BLUT AUS NORD Ultima Thulee CD

BLUT AUS NORD – Ultima Thulée CD (Digipak Reissue)

The birth of transcendent French black metal. Long before they became the twisted, dissonant trailblazers of the avant-garde, this enigmatic French entity laid down their very first stone in the temple of extreme music. Originally unleashed in 1995, Ultima Thulée initiated a bold, spiritual journey toward absolute transcendence. As one of the very first albums to emerge from the now-legendary French underground scene, this debut remains a cold, primitive, yet uniquely atmospheric masterpiece that sounds unlike anything else from its era.

While later works would venture into hallucinatory, industrial, and dissonant territories, Ultima Thulée is deeply rooted in the frozen, melancholic winds of Norse mythology. It is a sonic journey across the plain of Ida, through the rainbow bridge of Bifrost, and straight into the dark void of Ginnungagap. Mastermind Vindsval crafted a groundbreaking atmosphere by blending raw, freezing guitar walls with majestic, sweeping keyboards, solemn acoustic passages, and echoing, ethereal vocals. It is a record of profound decay and stellar beauty, balancing raw, hostile black metal with a majestic, dreamlike aura.

This definitive reissue from Debemur Morti Productions honors the album’s legendary legacy. The ground-breaking decadence of this masterpiece is presented here with artwork restored as close as possible to the original 1995 cassette/CD release, paired with the untouched original audio master to preserve its raw, nostalgic warmth. The coveted first batch of this release is pressed on a premium, highly collectible black polycarbonate CD and housed in a sleek 4-panel digipak.

Step back to the very genesis of French extreme art. A mandatory artifact for any serious historian of atmospheric black metal.

Product Details

• Artist: Blut Aus Nord
• Title: Ultima Thulée
• Format: CD (4-panel Digipak)
• Country: France
• Label: Debemur Morti Productions
• Year: 2022 (Reissue) / 1995 (Original)
• Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
• Special Info: First batch pressed on black polycarbonate CD. Features untouched original audio master.

Tracklist

1. The Son of Hoarfrost
2. The Plain of Ida
3. From Hlidskjalf
4. My Prayer Beyond Ginnungagap
5. Till’ I Perceive Bifrost
6. On the Way to Vigrid
7. Rigsthula
8. The Last Journey of Ringhorn

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