Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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| Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | ||
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| Studio album by Ulver | ||
| Released | 1998 | |
| Genre | Experimental Avant-garde metal |
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| Length | 1:41:09 | |
| Label | Jester Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ulver chronology | ||
| Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden (1997) | Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1998) | Metamorphosis (1999)
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Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is the fourth album by Norwegian experimental group Ulver. It is a musical setting of William Blake's book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, featuring guest vocals. The Cover art shown is on the slipcase. The actual CD booklet contains the plates of William Blakes scriptures which are contained in the lyrics.
The album is a drastic change in sound to that of its predecessors, the title alone being a loud signal that Ulver had changed somewhat. The album and the band in general got a great deal of back-lash from the black metal community for abruptly changing musical styles, though the band expressly claimed to not be part of the "so-called black metal scene" in the liner notes of the booklet.
[edit] Track listing
- Disc one
- "The Argument Plate 2" – 4:03
- "Plate 3" – 2:48
- "Plate 3 Following" – 1:33
- "The Voice of the Devil Plate 4" – 2:49
- "Plates 5-6" – 2:31
- "A Memorable Fancy Plates 6-7" – 4:24
- "Proverbs of Hell Plates 7-10" – 9:06
- "Plate 11" – 2:01
- "Intro" – 3:26
- "A Memorable Fancy Plates 12-13" – 5:59
- "Plate 14" – 2:08
- "A Memorable Fancy Plate 15" – 4:51
- "Plates 16-17" – 3:17
- Disc two
- "A Memorable Fancy Plates 17-20" – 11:23
- "Intro" – 2:27'
- "Plates 21-22" – 3:11
- "A Memorable Fancy Plates 22-24" – 4:50
- "Intro" – 3:59
- "A Song of Liberty Plates 25-27" – 26:23
The last track contains roughly 20 minutes of silence, as well as vocal appearances from Emperor's Ihsahn and Samoth and Darkthrone's Fenriz.
