Even the most ardent fans will come away from the book with newfound understanding and appreciation of what these Norwegians have accomplished.

Stuck in a rare resting pattern, Norwegian shapeshifters Ulver offer up another slice of throwback synth pop as danceable as it is sinister.

A largely boring, redundant and flat-footed approximation of a largely dead art.

[xrr rating=3.5/5]What is Sunn O))) anymore? The project formed by Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson in 1998 started as a tribute band to Washington drone doom pioneers, Earth, but wound up producing some of the most ornate, progressive, and, frankly, out there metal of the last decade. The duo’s last proper LP, the masterful Monoliths & Dimensions, is nearly half …