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Artist: Ulver
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Ulver The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 2CD Peaceville
The paradigm-shifting fourth studio opus from Norwegian pioneers, Ulver.
 
2CD deluxe digipack edition including a retrospective look at the album by writer Jeff Wagner. 
 
Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven & Hell includes guest vocal appearances from Darkthrone’s Fenriz, and Ihsahn and Samoth (Emperor).
 
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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, and composer Tore Ylwizaker into the collective, and 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 & avant-garde rock, all fused with ambient passages, & following Blake's plates as track indexes. A work of deep and personal art, the album, while initially surprising to fans due to its complete shift in genre, has become a classic today, and a prime example of the boundary-pushing evolution beyond the confines of genre expectations through the latter part of the 90s. 
Upon release, ‘The Marriage of Heaven & Hell’ received widespread acclaim from critics within the rock, metal and alternative music press, being awarded Album of the Month in several high-profile magazines such as Terrorizer, Metal Hammer, and Rock Hard.
 
CD1
 
1 The Argument, Plate 2
2 Plate 3
3 Plate 3, Following
4 The Voice Of The Devil, Plate 4
5 Plates 5-6
6 A Memorable Fancy, Plates 6-7
7 Proverbs Of Hell, Plates 7-10
8 Plate 11
9 Intro
10 A Memorable Fancy, Plates 12-13
11 Plate 14
12 A Memorable Fancy, Plate 15
13 Plates 16-17
 
CD2
 
1 A Memorable Fancy, Plates 17-20
2 Intro
3 Plates 21-22
4 A Memorable Fancy, Plates 22-24
5 Intro
6 A Song Of Liberty, Plates 25-27