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''Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler'' (translated as ''"Spellbound – A Fairy Tale in 5 Chapters"'') is the debut studio album by the Norwegian band Ulver, issued on February, 1995 via Head Not Found. The album was recorded at Endless Lydstudio in Oslo in November and December 1994 with Kristian Romsøe as engineer and co-producer. The album was praised for its unique atmosphere and was described as “mysterious, melancholic, eerie, and oddly tranquil.” The archaic Dano-Norwegian lyrics were greatly influenced by Scandinavian folktales and inspired by Baroque poets such as Ludvig Holberg and the hymn-writer Thomas Kingo. ==Background== Debut album, ''Bergtatt'', the first part of what has become known as Ulver’s “''Black Metal Trilogie'',” was released during the rise of the Norwegian black metal subculture in Norway during the early 1990s. Separated from the more straightforward black metal of their contemporaries, Ulver incorporated elements of Norwegian folk music, utilizing acoustic guitars, droning low choirs, flutes, melody-focused songwriting and clean vocals〔 together with fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, blast beat drumming, raw (lo-fi) recording and unconventional song structures. This earned them the label “folk metal.” The archaic Dano-Norwegian lyrics were greatly influenced by Scandinavian folktales and inspired by Baroque poets such as Ludvig Holberg and the hymn-writer Thomas Kingo.〔 Thematically speaking, ''Bergtatt'' is distinct from conventional black metal bands in the way of lyrical content. It’s laced in Norwegian mythos and fantasy, and doesn’t lend itself to the anti-Christianity of Ulver's contemporaries.〔 The title ''Bergtatt'', translates as ''Spellbound – A fairy tale in 5 chapters'', in Norwegian folklore the word refers to people who wander off into mountains, lured by trolls or other mythic creatures. The album's lyrical narrative follows a maiden as she becomes “mountain-taken.” The folk-like acoustic elements of ''Bergtatt'' were isolated for their second album ''Kveldssanger'', incorporating classical guitars, cello and choral chamber chants overlaid with subtle orchestral landscapes; while the third album, ''Nattens madrigal'' abandoned the acoustic and atmospheric elements, with an intentionally underproduced, “raw and grim black metal” sound. Speaking with Rob Hughes for Unrestrained Magazine in 2007, Rygg reflected, "We were influenced by a period known as the ''Kingdom of Denmark-Norway'' (1536—1814) — the language and literature of that era combined with the superstition and folklore of the Middle Ages. It was the kind of stuff we were learning about in school at the time. When it comes to music, we were already listening to a whole slew of other things, and already had our two next records in mind, so by the time ''Nattens madrigal'' (1997) was released, we had developed a strong urge to explore something else. We had also acquired the knowledge of how to do so in the meantime." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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