Review by ZeroSymbolic7188 for Ulver - Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995)

This album marks the end of my North Clan challenge, and with hope unlocks my 4th clan!

Forget about black metal, this is a beautiful masterpiece of music. This is the rare kind of music that emotionally moves me. Prior to this I listened to and reviewed Anno Domini from Tormentor and that was going to be a very difficult act to follow, and I expected to feel a bit flat at the end of the journey. Yet, here is Ulver with an absolutely gorgeous musical landscape, and an interesting story told-this is a concept album that tells a Scandanavian folk tail. 

Sometimes in life, you have to realize when it's someone else's time to shine; The best way to hear this album for the first time is with the aid of Ben's review of it found here: https://metal.academy/reviews/651/285 . Ben has broken down each chapter of the story told in the album and done a better job of describing its contents than I ever could. 

I usually find this kind of emotional response in funeral doom, but Ulver has done it here in the abbrasive, dissonant, and harsh world of black metal. Truly an astounding achievement and wonderful conclusion to the North Clan challenge. May the flame of black metal continue burning eternal, lighting our way through the harsh frozen wilderness of life.