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Blood Inside is the sixth full-length album by the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 experimental band Ulver

Ulver

Ulver is a musical group from Norway. Since their first, folklore-influenced black metal release entitled Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler , Ulver’s musical style has been fluid and increasingly eclectic, blending genres such as rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise and...

. It was recorded in early 2004. A video for "It Is Not Sound" was filmed by Acoustic Kung Fu Films! in mid-2004 (viewable here), which pushed the album's release to 2005.

Sound and style

Ulver's sound progresses here even more than in previous records. The music is influenced by several different genres such as rock

Rock music

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, jazz

Jazz

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, classical music

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

, industrial music

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

, and electronica

Electronica

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"It Is Not Sound" is heavily based on Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

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. 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

Fernando Pessoa

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, written in 1922.

Track listing

Personnel

• Trine Paulsen, Kim Sølve – cover art
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• Ronan Chris Murphy – production
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• Audun Strype – mastering
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Guest musicians

• Bosse – guitar solo on "For the Love of God"
• Carl-Michael Eide
  Carl-Michael Eide
  Carl-Michael Eide is a Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist , and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum. He has played in various black metal and avant-garde metal bands...
  
   (as Czral) – drums on "Operator"
• Jeff Gauthier – violin
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   on "Your Call"
• Håvard Jørgensen – guitar on "Dressed in Black", "For the Love of God", and "Your Call"
• Mike Keneally
  Mike Keneally
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   – guitar on "Christmas", solo on "Operator"
• Andreas Mjos – vibraphone
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   on "Blinded by Blood" and "In the Red"
• Maja Ratkje
  Maja Ratkje
  Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, born 29 December 1973 in Trondheim, is a Norwegian vocalist and composer. She performs and releases music for concerts, recordings, films, installations, theatre, dance and other performances. Maja is a member of SPUNK, a Norwegian improv group, and Agrare, a...
  
  – 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