 | Ulver Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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| 1.0 awful | Santa Koopa | August 15th 23 |
ulver's themes from the divorce of quality and effort
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| 3.5 great | Chino smoking it up! | August 14th 20 |
You can miss the folk and the BM but this is one bold, poetic, devilish tripop piece. The hints of BM are still there. This also breathes NIN's nineties era with tons of other vibes.
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| 3.0 good | EasterInTheBatcave | June 10th 16 |
You can't fault Ulver for lack of ambition. This, their fourth album, was their first foray into electronic music, a world which the band, to this day, hasn't fully exited from. Really though, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is genreless. Across its 101-minute runtime it dabbles in metal, folk, spoken word, industrial, ambient, and more, combining and deconstructing these genres at the drop of a hat. Lyrically and conceptually, the record is the entirety of William's Blake's infamous literary work (also called 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell') set to music. Having never read it, I cannot comment on the validity of the musical interpretation Ulver applies. However, I can say that this record is a truly unique experience-- one that is probably too ambitious for its own good, as it runs very long (the twenty minutes of silence in the last song does not help). Ultimately, this is a determinedly difficult album to penetrate, and it is hardly flawless, but it is worth the effort.
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| 0.0 | altertide0 | June 2nd 15 |
Also known as The Marriage of Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Ambient, Industrial, Trip Hop, Folk, Electronica and a Few More.... "A Song of Liberty" indeed.
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| 2.5 average | Alex C. | March 12th 15 |
An experimental piece of work that does not deliver - Based on an enlightening piece of art that is much much better to read and see than to hear
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| 3.5 great | Ocean of Noise | February 26th 14 |
An enjoyable first dip into electronica and a very interesting listen, if a tad overlong and mostly unmemorable.
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| 4.0 excellent | razeen | July 14th 25 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | May 4th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sasaboy | February 26th 25 |
| 3.0 good | JoneHK | February 17th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Phasma | January 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bren80 | November 7th 22 |
| 3.5 great | neikos | January 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Lvxfra | October 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Frostbit | September 17th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | quetzal | August 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | August 22nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | yayafa | February 1st 21 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | December 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | gk1979 | June 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pangea | June 15th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Suyan | February 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | ElSomni | November 29th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Skoop | June 1st 19 |
| 3.0 good | Blurbs | March 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gary STAFF | January 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | December 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElioG | December 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nisraak | October 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Agonba | September 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Metz | June 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Nero | May 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | May 18th 18 |
| 3.0 good | SuzyC | December 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Fear | December 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | RAGG | December 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | October 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | orakst | October 4th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Brandon | September 9th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 3.8 excellent | Ryan P STAFF | April 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | April 8th 17 |
| 3.8 excellent | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | April 2nd 17 |
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| 3.5 great | chanson | February 10th 17 |
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| 3.0 good | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hyper | October 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | adr | May 9th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Karluk | March 29th 15 |
| 2.5 average | JS19 | February 1st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | January 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gnome7 | October 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | October 7th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | eirinn | February 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | January 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | January 3rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Shaemus | December 27th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Uqnivde | November 28th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | September 18th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Smolko7 | September 14th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Kruppe | August 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | bens | August 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Enotify | March 24th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | MrBug | February 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Caelum | January 7th 13 |
| 3.0 good | arcane | December 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Meuric | October 11th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | yjrb | October 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | KILL | September 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Thor | August 28th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Majkl | August 13th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Yami | May 27th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | mifzal | April 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Gbhill | March 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Gapwick | February 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | endtell | November 13th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Vasky87 | November 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Blade86 | October 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | September 7th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | stfrnz | August 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | FLRTE | August 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | true | July 26th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Niels | June 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trey STAFF | May 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | stakor | January 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mnwild | December 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Jruined | November 13th 10 |
| 3.0 good | rid | October 31st 10 |
| 5.0 classic | YUJOS | October 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kenos | September 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | redrohX | July 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Naffa | April 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | kriz | February 26th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Egarran | November 24th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | ferrum | November 5th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Muninn | September 26th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Zaton | June 23rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | Asaura | March 18th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sempel | July 19th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Satanix | December 12th 07 |
| 2.5 average | D0wN | November 22nd 07 |
| 3.5 great | tuff | October 31st 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Floppy | July 30th 07 |
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