Myrkur Songs 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 songs ranked.

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10. Tva Konungabarn (Mareridt, 2017)

“I absolutely love this song and the unique instrument used in it. I highly recommend it if you are into folk music.. A very pretty song. Myrkur joyfully traipses the line between beauty and horror to show us how thin that division is.”

9. Skogen Skulle Do (M, 2015)

“This is an amazing album. Most Black Metal pales by comparison. The blend of choral voices, scandinavian folk music and searing metal is beautifully handled.”

8. Latvian Fergurð (Myrkur, 2014)

“This album has just blown me away, beautifully dark and melodic yet so ferocious. I could’nt even compare this to any other band, but listen with an open mind and it will grow on you.”

7. Den Lille Piges Dod (Mausoleum (Live), 2016)

“Masterfully performed acoustic versions of songs from Myrkur’s debut full-length album “M.” Recorded in a Mausoleum, hence the title, this recording gives new life to these songs by bringing them closer to the realm of death. Myrkur illustrates on this LP that black metal can be beautiful.”

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6. Jeg Er Guden, I Er Tjenerne (M, 2015)

“This is one of those rare cases where the words Black Metal and Beautiful can go together. A one woman project M is an album combining icy black metal sounds with delicate folk like vocals and guitars”

5. Ulvinde (Mareridt 2017)

“Mareridt bears the strong confidence of an artist with all cylinders firing, “Ulvinde” being a prime example. A majestic chorus backs Bruun as she sways back and forth from enchantress to demon, the music driving and methodical.”

4. Ravnens Banner (Myrkur, 2014)

“The most striking element of this debut EP from the new atmospheric black metal project “Myrkur” is the various contrasting aspects of its music. As it is basically a one woman musical act, it is all the more impressive that musician Amalie Bruun manages to bring disparate elements of classical music and black metal together in so interesting a fashion.”

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3. Maneblot (Mareridt, 2017)

“Absolute master work from the Danish artist. From almost choral/orchestral sounds through to death metal, she demonstrates a fantastic range and deep emotion.”

2. H’vnen (M, 2015)

“Haevnen” is probably her best attempt to synthesize these various sounds. The song collapses in a shrieking fit, rights itself in a clean melodic passage with synth-organs, then convulses again with frothing rage. This gives even Bruun’s clean vocals an air of malevolence, even in the song’s calm-sounding ending. Violence somehow remains in the air.”

1. Onde Born (M, 2015)

“. “Onde Born” in particular sounds exactly like an Alcest song — the guitar could pass for early-nineties shoegazing, and the vocals are dreamy and airy rather than aggressive. “Dybt I Skoven” sounds like dream-pop that could have been written by a late-eighties  indie-noise  band.”