 MYRKUR returns with the new single, "Dronning Ellisiv". Recorded during the Folkesange album sessions, "Dronning Ellisiv" sees Amalie Bruun harnessing the very magic that has made her new album so special -- from soaring atmospheres to lush instrumentations accompanying Bruun's bold, immense voice, "Dronning Ellisiv" is cinematic in every way.
The single, a reimagining of a song by the great Harald Foss, tells the tale of the Grand Prince Yaroslav of Novgorod and his daughter Elisiv of Kiev. Elisiv would later marry King Harald of Norway and become Queen Consort of Norway in the 1040's. Immersive and ethereal, the mood of "Dronning Ellisiv" dives into the source material and continues to evoke the sounds of expansive folk music, breathing new life into an old Nordic tale. Nostalgic and timeless, "Dronning Ellisiv" continues to usher in a new era for Bruun and MYRKUR.
MYRKUR recently shared her new collaboration with THE SIMS for a re-recording of the song "Onde Børn" in Simlish! The video, a behind the scenes look at the recording at Lava Studio in Denmark, is streaming at the official MYRKUR YouTube channel. Shot and edited by Rasmus Malmstrøm. "Burrowing into a lifelong love of Scandinavia's traditional music and writing her own modern versions, and without sacrificing her intensity." - THE GUARDIAN (FOLK ALBUM OF THE MONTH)
"Ella has the steady, almost ominous tread of her earlier, darker works, and her layers of voice have an almost eerie resonance. The song swells and subsides (she refers to it as "a rebirth-ritual in the sea") before building to an almost orchestral-sounding finale." - WNYC's SOUNDCHECK
"Lush acoustic instruments and a restrained composition give full breadth to Myrkur's voice, and the pristine production is more fitting of new age music than black metal" - CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
"transcendent... sweeping, hypnotic" - REVOLVER
"Scandinavian heritage has been a very important element of black metal since its beginning, but no musician before Myrkur has translated it so successfully to its music to attain recognition both within the genre and without, and although her work polarized the black metal community intensely in the beginning, ever more people are realizing the unique merit and quality of Myrkur's work" - ULTIMATE GUITAR
"ethereal..." - METAL HAMMER (COVER STORY)
"enchanting, melodic" - LOUDWIRE
"gorgeous...It breaks new ground with its wild, almost lyrical sound, and really transports the listener back to days of old." - EXCLAIM!
"indeed in the trad-folk realm, with a little ethereal dream pop in the mix too" - BROOKLYN VEGAN
"she's the Lana Del Ray of Black Metal" - THE PIT
"Bruun has a way of breathing new life into the past, by taking these old folk songs and reenvisaging them as expansive explorations into the netherworld of black metal" - LINE OF THE BEST FIT
"a gracious, quite accessible offering, one that invites us to other worlds, times, and cultures." - THE PROG MIND |
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