Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
by Ulver
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1998
- Label: Jester Records
- Country: Norway
- Length: 1:41:09
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 9 ratings
Artists on this release: AiwarikiaR, Haavard, Aismal, Garm, Hugh Mingay, Ole Alexander Halstensg氓rd, Hugh Stephen James Mingay, Tore Ylvisaker, Kristoffer Rygg, Erik Olivier Lancelot, Skoll
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' represents the ensemble's transformative leap into avant-garde and post-industrial experimentation. The double album sets the entirety of Blake's poetic text to a dense and ambitious backdrop of electronic pulses, trip-hop beats, and remnants of heavy metal. It is a highly unconventional and literary work that shattered all generic expectations and redefined the band's creative boundaries.
Genres
Descriptors: ambitious, transformative, unconventional, literary, spoken-word, experimental, orchestral, conceptual, avant-garde, genre-blending
Tracklist
- The Argument, Plate 2
- Plate 3
- Plate 3, Following
- The Voice of the Devil, Plate 4
- Plates 5-6
- A Memorable Fancy, Plates 6-7
- Proverbs of Hell, Plates 7-10
- Plate 11
- Instrumental 1
- A Memorable Fancy, Plates 12-13
- Plate 14
- A Memorable Fancy, Plate 15
- Plates 16-17
- A Memorable Fancy, Plates 17-20
- Instrumental 2
- Plates 21-22
- A Memorable Fancy, Plates 22-24
- Instrumental 3
- A Song of Liberty, Plates 25-27
Credits
- Garm - Member, vocal, Vocal
- Aismal - Member
- AiwarikiaR - Member
- Haavard - Member
- Skoll - Member
- Kristoffer Rygg - Member
- Tore Ylvisaker - Member
- Ole Alexander Halstensg氓rd - Member
- J酶rn H. Sv忙ren - Member
- Hugh Stephen James Mingay - bass guitar
- Knut Magne Valle - co-producer [co-produced by], engineer [engineering by], technician [cables, wires], sounds [various sound contributions]
- Tore Ylwizaker - co-producer [co-produced by], programmed by [programming], engineer [engineering by], mixed by [mix by]
- Lamin Nilsen Chorr - design [aesthetics by]
- Subtopia - design [aesthetics by]
- Erik Olivier Lancelot - drums, membranophone, Membranophone
- H氓vard J酶rgensen - guitar [guitars], guitar family, Guitar Family
- William Blake - lyrics by
- Audun Strype - mastered by [mastering by]
- B酶rge Finstad - mixed by [mix by]
- Trickster G. - performer [generation], engineer [engineering by], producer
- Fredrik Falch Johannessen - scratches [vinyl scratching by]
- Stine Gryt酶yr - voice [female voice by 芦her禄 ]
- Hugh Mingay - electric bass guitar, Electric Bass Guitar
- Fenriz - Guest Vocal
- Ihsahn - Guest Vocal
- Samoth - Guest Vocal