Ulver are currently streaming their new release Messe I.X-VI.X online through their Bandcamp page. The music on Messe I.X-VI.X was composed for and recorded with the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra and first performed live. You can now listen to its ambitious studio version.

You can also pre-order the CD and vinyl formats for a 23rd September release on Kscope here.

The band also posted the following on Facebook: "Dear parish, as CDs are airborne - and leakage is imminent - we have decided to accelerate the digital release on our own platforms. We have held back as long as we can. Messe I.X-VI.X is now available from our webshop and Bandcamp. Just like that. Again: we urge all conscientious music lovers to purchase digital from our platforms. WAV and all other formats at Bandcamp, 320 kbps MP3 via our webshop. Spotify and iTunes will follow in September, along with the release of Kscope's standard editions. Please share and spread the word. We hope you enjoy the somber sound of the wolves' mass."




The music was commissioned last year by the Tromsø Kulturhus (House of Culture) in Norway, in a cooperation with the Arctic Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra cultural institution. It was composed and first performed live by Ulver, alongside the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra on September 21st, 2012. The band then took the recordings back to Oslo and spent winter and spring in post-production, honing the material for its studio-equivalent.

Six compositions altogether written and produced, recorded and mixed by Ulver, this time consisting of Ole Alexander Halstensgård, Kristoffer Rygg, Jørn H. Sværen and Tore Ylwizaker, with additional aid and advice from composer Martin Romberg who also arranged the music for the 21 members of Tromsø Chamber Orchestra. The album also features the talents of contemporary composers/musicians Ole-Henrik Moe and Kari Rønnekleiv.

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