The Assassination of Julius Caesar (album)

The Assassination of Julius Caesar is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian electronic band Ulver, released on 7 April 2017 via London-based label House of Mythology.^[8] The album was recorded and produced by Ulver in Oslo throughout summer 2016 and winter 2017 with mixing by Martin Glover and Michael Rendall in London, January 2017.^{[citation needed]}

The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Studio album by Ulver
Released	7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
Recorded	2016–2017
Studio	Subsonic Society, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Synthpop, new wave, electronic dance music,[1] art pop
Length	43:39
Label	House of Mythology
Producer	Ulver
Ulver chronology
Riverhead (2016) The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2017) Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (2017)
Ulver studio album chronology
ATGCLVLSSCAP (2016) The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2017) Flowers of Evil (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Independent	[4]
The Quietus	(favorable)[5]
Spin	(favorable)[6]
Sputnikmusic	4.3/5[7]

The cover artwork is a cropped photograph of The Rape of Proserpina (Italian: Ratto di Proserpina), a large Baroque marble sculptural group by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622. It depicts the abduction of Proserpina, who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nemoralia"	4:10
2.	"Rolling Stone"	9:27
3.	"So Falls the World"	5:57
4.	"Southern Gothic"	3:40
5.	"Angelus Novus"	4:08
6.	"Transverberation"	4:31
7.	"1969"	4:00
8.	"Coming Home"	7:50
Total length:		43:39

Personnel

Ulver

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

Additional musicians

• Håvard Jørgensen – guitar (track 7)
• Anders Møller – percussion
• Rikke Normann – vocals (track 2)
• Daniel O'Sullivan – guitar (tracks 4 and 6)
• Dag Stiberg – saxophone (track 8)
• Sisi Sumbundu – vocals (tracks 2 and 7)
• Ivar Thormodsæter – drums
• Nik Turner – saxophone (track 2)
• Stian Westerhus – guitar (tracks 1 and 2)