studio album by Ulver
Released November 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Folk metal
Black metal
Length 34:17
Label Head Not Found
House of Kicks
Producer Ulver & Kristian Romsøe
Professional reviews
Ulver chronology
Vargnatt
(1993)
Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
(1995)
Kveldssanger (1996)

Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler ("Spellbound - A Faerietale in 5 Chapters") is the debut album by Norwegian black metal band Ulver.

Here, Ulver give a very eclectic mixture of black metal and folk, which is very soulful in a black metal way, although it is very different from a lot of the conventions adopted by bands within the genre. There is some acoustic guitar playing, clean as well as shrieking vocals, necro guitars, and blastbeats. All of the lyrics are in archaic Danish, as opposed to English or the band's native Norwegian (while most European musicians sing in English, Norwegian black metal artists have been known to use their own language for aesthetic purposes). The acoustic side of the album was to be completely adopted in their second album, Kveldssanger, while the third album, Nattens Madrigal, consists of a completely raw black metal production and sound.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Capitel I: I Troldskog faren vild" – 7:51
  2. "Capitel II: Soelen gaaer bag Aase need" – 6:34
  3. "Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer" – 7:45
  4. "Capitel IV: Een Stemme locker" – 4:01
  5. "Capitel V: Bergtatt - ind i Fjeldkamrene" – 8:06

[edit] Credits

  • Garm - vocals, lyrics
  • Håvard Jørgensen - guitar
  • Torbjørn Pedersen (Aismal) - guitar
  • Erik Olivier Lancelot (AiwarikiaR) - drums
  • Skoll - bass
  • Sverd - piano
  • Lill Kathrine Stensrud - female voice, flute
  • Kristian Romsøe - co-producer, engineer, mixing
  • Craig Morris - mastering
  • Tanya "Nacht" Stene - album cover design
Ulver
Kristoffer Rygg | Tore Ylwizaker | Jørn H. Sværen
Håvard Jørgensen | Torbjørn Pedersen | Grellmund | A. Reza | Erik Olivier Lancelot | Carl-Michael Eide | Hugh Steven James Mingay
Discography
Albums: Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler | Kveldssanger | Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden | Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | Perdition City | Blood Inside | Shadows of the Sun
Other work: Vargnatt | Split EP with Mysticum | The Trilogie - Three Journeyes through the Norwegian Netherworlde | Metamorphosis | Silence Teaches You How to Sing | Silencing the Singing | Teachings in Silence | Lyckantropen Themes | 1993-2003: First Decade in the Machines | A Quick Fix of Melancholy | Svidd Neger (soundtrack)
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