3/03/2020

Myrkur shares new single "Gudernes Vilje" (The Will of the Gods) from forthcoming 'Folkesange' on Relapse Records out March 20

Myrkur Releases New Single "Gudernes Vilje" (The Will of the Gods)

From Forthcoming Album of Traditional Folk Songs, Folkesange
Out March 20 via Relapse Records

Photo By Shawn Brackbill 

"Burrowing into a lifelong love of Scandinavia's traditional music and writing her own modern versions, and without sacrificing her intensity." 
- Folk album of the month, The Guardian

Myrkur's Amalie Bruun has shared a third and final pre-release single  from her forthcoming album, Folkesange which is set for release March 20th via Relapse Records.
Myrkur has always carved her own path and challenged underground preconceptions of heavy genres. Soon after newfound motherhood, Bruun sets out on a journey into the very heart of the Scandinavian culture that marked her own childhood. On Folkesange she
relinquishes black metal for a refined yet far-reaching evocation of traditional folk, combining songs ancient and new to sublimely resonant effect.

Following previous singles "Ella" and "Leaves of Yggdrasil" today she presents a third glimpse with "Gudernes Vilje," a Danish term which translates as "The Will of the Gods". She explains, "I wrote this song about being given the biggest gift in life and then having it taken away from you. 'Alt går som Gudernes Vilje' means Everything goes according to the will of the Gods. We are only human and some of the biggest most important things in this life, are completely out of our control." The song features piano, violin, mandola, cello, frame drum along Bruun's ethereal, crystalline vocals.

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Storytelling, rites of passage, and the invocation of a continuity that passes through time and generation are all part of folk music's tapestry, and Folkesange taps into all these currents in their most essential form. In part a purist's approach to the genre, free from over-interpretation and fusion, the use of Kulning (an ancient Scandinavian herding call) and traditional instruments throughout, such as nyckelharpa, lyre and mandola offer a
deeper, more tactile connection to their source, an unbroken line of communication back to the past.
But the album is no museum piece; it resonates in the here and now, aided by the spacious production of Heilung member and musical collaborator Christopher Juul. Cinematic yet intimate, Folkesange exists in a state of boundless reverie, bourne by string-led drones, cyclical, elegiac rhythms and Bruun's frictionless voice, all carrier signals for deep-rooted, ancestral memories, and associations felt on an elemental level.

An immersive experience in its own right, but also belonging to a wider, pagan folk-based renaissance that has attracted a devoted following worldwide, Folkesange answers a need that has become ever more pressing in turbulent times. A zeroing in on a resonance that is both intrinsic and enduring, it's a rediscovery of personal grounding, and an experience that reaches beyond culture to remind us of a shared, deeply rooted inheritance. A tuning fork that binds the personal and the universal, Folkesange is a reminder that the most transcendent experiences are those closest to home.

Album Artwork By: Hans Dahl 


Myrkur
Folkesange
Relapse Records
March 20, 2020
Pre-Order Here

1 - Ella
2 - Fager som en Ros
4 - Ramund
5 - Tor i Helheim
6 - Svea
7 - Harpens Kraft
8 - Gammelkäring
9 - House Carpenter
10 - Reiar
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Myrkur Live Dates:

07/04: Montreux, CH - Montreux Jazz Lab
07/09 - 07/11: Gavle, SE - Gefle Metal Festival
07/18: Otrada Estate, RU - Russia Metal Meeting
07/24 - 07/25: Sibiu, RO - ARTmania Festival
08/05 - 08/08: Jaromer, CZ - Brutal Assault Festival
08/12 - 08/15: Wittelshofen, DE - Summer Breeze Open Air
08/13 - 08/15: Borre Vestfold, NO - Midgardsblot



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