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Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée



7.9 | 140 votes |
Release date: 1995
Style: Atmospheric black metal

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165 have it
16 want it


01. The Son Of Hoarfrost
02. The Plain Of Ida
03. From Hlidskjalf
04. My Prayer Beyond Ginnungagap
05. Till I Perceive Bifrost
06. On The Way To Vigrid
07. Rigsthula
08. The Last Journey Of Ringhorn

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Released by Impure Creations Records

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Comments: 11   Visited by: 433 users
04.12.2010 - 03:00
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
Didn't like this one.. lacks the bizarreness that overflows in their other albums...

This sounds like Black metal with Ambient hints, but not even close of being as interesting as it could...
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member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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24.02.2013 - 18:07
Rating: 7
Erik M.

Written by Uirapuru on 04.12.2010 at 03:00

Didn't like this one.. lacks the bizarreness that overflows in their other albums...

This sounds like Black metal with Ambient hints, but not even close of being as interesting as it could...


I disagree completely. Although it's my first album by this band, I enjoy this a lot. The atmosphere is great.
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24.02.2013 - 18:12
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Such a standard album, the sort the black metal genre was already oveflowing with back when this was released. Totally unremarkable and totally forgettable
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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24.02.2013 - 18:14
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Marcels gonna hate but dunno this album tbh so i cant judge honestly this time
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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24.02.2013 - 18:21
Rating: 7
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by Ellrohir on 24.02.2013 at 18:14

Marcels gonna hate but dunno this album tbh so i cant judge honestly this time


It's not really hate. Just the truth. For me it's an ok to good album. Actually, there aren't many things that BAN has done that I'd consider bad. I'm just saying that I will never get the hype behind this album and the others BAN released in a similar vein. They ARE standard and anyone saying that they are unique in anyway just haven't heard enough BM.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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24.02.2013 - 18:26
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Ellrohir on 24.02.2013 at 18:14

Marcels gonna hate but dunno this album tbh so i cant judge honestly this time


And once again you fail to understand the meaning of "hate". This album is a standard melodic black metal album which is totally ununique, anyone saying this is a unique album probably hasn't heard any black metal music in their lives. It is not a bad album, it's just bog standard.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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24.02.2013 - 20:21
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
And once again you fail to understand i was about to make a joke...
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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01.04.2015 - 19:01
Joe Zombie

BAN is quickly becoming one of my favorite BM acts. The atmosphere of this album is totally amazing; desolate, cold, haunting, and on tracks like Rigsthula there's a calming and dark serenity to it. If you're going to put this album next to "standard" BM of the 90's, I'd say it sits well above most.
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21.06.2017 - 21:39
VIG
Account deleted
I think it's cool Vindsval was my age when he wrote and recorded this, but I don't really like it. It's very standard, boring, and easily forgettable. If I remember correctly, his other project called The Eye did a better job with this style, but I may be mistaken.
EDIT: I just checked and it says I gave Supremacy a 7. Now I'm thinking I should re-listen.
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04.05.2018 - 20:53
IBlackened

After many years, I could never get into Ultima Thulée. The production was putting me off. But after I decided to ignore that a bit, it clicked. The fuzzy, not very clear production actually works for the whole atmosphere, despite being a very riff-driven album. And holy shit, what an awesome album! One of their best in the atmospheric department. Perfect album for a rainy day.
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Their old stuff is better.
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29.03.2022 - 19:45
Rating: 7
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Not their best but still very very impressive for a debut. I have come to appreciate this album and the sophomore a lot more in recent years. The riffing is great for sure but hella unoriginal. The cold synths really do wonders to elevate the songs as well as the production. It might have sounded the way it sounds due to limitations of budget but it does give it a slight mechanical feeling. A good contrast for sure.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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