Myrkur Offers “Nattens Barn”

MYRKUR SIGNS TO RELAPSE RECORDS

DETAILS DEBUT EP, MYRKUR OUT SEPTEMBER 16TH

LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE “NATTENS BARN” VIA PITCHFORK 

Emerging from the darkness of Scandinavia comes one-­woman black metal project, Myrkur. Combining the rawness of second wave black metal bands like Ulver and Darkthrone with a natural sonic, ethereal beauty, Myrkur has created a wholly unique perspective on the genre. She elaborates “Nature is a big part of the reason black metal even exists. And all types of pure music that comes from a pure place. The word ‘Myrkur’ means ‘darkness’ in Icelandic. The place where there are no boundaries, where no one can hurt me. And when I have sung the screams it, physically hurts but it feels like something is leaving my body. I can’t remember it afterwards.”

Hailing from Denmark, Myrkur signed to Relapse Records earlier this year and will release her eponymous debut EP on September 16th respectively. With a distinct sense of Nordic isolation, Myrkur’s debut is a feminine yet definitively brutal record that has burst onto the scene like a Valkyrie into battle. You can hear her first single “Nattens Barn” via Pitchfork now.

Shrouded in darkness and mystic elegance…this is black metal unlike anything that has been heard before.

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Myrkur
Mykur EP
Relapse Records
September 16, 2014
Pre-Order: LP / CD / DIGITAL

1 – Ravnens Banner
2 – Frosne Vind
3 – Må Du Brænde i Helvede
4 – Latvian Fegurð
5 – Dybt i Skoven
6 – Nattens Barn
7 – Ulvesangen