I just saw this announced on the band's Facebook page, and it looks really cool. They're releasing their first three albums, the 'Vargnatt' demo, and a rehearsal recording of some 'Nattens Madrigal' songs on both CD and vinyl. If I had any money to spare for this set, I'd spring for the vinyl version, just for the poster and LP-sized 32-page booklet that it includes. You can read the full article about it at the following link:
http://bravewords.com/news/ulver-trolsk ... s-revealed

With the exception of Nattens Madrigal, which is still the ferocious beast it always was - but now with a slightly more compassionate re-mastering courtesy of Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio, Oslo - all the material has been considerately remastered to analog tape by Jaime Gomes Arellano in Orgone Studios, London, and consulted by Ulver’s mastermind Kristoffer Rygg. The test pressings have been wholeheartedly approved by all involved and we here at Century Media think they sound amazing.

Trolsk Sortmetall 1993-1997 comes as a brazen 5CD box set with a canvas-bound slipcase and 100+ page booklet as well as a 4LP box (plus rehearsal tape). The layout has been done by Metastazis, Paris, who has previously worked with Ulver and has for this project been given access to lots of never before seen archival material.

Contents of the CD box:

Hardcover 5CD box with 16-page booklet

CD 1: Vargnatt
CD 2: Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
CD 3: Kveldssanger
CD 4: Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden
CD 5: Nattens Madrigal - 4 track rehearsal, summer 1995

Hardcover book with 104 pages of unpublished photos and paraphernalia, original Norwegian lyrics, presentations and their English translations, comments by the band as well as liner notes by Jon ‘Metalion’ Kristiansen (founder of Head Not Found Records and the man behind Slayer Mag), Chris Bruni (Profound Lore Records), Michael Moynihan (author of Lords of Chaos) and Mark Pilkington (Strange Attractor Press).

The 5CD box will be limited to 3,000 copies worldwide.

Contents of the LP box:

LP I: Vargnatt
LP II: Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
LP III: Kveldssanger
LP IV: Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden
MC: 4 track rehearsal, summer 1995
Poster (size 60 x 30 cm)
32-page booklet in LP size (carrying same content as the CD box booklets)

The LP box is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide and the pressings will be broken down as follows:

· 1500 copies on black vinyl
· 400 copies on silver vinyl
· 100 copies on clear vinyl (including a limited art print only available in this version - more information on this shortly)

The clear vinyl version will be exclusively offered by CM Distro EU and US. Only one copy per customer will be sold. The pre-sales start on November 20th.

but I don't think "trollish" is completely off the mark, though.

Will be getting this! I got Bergtatt and Kveldssanger on CDs, but that box set looks neat, and I want Vargnatt and Nattens Madrigal! Also, Transilvanian Hunger with commentary by Fenriz is on the way late this year (November).

^ Good picture to illustrate the meaning, and I think "enchanted" is a very good word for it, but I don't think "trollish" is completely off the mark, though. The picture they used for the cover actually has a troll on it, "Skogtroll" ("Forest Troll") by Theodor Kittelsen, and Bergtatt certainly has a trollish element, especially with the dark creatures that capture the young lady. EDIT: So, I agree and appreciate your explanation that "trolsk" is about the mood and scenery, but I just wanted to add that trolls has their place in that magical/enchanted world! Very national romantic in Norway.

On a side note, "troldsk" would be more in line with their archaic Dano-Norwegian lyrics than "trolsk".

666 USD, or 5 euros. In all seriousness, they haven't mentioned the price yet, to my knowledge.

The US CM store has the cd version listed at $37.50. I was going to buy that but it's listed as temporarily unavailable. I couldn't find anything about the vinyl version. I'm not sure if CM is handling that.

Man I'm going to be all over this. I'm a little nervous about how it will cost to get the vinyl version shipped here to Australia though.

Shipping will probably cost more than the box itself

I've always found the word "trollish" kinda strange BTW. In Old English it's þurse (modern: troll) which means wizard or spirit. It is widely now considered that trolls were in a real sense simply social outcasts, and the film Beowulf and Grendel is a good demonstration of this. I follow Æfenglóm (twilight), more or less Þursatrú / "Germanic Satanism" / Dark Germanic Heathenism. I love how Ulver embodied this in the Trilogy, so I wonder how it will reflect in this release.

I will buy this thing as well.

Does anyone know whether the LPs come with a download code? It would be quite convenient this way.

Well, it seems that the box will cost around 62€(+shipping I guess).

http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/ulver ... 1993_1997/

Too much.

Well, the official price at Century media´s website is the following one:
http://www.cmdistro.de/Item/Ulver_-_Tro ... _set-/2119
50€+shipping cost. If you live in Germany just 3,9€ but for me it costs 10€. Not cheap at all, perhaps next year if there is not the typical fanboy histeria and its sold out in a few weeks time.

The black metal years of ULVER now completely remasterd and compiled on a vast 5CD box set and limited vinyl box set. It includes the first three studio albums (“Bergtatt”, “Kveldssanger” and “Nattens Madrigal”), the legendary „Vargnatt“ demo plus a previously unreleased 4-track rehearsal from the „Nattens Madrigal“ era. The latter is included on a separate cassette in the vinyl box set.
The box set includes a 104-page booklet (32 page booklet with the same content accompanies the vinyl box set) filled to the brim with unpublished photos, comments by the band, liner notes by Jon ‘Metalion’ Kristiansen (Head Not Found Records and the man behind Slayer Mag), Michael Moynihan (author of “Lords Of Chaos”), Mark Pilkington (Strange Attractor Press) as well as the original Norwegian lyrics and their English translations

its a very nice looking box and art, just a shame the music inside isn't very good :/

im not trolling, I dont think ulver are very good. they were latecomers to the norwegian scene and i don't think they've done anything that another band hasn't done much better. but it is a very nice looking box.

im not trolling, I dont think ulver are very good. they were latecomers to the norwegian scene and i don't think they've done anything that another band hasn't done much better. but it is a very nice looking box.

The high price does put the breaks on me bying it, and it makes sense considering all the things included. It's sad, because this appears to be the definite item to represent their early years. And considering it's a limited release, things look grim!

Hope that it lasts until january and then I will think if I should buy it or not but it looks great.
Having just purchased Fen´s woodenbox edition and taking into account that Christmas are quite near I should spend more money on music, fuck.

I'm personally wondering what the "remastering" entails for the sound. Hopefully not just compressed and brickwalled, but there's always the chance (but Ulver do seem like they'd care about that kind of thing).

I'm personally wondering what the "remastering" entails for the sound. Hopefully not just compressed and brickwalled, but there's always the chance (but Ulver do seem like they'd care about that kind of thing).

EVEN I am thinking about buying it... LOL!