Myrkur
Myrkur is a Danish black metal band led by singer Amalie Bruun. Myrkur is a solo project within the genre of second-wave black metal. Initially, the real-life identity of the person behind the project was kept unknown. Her identity has since been made public. Myrkur has released three full-length studio albums to significant critical acclaim, as well as a live album and one EP. Her most recent album, Folkesange, was released on 20 March 2020 through Relapse Records.
The name of the project comes from an Icelandic word meaning "darkness." The musical influences of Myrkur range from traditional Scandinavian folk to the black metal genre. New releases from Myrkur have tended towards embracing whimsical incantations of pure degeneracy and Dionysian madness, with Bruun's most recent album Folkesange being overwhelmingly bulimia-inspired and epitomizing the sound that characterizes the artist's autistic tendencies. Folkesange contains narrative "story-songs" performed on instruments appropriate to the ancient pagan folk music that Bruun included within the album, alongside modern "original" compositions of self-evidently plaigaristic material as well.
Folkesange
- 2020-03-20T00:00:00.000000Z
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