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“Time is short and I have things that I need to make before I die”: Kristoffer Rygg won’t discuss the darkness that led Ulver to latest album Neverland and a new positive energy

Norwegian chameleon rejected the nation’s controversial black metal scene, then rejected his record label, and recently rejected synthpop. Now he’s rejected the tragedy of the band’s past – and partying too – to embrace freedom instead

We celebrate Keith Emerson on the cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

We celebrate Keith Emerson on the cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

Plus Francis Dunnery, Pat Metheny, Gong, Clive. Nolan, Soft Machine, Ulver, Bill Nelson's Orchestra Futura, Godsticks, Magnus Martin and loads more...

From Song Sung Blue to Theatre Picasso: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

From Song Sung Blue to Theatre Picasso: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Let a musical based on a documentary about a Neil Diamond tribute band warm your cockles – or take a new look at the work of the Spanish master

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“The magic has gone. I’m trying to find it in other places”: The Norwegians who abandoned black metal to re-enact the psychedelic era – covering songs that weren’t always their favourites

They were always known for genre-hopping. But their exploration the Age of Aquarius’ disintegration via obscure tracks from the era was something else again

Ulver share ambient new single Weeping Stone as they announce "largely instrumental" new album Neverland

Ulver will release their brand new album, Neverland, digitally in December and physically in February

“Their mastery of black metal left them nowhere to go, except into far weirder and more interesting territory”: Where to start with Ulver

As they build up to album number 14, revisit the boundary-busting history of Norway’s musical mavericks

“We have to carry on howling, no matter how wrong it feels”: Ulver release Locusts and Nocturne #2, their first songs since longtime member Tore Ylwizaker’s death

Ulver continue to drop new songs from their upcoming, as-yet-untitled album, despite losing their long-serving keyboardist/producer last month

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Ulver keyboardist Tore Ylwizaker dies

Ulver keyboardist Tore Ylwizaker dies

Ylwizaker passed on the night of his 54th birthday and no cause of death has yet been given

“This track has it all!” Synthwave star Carpenter Brut returns, teams with Ulver, soundtracks American Psycho comic with Billy Idol cover Eyes Without A Face

“This track has it all!” Synthwave star Carpenter Brut returns, teams with Ulver, soundtracks American Psycho comic with Billy Idol cover Eyes Without A Face

Ulver frontman Kristoffer Rygg lends his voice to the first new Carpenter Brut track since 2022

Great new proggy music you must hear from Ulver, Simone Simons, Dark Sky Burial and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Great new proggy music you must hear from Ulver, Simone Simons, Dark Sky Burial and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog music to discover from Giant Walker, Throat, Johan Steensland and more...

“We are still disturbed, but not surprised, by the violence and the division and despair”: Genre-busters Ulver go full Depeche Mode on surprise new single Hollywood Babylon

“We are still disturbed, but not surprised, by the violence and the division and despair”: Genre-busters Ulver go full Depeche Mode on surprise new single Hollywood Babylon

It’s the fifth song from the Norwegian collective’s newest album, which is being released track by track

“We’ve made enough albums the conventional way, and the kids don’t care about that”: Experimental vanguards Ulver to release new album one single at a time

“We’ve made enough albums the conventional way, and the kids don’t care about that”: Experimental vanguards Ulver to release new album one single at a time

The black-metal-turned-progressive-turned-synthpop outfit have put out four new songs since December

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