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THE PARADIGM-SHIFTING FOURTH STUDIO OPUS FROM THE NORWEGIAN PIONEERS - PRESENTED ON MID-PRICE 2CD DELUXE DIGIPACK FORMAT & INCLUDING A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE ALBUM COURTESY OF WRITER JEFF WAGNER.
'Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven & Hell' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian experimentalists Ulver.
Having been known for their more folklore-tinged black metal compositions on early studio releases, in late 1997, mainman Kristoffer Rygg invited keyboardist, sound conceptualist & composer Tore Ylwizaker into the collective & together they devised a plan for The Blake Album; an altogether far more adventurous endeavour than prior releases.
What resulted was a seamless integration of electronic & industrial music, with elements of progressive metal & avantgarde rock, all fused with ambient passages, & following Blake's plates as track indexes. A work of deep & personal art, the album, while initially surprising to fans due to its complete shift in genre, has become a classic today & a prime example of the boundary-pushing evolution beyond the confines of genre expectations through the latter part of the 90's. Upon release, 'The Marriage of Heaven & Hell' received widespread acclaim from critics within the rock, metal & alternative music press, being awarded Album of the Month in several high-profile magazines such as Terrorizer, Metal Hammer & Rock Hard.
Tracklist:
Side 1
- 1. The Argument, Plate 2 ( 04:02 )
- 2. Plate 3 ( 02:48 )
- 3. Plate 3, Following ( 01:33 )
- 4. The Voice Of The Devil, Plate 4 ( 02:49 )
- 5. Plates 5-6 ( 02:31 )
- 6. A Memorable Fancy, Plates 6-7 ( 04:26 )
- 7. Proverbs Of Hell, Plates 7-10 ( 09:04 )
- 8. Plate 11 ( 02:01 )
- 9. Intro ( 03:26 )
- 10. A Memorable Fancy, Plates 12-13 ( 05:55 )
- 11. Plate 14 ( 02:08 )
- 12. A Memorable Fancy, Plate 15 ( 04:51 )
- 13. Plates 16-17 ( 03:17 )
Side 2
- 1. A Memorable Fancy, Plates 17-20 ( 11:23 )
- 2. Intro ( 02:27 )
- 3. Plates 21-22 ( 03:11 )
- 4. A Memorable Fancy, Plates 22-24 ( 04:50 )
- 5. Intro ( 03:59 )
- 6. A Song Of Liberty, Plates 25-27 / Chorus Vocals ( 06:16 )
