Ulver are a band from Norway that has experimented with many different styles of music and on this recording they played a very raw and primitive form of Norwegian black metal and this is a review of their 1997 album "Nattens Madrigal-Natte Hymne til Ulven i Mandan" which was released by Century Black.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with a great amount of blast beats being thrown into the music, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars, as for the pianos they are only utilized briefly on the last song and bring a depressive feeling to the music.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast Norwegian black metal riffs that are very raw and primitive sounding with a good amount of dark sounding melodies being thrown into the music, while the lead guitars are very primitive sounding black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the classical guitars which are only utilized briefly they use finger picking to add another dimension of darkness to the music.
Vocals are all grim sounding and high pitched black metal screams, while the lyrics are written in Norwegian and cover Lycanthropy and Wolves, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion this was a great album from Ulver and if you are a fan of raw and primitive sounding Norwegian black metal, you probably already own this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hymne I" "Hymne VI" and "Hymne VIII". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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