Blood Inside

Infobox Album
Name = Blood Inside
Type = studio
Artist = Ulver


Released = start date|2005|6|6
Recorded = January–February 2004cite album-notes | title = "Blood Inside" | bandname = Ulver | year = 2005 | pages = 13 | format = CD booklet | publisher = Jester Records | publisherid = trick033 | location = Oslo, Norway | mbid = fd334b1c-dc38-4315-8285-ae5a6cdea261]
Genre = Experimental rock
Length = 45:45
Label = Jester Records (TRICK033)
The End Records (TE058)
Producer = Ronan Chris Murphy
Ulver
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:84jleaz74xu7 link]
* "Dusted" [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2295 link]
* Piero Scaruffi rating-10|6.5 [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/ulver.html link]
* "Stylus" D- [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3122 link]
Last album = "Svidd Neger (soundtrack)"
(2003)
This album = "Blood Inside"
(2005)
Next album = "Shadows of the Sun"
(2007)

"Blood Inside" is the sixth full-length album by the Norwegian experimental band Ulver. It was recorded in early 2004. A video for "It Is Not Sound" was filmed by Acoustic Kung Fu Films! in mid-2004 (viewable [http://www.akff.no/ here] ), which pushed the album's release to 2005.

ound and style

Ulver's sound progresses here even more than in previous records. The music is influenced by several different genres such as rock, jazz, classical music, industrial music, and electronica. [cite web | last = Zachariadis | first = Stefanos | title = Ulver - Blood Inside | publisher = Metal Invader | date = 2005-05-03 | url = http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1914.html | accessdate = 2007-06-18]

"It Is Not Sound" is heavily based on Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. The prominent melody played with keyboards can easily be found in Bach's work, but there are other extracts in the background also.

The lyrics for "Christmas" were adapted from the poem of the same name by Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa, written in 1922.

Track listing

#"Dressed in Black" – 7:06
#"For the Love of God" – 4:11
#"Christmas" – 6:15
#"Blinded by Blood" – 6:22
#"It Is Not Sound" – 4:37
#"The Truth" – 4:01
#"In the Red" – 3:30
#"Your Call" – 6:07
#"Operator" – 3:36

Personnel

*Trine Paulsen, Kim Sølve – cover art
*Ronan Chris Murphy – production
*Audun Strype – mastering

Guest musicians

*Bosse – guitar solo on "For the Love of God"
*Carl-Michael Eide (as Czral) – drums on "Operator"
*Jeff Gauthier – violin on "Your Call"
*Håvard Jørgensen – guitar on "Dressed in Black", "For the Love of God", and "Your Call"
*Mike Keneally – guitar on "Christmas", solo on "Operator"
*Andreas Mjos – vibraphone on "Blinded by Blood" and "In the Red"
*Maja Ratkje – choir on "Your Call"
*Knut Aalefjær – drums and percussion on "For the Love of God", "Christmas", and "Operator"

Limited-edition release

A limited-edition CD (2000 copies) was released in a red velvet box containing a numbered cardboard sleeve. A limited vinyl version was released by Profound Lore Records. 1000 copies were made in six different colors:
*100 transparent/red splatter
*100 white/red splatter
*100 red/black splatter
*100 red/white two–sided
*300 white
*300 red

References