Flowers of Evil (Ulver album)

Flowers of Evil is the twelfth studio album by Norwegian experimental electronica band Ulver. Written and produced by Ulver, the album was released on August 28, 2020 via House of Mythology.^[7] The album was recorded in Oslo from summer 2019 to winter 2020 and mixed by Martin Glover and Michael Rendall in February 2020. The album was officially announced in February 2020 with music video of the song "Russian Doll" being released on Valentine's Day.^[8] The second single "Little Boy" was made available on April 4, 2020.^[9]

Flowers of Evil
Studio album by Ulver
Released	August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28)
Recorded	2019–2020
Studio	Subsonic Society, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Synth-pop, art rock
Length	37:52
Label	House of Mythology
Producer	Ulver
Ulver chronology
Drone Activity (2018) Flowers of Evil (2020) Scary Muzak (2021)
Ulver studio album chronology
The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2017) Flowers of Evil (2020) Scary Muzak (2021)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
Kerrang!	3/5[4]
musicOMH	[5]
Sputnikmusic	3.4/5[6]

The album cover features a still image of actress Renée Jeanne Falconetti having her head shaved during her performance in the title role of Carl Theodor Dreyer's La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, a film released in 1928.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Last Dance"	5:43
2.	"Russian Doll"	3:55
3.	"Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers"	3:54
4.	"Hour of the Wolf"	4:25
5.	"Apocalypse 1993"	4:31
6.	"Little Boy"	5:23
7.	"Nostalgia"	5:20
8.	"A Thousand Cuts"	4:41
Total length:		37:52

Personnel

Ulver

• Kristoffer Rygg – vocals, additional programming
• Tore Ylvisaker – keyboards, programming
• Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronics
• Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous

Additional musicians

• Ivar Thormodsæter – drums
• Anders Møller – percussion
• Christian Fennesz – guitar, electronics (track 1)
• Ole Henrik Moe – viola, cello (tracks 2, 6, 8)
• Kari Rønnekleiv – violin (tracks 2, 8)
• John Stark – bass (tracks 1, 8)
• Suzanne Sumbundu – vocals (tracks 3, 7)
• Mimmi Tamba – vocals (tracks 3, 7)
• Stian Westerhus – guitar (tracks 2–4, 6, 8)
• Michael J. York – bagpipes (track 6)