Pulver (Swedish for "Powder") is the debut studio album by the Swedish depressive black metal band Lifelover, released on July 25, 2006, through GoatowaRex. The album was recorded between April and May 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Genres and style: The album blends black metal with dark ambient and post-punk elements, characteristic of the depressive black metal subgenre.
Track listing: The album contains 12 tracks, including two instrumental pieces ("Avbrott sex" and "Medicinmannen"), with a total runtime of 42 minutes and 31 seconds.
Personnel: The album features the band's core members credited under pseudonyms: ( ) – vocals, speech, guitar, lyrics; B – vocals, bass, piano, drum programming, lyrics; and 1853 – additional vocals and speech. LR contributed lyrics to two tracks.
Album art: The cover depicts a friend of the band reclining in a field of wood anemones while covered in cow's blood, which the band purchased from a local butcher shop.
Reissues: The album was reissued on CD in 2009 by Northern Sky Productions and later by Osmose Productions, with additional vinyl pressings released in subsequent years.
