Peaceville to release remastered edition of Ulver’s "...Marriage Of Heaven And Hell!"

Peaceville Records are set to release a newly remastered edition of Ulver’s paradigm-shifting fourth studio opus – Themes From William Blake’s The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell. This new edition will be presented on double gatefold coloured vinyl (red & white) and as a 2 CD set both formats include a retrospective look at the album courtesy of writer Jeff Wagner, on 23 July 2021!

Having been known for their more folklore-tinged black metal compositions on early studio releases, in late 1997, mainman Kristoffer Rygg invited keyboardist, sound conceptualist, and composer Tore Ylwizaker into the collective, and together they devised a plan for ‘The Blake’ Album; an altogether far more adventurous endeavour than prior releases.

What resulted was a seamless integration of electronic & industrial music, with elements of progressive metal & avant-garde rock, all fused with ambient passages, & following Blake’s plates as track indexes. A work of deep and personal art, the album, while initially surprising to fans due to its complete shift in genre, has become a classic today, and a prime example of the boundary-pushing evolution beyond the confines of genre expectations through the latter part of the 90s.

Upon release, The Marriage of Heaven & Hell received widespread acclaim from critics within the rock, metal and alternative music press, being awarded Album of the Month in several high-profile magazines such as Terrorizer, Metal Hammer, and Rock Hard.

The album notably includes guest vocal appearances from Darkthrone’s Fenriz, as well as Ihsahn & Samoth; most known for their work in Emperor.

This newly remastered edition of The Marriage of Heaven & Hell is presented as a gatefold double LP with either 2 white coloured vinyl or a set with both a red and white coloured vinyl and CD, including full lyrics/text, plus a new article from writer and journalist Jeff Wagner on the background, nature and triumph of such an ambitious release.