My Own Wolf: A New Approach to Ulver

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My Own Wolf: A New Approach to Ulver
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Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedDecember 25, 2007 (2007-12-25) [1]
Genre Black metal, dark ambient, electronica, avant-garde, noise, folk, breakbeat, darkwave
Length155:34
Label Aspherical Asphyxia

My Own Wolf: A New Approach to Ulver is a tribute album to the Norwegian band Ulver. It features twenty-six different artists from around the world covering material from almost every Ulver release, ranging from the demo Vargnatt up through the album Blood Inside .

Contents

Releases

The album was released for free download on December 25, 2007. In 2008, the album was released on CD by German label Cold Dimensions.

Track list

Disc 1
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Lost in Moments" (from Perdition City with the lyrics partially taken from "Dead City Centres") Unfurl 6:36
2."Utreise" (from Kveldssanger ) Avathar 3:49
3."Blinded by Blood" (from Blood Inside ) Mura Hachigu feat. Nokturnes feat. N. Sandoval 7:28
4."Le trône de la tragédie" ("Tragediens Trone" from Vargnatt ) Smohalla 5:25
5."Wolf and Hatred" (from Nattens Madrigal ) Asmodée 4:55
6."Wolf and Devil" (from Nattens Madrigal ) Selvmord 6:10
7."Wolf and Passion" (from Nattens Madrigal ) Sael 4:58
8."Wolf and Destiny (Forest Fire version)" (from Nattens Madrigal ) Otzepenevshiye 6:04
9."Nattens madrigal" (from Vargnatt ) Wardaemonic 6:25
10."Graablick blew hun vaer" (from Bergtatt ) FB[Force] 6:33
11."Naturmystikk" (from Kveldssanger ) Karna 4:16
12."Not Saved" (from Silencing the Singing ) Fluoryne 5:26
13."Nowhere/Catastrophe" (from Perdition City ) Year Zero 3:49
14."Tomorrow Never Knows" (from Perdition City ) Sinestesia 8:21
Disc 2
No.TitleMusicLength
1."In the Red" (from Blood Inside ) Pryapisme 3:49
2."Catalept" (from Perdition City ) Joey Hopkins Midget Factory 2:09
3."Eitttlane" (from A Quick Fix of Melancholy ) Aidan Baker 10:31
4."Porn Piece or the Scars of Cold Kisses" (from Perdition City ) Panacea Enterpainment 6:32
5."Ulver" (medley based on "Dressed in Black" from Blood Inside ) project:a 6:50
6."Høyfjeldsbilde" (from Kveldssanger ) Cataplus 3:17
7."Gnosis" (from Metamorphosis ) Jääportit 11:01
8."Lyckantropen Themes" (medley based on Lyckantropen Themes ) Wheel of Knowledge 5:33
9."Kledt i nattens farget" (from Kveldssanger ) Zweizz 4:08
10."Utreise" (from Kveldssanger ) Bosque 3:57
11."Darling, Didn't We Kill You?" (from Silencing the Singing ) Noises of Russia 7:33
12."The Marriage of Heaven & Hell Medley" (medley based on Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ) Ashtar 9:59

Latter CD digipak version of the tribute, released by Cold Dimensions, contains quite different version of the "Lost in Moments" cover and tracks "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Ulver" are swapped.

Credits

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References

  1. "My Own Wolf: A New Approach". Rate Your Music . Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  2. "Special Thanks". Aspherical Asphyxia Productions. Retrieved 2008-02-13.