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Myrkur
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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 renowned independent label, Relapse Records, in 2014 and will release her eponymous debut EP this fall. 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. "I always dreamed about becoming a Huldra, an elf girl, a Valkyrie, the goddess Freja. These powerful women in Norse Mythology have an element of beauty and mystique, but they are also deadly" Myrkur explains.
Shrouded in darkness and mystic elegance...this is black metal unlike anything that has been heard before.
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2014 Myrkur EP
Tracklist:
1.Ravnens banner
2.Frosne vind
3.Må du brænde i helvede
4.Latvian fegurð
5.Dybt i skoven
6.Nattens barn
7.Ulvesangen
Label: Relapse Records
I'm always fond of artists who offer a new spin on things- at the risk of sounding pretentious my ear tires of the many clichés I feel there are in the metal scene, despite it's vastness. Maybe I'm just not wired quite right...
That aside, it was very tempting to title this review like 'A Woman's Touch', but with all the 'hype' surrounding this, err, feature, I'd rather just try and analyse the quality of the music. That said, one would wonder if the difference in the artist's gender in a sausage-fest of a genre was part of why this release is decidedly free of the aforementioned tropes in metal.
I'm by no means saying it's the most original release; at it's core it's black metal with folk elements, but I do think her melodic choices and chord progressions are worthy of remark. Not only do they marry well with her haunting vocals, but effectively they render them more than just a gimmick. And on the choral side of things, her compositions that open the tracks are some of the most convincing I've heard, in that they sound (in the broadest terms possible) classically written. This is as opposed to the many artists I feel try to emulate such aesthetics and don't quite hit the mark. There is definitely a strong sense of musicality and melodic sensitivity, and a beautiful use of harmony.
A lot of it seems to sort of massage the ears. Both the choral and heavy sections: it is dreamy and sits in the category of black metal that charms rather than curses. One of many examples of black metal acts that attempt to reconcile madness and beauty, but a fine example of it.
This is where, I suppose, the comparisons to the likes of Ulver and Alcest come from. If I were honest, I think that's in some ways unfair. There's a strong new territory entered here even if some segments are derivative (but what isn't these days?); it certainly seems to impact me more than the others mentioned. I'd personally draw a comparison to Falkenbach: easy to listen to and captivating, with strong melodies set in a similar aural realm.
From this, however, I have the concern that, like after many artist's débuts, we will start to hear the sound 'mature' a bit, which to me, is synonymous with an act loosing it's fire, inspiration and stylistic freedom. And the EP as is certainly conjures a sense of freedom with its mystical, open-skies wild sound-scape (a bit of a metaphorical stretch?), that would suck to lose.
However, with this freedom, comes the rough edges. My main complaints about the release are perhaps the obvious: the production and some of the performance (and a few musically clumsy moments). This is always muddy territory in black metal, and I do enjoy the overall own tone of the unsophisticated mix, but their are points where elements get completely drowned and it all sounds a bit trashy. Also, there is some poor guitar playing in there that stick out badly, which detract from what would be fantastic textures. Absolute virtuosity obviously isn't needed for this release but even a bit of clever editing could have ironed out whatever performance issues. And just one more complaint on this side of things: the drum machine could do with some work, some strange fills in there.
But that is all on the technical side of things, the force of the idea and the subsequent work make this a release worth investing in. I'm excited to see where this act will go from here, and hope that when a full release comes there isn't too much compromise with the sound. On the other hand, I'm wondering how she'll top some of this material. Nevertheless, this is a release that is up and above what some might suppose is it's gimmick: in fact it strikes me as very sincere.
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Genre: Black
Bitrate: 320 k
Size: 55.89 MB
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