Plenty of choice Scandinavian pics on Decibel Magazine's top 40 of 2005 list: http://djmartian.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_djmartian_archive.html#113339939499691172 (Opeth, Meshuggah, Enslaved, Ulver, etc.)

Sindrome, the new band from Ulver mainman Kristoffer G. Rygg (aka Garm) and Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius), is now to be known as Head Control System. Listen to four full tracks on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/spiralsektor

Apeshit.org interviews Ulver: http://www.apeshit.org/article.php?p=1631&more=1

Decibel Magazine reviews the new Ulver: http://decibelmagazine.com/0905_ulver_bloo.aspx

Flagpole reviews David Fridlund and Ulver: http://www.flagpole.com/articles.php?fp=5474

Musique Machine interviews the often-cryptic Garm of Ulver: http://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=66

Aversionline reviews the new Ulver, liking it quite a bit more than most other reviews I've seen: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2593/

Dusted reviews the new Ulver album: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2295

UltimateMetal interviews Krystoffer Rygg aka Garm of Ulver: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201876

Musique Machine reviews the new Ulver record: http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=645
Personally, I'm not too excited about it. It definitely sounds killer, but the songs just aren't there. If this has come out around the time of the William Blake "Marriage of heaven and hell" album, I might've enjoyed it more, but today it just seems like a step backwards. Still, I can't ever fault Ulver for trying - they are one of the few acts today that's constantly reinventing themselves and experimenting with every new release. There's something to be said for that. UPDATE: Stylus takes it a step further and straight-up pans the album: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3122

Check out some scans of the new Ulver interview from Terrorizer magazine: one / two

Ulver mainman Kristoffer G. Rygg (aka Garm) is teaming up with Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius) for a new experimental heavy-rock project entitled Sindrome. The band is currently recording their debut album "A killer view" and plans to release it sometime this coming fall. Check out a preview sample at the band's website: http://www.spiralsektor.com/
I'm sorry to say that I'm not all that impressed as it sounds to me like a mere step above standard nu-metal. Oh well.

The End Records has posted a full version of the track "Christmas" from the new Ulver album "Blood inside" for download: http://media.theendrecords.com/Ulver_BloodInside_Christmas.mp3
As some of you are probably aware, the new album has already leaked to p2p and is being discussed on message boards. I'm still on the fence with my assessment, but my initial reaction is that I am underwhelmed.

Solefald is now saying that their new album "Red for Fire, Black for Death" will be "a True Nordik, Viking Metal album" and will feature a guest appearance from Garm of Ulver as Loki, the Norwegian god of mischief. It's due out this fall via Season of Mist.

Check out the video for "It is not sound" from Ulver: http://media.theendrecords.com/Ulver_ItIsNotSound_55mb.MOV
The track comes from the band's upcoming album "Blood inside", due out June 6 in Europe, July 12 in the US.