''The Assassination of Julius Caesar'' is the eleventh studio album by

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band

Ulver Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...

, released on 7 April 2017 via London-based label House of Mythology. The album was recorded and produced by

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throughout summer 2016 and winter 2017 with mixing by

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and Michael Rendall in London, January 2017. The cover artwork is a cropped photograph of

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, executed between 1621 and 1622. It depicts the abduction of Proserpina, who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto.

Track listing

Personnel

Ulver *

Kristoffer Rygg Kristoffer Rygg (born 9 September 1976), also known as Garm, Trickster G. Rex and God Head, is a heavy-metal vocalist, musician and producer known primarily for his work with Ulver, Arcturus, and Borknagar. Biography Born in Oslo but raised i ...

– vocals, additional programming *Tore Ylvisaker – keyboards, programming *Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronics * Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous Additional musicians *

Håvard Jørgensen Håvard Jørgensen (born 26 September 1975), also known as Haavard, Lemarchand, is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He was the original guitarist of the Norwegian black metal bands Satyricon and Ulver. Career Satyricon One of the initiato ...

– guitar (track 7) *Anders Møller – percussion *Rikke Normann – vocals (track 2) * Daniel O'Sullivan – guitar (tracks 4 and 6) *Dag Stiberg – saxophone (track 8) *Sisi Sumbundu – vocals (tracks 2 and 7) *Ivar Thormodsæter – drums *

Nik Turner Nicholas Robert Turner (26 August 1940 – 10 November 2022) was an English musician, best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, T ...

– saxophone (track 2) *

Stian Westerhus Stian Westerhus (born 2 April 1979) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his experimental style, explored with keyboardist Øystein Moen in the bands Jaga Jazzist and Puma and with Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, a ...

– guitar (tracks 1 and 2)

References

2017 albums Ulver albums {{2010s-album-stub