Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
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| Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler | ||
| Studio album by Ulver | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Recorded | November-December 1994 | |
| Genre | Folk Black metal |
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| Length | 34:17 | |
| Label | Head Not Found House of Kicks |
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| Producer(s) | Ulver & Kristian Romsøe | |
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| Ulver chronology | ||
| Vargnatt (1993) |
Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler (1995) |
Kveldssanger (1996)
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Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler ("Spellbound - A Faerietale in 5 Chapters") is the debut album by Norwegian black metal band Ulver.
Here, Ulver give a very eclectic mixture of black metal and folk, which is very soulful in a black metal way, although it is very different from a lot of the conventions adopted by bands within the genre. There is some acoustic guitar playing, clean as well as black metal vocals, necro guitars, and blastbeats. All of the lyrics are in archaic Danish, as opposed to English or the band's native Norwegian (while most European musicians sing in English, Norwegian black metal artists have been known to use their own language for aesthetic purposes). The acoustic side of the album was to be completely adopted in their second album, Kveldssanger, while the third album, Nattens Madrigal, consists of a completely black metal "necro" production and sound, a very strange backwards direction for the band.
- "Capitel I - I Troldskog Faren Vild" – 7:51
- "Capitel II - Sœlen Gåer Bag Åse Need" – 6:34
- "Capitel III - Gråblick Blev Hun Vær" – 7:45
- "Capitel IV - Een Stemme Locker" – 4:01
- "Capitel V - Bergtatt - Ind i Fjeldkamrene" – 8:06
- "Chapter I - Lost in the Forest of Gnomes" – 7:51
- "Chapter II - Evelen Follows Behind Vase" – 6:34
- "Chapter III - Graablick Watches Her Closely" – 7:45
- "Chapter IV - A Voice Enchants" – 4:01
- "Chapter V - Bergtatt: Into the Field Chambers" – 8:06