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Ulver - Perdition City



8.5 | 303 votes |
Release date: 26 March 2000
Style: Electronic Avantgarde

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01. Lost In Moments
02. Porn Piece Or The Scars Of Cold Kisses
    1 - Piece One
    2 - Piece Two
03. Hallways Of Always
04. Tomorrow Never Knows
05. The Future Sound Of Music
06. We Are The Dead
07. Dead City Centres
08. Catalept
09. Nowhere/Catastrophe

Featured in "Getting Into: Ulver"

Staff review by
Sephiroth
Rating:
10
Please, we don't need to talk about the Black Metal past of this band. Take this album and think about a new band, completely unknown. But with the same talent for electro/ambient sounds as Ulver used to have for Black Metal. Genius for music i would say. Music moves feelings, and this album moves as much as Bergtatt or Kveldssanger did.

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published 23.06.2005 | Comments (14)

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20.05.2011 - 02:18
Daydream Nation
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Not metal, but excellent nonetheless. A very interesting record.
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04.02.2012 - 02:04
Nosurper
Stinky Lips
Yet another album that I can't purchase for under $50...
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02.07.2012 - 07:58
Rating: 8
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Been revisiting this one a lot since a guy recommended me to try with this one after not liking Wars Of The Roses a few months back. It has an amazing atmosphere and roughly reminds me of Bioshock somehow.
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23.08.2012 - 15:41
Timmeh
Dudeman
Really digging the sound of this, can anyone recommend some similar artists that sound like this album?
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23.08.2012 - 15:58
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Timmeh on 23.08.2012 at 15:41

Really digging the sound of this, can anyone recommend some similar artists that sound like this album?

Vaguely in the same avenue would be Bohren & Der Club Of Gore and The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble.
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23.08.2012 - 16:09
Timmeh
Dudeman
Written by Guest on 23.08.2012 at 15:58
Vaguely in the same avenue would be Bohren & Der Club Of Gore and The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble.

I've heard those two I especially love TKDJE, similar mood and atmosphere I like to put them on when driving around the city at night with all the lights, night-life and general seediness etc. Thanks for the suggestions anyway!
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23.08.2012 - 16:15
Timmeh
Dudeman
Actually my mistake, I'm yet to listen to The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (though have heard of them)... Mount Fuji Doomjazz Coorporation is the band I meant. Got them mixed up heh.
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23.08.2012 - 16:21
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Timmeh on 23.08.2012 at 16:15

Actually my mistake, I'm yet to listen to The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (though have heard of them)... Mount Fuji Doomjazz Coorporation is the band I meant. Got them mixed up heh.

Ah yeah, Mount Fuji are a bit darker and more experimental and tend to use jazz in more obscure ways.

I'm actually not a great fan of Ulver, KDE or Bohren to be honest, I guess I'm just not a great fan of jazz. I effing love Mount Fuji though, totally my kind of thing.
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23.08.2012 - 16:37
Timmeh
Dudeman
Written by Guest on 23.08.2012 at 16:21
Ah yeah, Mount Fuji are a bit darker and more experimental and tend to use jazz in more obscure ways.

I'm actually not a great fan of Ulver, KDE or Bohren to be honest, I guess I'm just not a great fan of jazz. I effing love Mount Fuji though, totally my kind of thing.

I didn't think too highly of Bohren either they didn't seem to have the spark, though to be fair I only gave them one listen. This is the only post-BM Ulver I've heard, I think it might just be the beats that are really entrancing me (now that I think of it, I probably should search some more through Trip Hop).

Agree with you on Mount Fuji man and a big thanks to you guys over at the non-metal recommendations thread which is where I found them!
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30.11.2012 - 17:45
Rating: 9
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
I love this album. Everything about it flows together so beautifully.
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05.12.2012 - 03:34
Rating: 9
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Really awesome album. Great to listen to while walking around the streets of a big city (like New York, for example). Very chill, yet frantic at the same time.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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03.05.2013 - 10:32
Rating: 10
VonMal

One of my top 3 albums of all time, next to Bohren's "Sunset Mission" (jazz noir if anyone's interested) and Carbon Based Lifeforms' "Interloper" (ambient if anyone's interested).

No words to describe it, really. You just need to listen to it.
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03.09.2013 - 21:10
Rating: 10
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Such a brilliant album. An extremely good showcase of how to use electronic sounds to create song structures/passages.
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14.04.2014 - 21:16
telephonebear
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Is that a urinal?
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14.04.2014 - 23:23
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Life is a urinal.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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15.04.2014 - 04:32
Rating: 8
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Almost 200 votes hype.
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25.09.2015 - 17:41
!J.O.O.E.!
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I think I figured out why I never loved this album, and it's because tracks 6, 7 and 8 are so rubbish compared to the rest (aside from 4 which is only so-so). It's just really inconsistent, starting on an amazing high then fizzling out before last ditch attempt with the final track. Not a great fan of the singing here either, but not overly so.
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25.09.2015 - 21:32
Rating: 9
God Alone

Yeah I don't mind We Are The Dead but the following two tracks were never a big deal for me. Dead City Centres has that cheeeeeeesy cringe-worthy spoken part, Catalept is just plain stupid and luckily doesn't last for more than two minutes. Still, the rest is so brilliant and reminds me of the time I discovered this album, when I didn't know pretty much anything about electronic music. Lots of memories.
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03.11.2015 - 14:56
Rating: 8
Sang Dalang Abu

Really cool stuff from my fav band. Hope this work for you guys.

This music for the station before and after sleep
Headphones and Darkness recommended.

- Ulver
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12.01.2019 - 02:48
Rating: 8
musclassia

Lost in Moments and The Future Sound of Music are amazing
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07.09.2022 - 15:40
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Brilliant release. So many layers and texture. The first song reminds me of being stuck in New York City in a movie or something. Love the saxophone. Gotta think Portishead was a big influence here too.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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