Mike, are you an Ulver fan?

[Necropeth]

Ahhhhh Mantra any translations you could share would be highly appreciated.

But anyways I agree the most resemblances I see are bergtatt and mornigrise/orchid/MAYH riffs. Some of the acoustic sounds just like Opeth too, it's really, really good stuff.

 

[Ɛnslaved]

...vitamin in the orange?!

Means it was not existing at that time.

Kveldssanger*. It's a long 's' in that font, not a 'j'. I used to think it was a 'j', too. =]

In this photo,it seems like "j".
I don't have the original one 'cause I still have hard time to find it.But I also read somewhere that,while it was first released in MP3-trading networks,it was spelled as "Kveldssanger" and it stayed.(A bit interesting theory.)I don't remember where and when I read it.However,one letter does not matter that much.

I thought that Bergtatt and Orchid were written simultaneously, so neither band influenced the other. Can anyone confirm this?
edit: from Opeth.com and encyclopaedia metallum...
Orchid was recorded in March 1994
Bergtatt was recorded in November 1994

I agree with you.Both bands were not known much in 1994 and also,they are from different countries.Any kind of influence can be coincidences I think.Although Ulver and Opeth are from different countries,they share a common culture and heritage which can influence them in similar ways.

 

[Saihtam]

It is Kveldssanger, which means 'evening songs'. Kveldsjanger would mean 'evening genre', and that makes no sense at all.

 

[Ɛnslaved]

It is Kveldssanger, which means 'evening songs'. Kveldsjanger would mean 'evening genre', and that makes no sense at all.

This was informative."Evening genre" would be of course meaningless.Takk!

 

[Kalabalik]

The letter "s" was often written like that in older texts. I remember a Norwegian newspaper that still has it like that:

 

[fsgdjv]

This actually also interests me since I'm a huge Ulver fan, but I don't really see a huge resemblence, maybe some of the mood in morningrise remonds me of bergtatt, but that's about it. It would be interesting to hear if he is though, as I consider Mikael and Garm as my two favourite musicians.

 

[burntoast]

Nice avatar!

 

[Braighs]

I agree with you.Both bands were not known much in 1994 and also,they are from different countries.Any kind of influence can be coincidences I think.Although Ulver and Opeth are from different countries,they share a common culture and heritage which can influence them in similar ways.

I imagine Garm sneaking into Opeth's recording session with a phonograph. (The gr1mest of recording devices.) When he had to make a getaway, it was still recording. The chase through the snow was overdubbed with a piano solo in Capitel III.

 

[ThePoisoning]

Garm and Mikael should write a folk album together. It'd probably be the greatest piece of music ever.

 

[Necropeth]

^Simple as that. Damn....

 

[billyneverdies]

I'm pretty sure Watershed was highly influenced by Ulver's "Christmas".

 

[Necropeth]

Mmmhhhhmmmm.....

 

[Jimm O)))]

I'm pretty sure Watershed was highly influenced by Ulver's "Christmas".

That's a joke, right? Good song though.