Myrkur Albums Ranked

Myrkur is a Danish black metal band led by singer Amalie Bruun 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. Bruun formed the project and signed it to Relapse Records in 2014. On September 16 that same year, Myrkur debuted with a self-titled EP on which Bruun provided the vocals, played all guitars and bass, and produced the album. Drums were performed by her friend Rex Myrnur. In June 2015, Myrkur announced the release of her debut full-length album, entitled M, which was released on 21 August 2015 via Relapse Records to critical acclaim. The album was produced by Kristoffer Rygg of Ulver, and featured Teloch of Mayhem and Nidingr on guitars, with Øyvind Myrvoll of Nidingr and Dodheimsgard on drums. In August 2016, she released a live album titled Mausoleum, which was recorded at the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, Norway. The album featured acoustic and choral reinterpretations of her previously released material with the assistance of the Norwegian Girls Choir and Håvard Jørgensen, former guitarist in Ulver. Her second full-length album, Mareridt, was released on 15 September 2017. In 2018, the album won the non-fan voted “Album of the Year” award at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods Awards. Her latest album Folkesange was released on 20 March 2020. Here are all of Myrkur’s albums ranked.

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5. Mausoleum (2016)

“This is a very pretty album, and having a choir to accompany Amalie Bruun is haunting and effective. But really all it does is dial up one part of M while completely removing the other half. Imagine your favourite album with the guitarist mixed out but the vocalist multi-tracked, and that’s pretty close to what Mausoleum is. I love Bruun’s clean vocals, so it’s great to hear such an accomplished treatment of this facet of her music, but it’s not nearly as satisfying as M’s pairing of them with black metal riffing and shrieks.”

4. Myrkur (2014)

“Myrkur (2014) is the debut EP release by Danish one woman black metal act Myrkur, which is both the name of the artist and the pseudonym used by its sole musician. There’s been a bit of mystery surrounding the identity of Myrkur but most sources seemed to believe that it was the work of Amalie Bruun, a singer/songwriter and a member of the pop act Ex Cops (as well as a model), which seems to have now been confirmed. Her story is not your typical when discovering a new black metal act on the scene and fortunately the music on the debut EP of Myrkur tells a similar story.”

3. M (2015)

“Without talking about the music for a second, the vocalist of this project knows how to control her voice. Wether it be screaming or singing, she perfects it astoundingly. This whole project made me feel invincible, powerful, made me feel like women could make truly incredible black metal. I needed more women in metal from when i was born. The only source I had at that time was Evanescence or Flyleaf so hearing black metal through a female point of view was inspiring and made me feel like I could make it out there. An amazing work of art from start to finish. It was like listening to a kvlt metal remix of a lullaby.”

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2. Folkesange (2020)

“Controversial black metal artists puts out an eerie folk album – but Myrkur already played with folk music before and excelled at it, being better than her BM stuff, so I think this was a natural progression for the project based on how strong the folk material was – and this album proves it. It’s not an epiphany or anything, but Myrkur’s voice sounds gorgeous on the strong arrangements and gloomy compositions present here in a nice mix of the haunting dark folk atmosphere with the traditional stylings of nordic folk music.”

1. Mareridt (2017)

“An epic and wonderful soundtrack for winter, I can definitely imagine this album being my choice for Christmas time, haha. Perhaps the black metal tracks could have been written better, they just don’t sound as heavy and characteristic to rip your face off. I’d also love to hear more growls and shrieks from Amalie because she seems to be quite cool at it and it creates a great contrast with her beautiful clean vocals. The more folklore style tracks might be a bit better, though I’m quite easily get sold by dark nordic folk music. Overall I find this spiritual and uplifting, pretty much the thing I need right now. It’s kind of at the same level as her underrated debut, perhaps a bit more on the folklore side.”