Over the summer, we wrote about mysterious Danish “one-woman black metal project” Myrkur, who had announced an EP coming out on Relapse. We got an advanced listen of the EP and loved what we heard.

Black metal singer/songwriter Myrkur will play with King Diamond at his next live dates. Myrkur (real name Amalie Bruun) will join Diamond (Kim Petersen) and his band during his North American tour ...

The post Myrkur announces new album Folkesange, shares ethereal lead single “Ella”: Stream appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Danish artist Myrkur has announced her third full-length album, ...

We can agree that Amalie Bruun’s black metal band Myrkur has been the target of pointless shit talk since her EP got big in 2014. From this we figure it’s for two years that Brunn has been tolerating ...

With four candles flickering in front of her on a table at New York’s hallowed Electric Lady Studios, Denmark-based songwriter Amalie Bruun talks about her birthplace like it fills her lungs. Though ...

Look no further for a soundtrack as the nights begin to draw in and you feel the weight of autumn in the air: Myrkur have released a new track, and its folk-hewn black metal is as vast and twilit as ...

Danish one-woman black metal band Myrkur’s moniker is the Icelandic word for “darkness.” But based on her ethereal song “Nattens Barn” (below, courtesy of Pitchfork), I’d assert that she should have ...

The clip, directed by Mats Ek, finds Bruun traversing a gorgeous Norwegian landscape in a flowing white gown. It doesn't take long for the more gruesome aspects of the video to unfold as the ...

In last month’s Black Market, I wrote a long essay about how metal bands catfish their fans — and how metal fans are especially apt to be catfished by bands — and I closed it out with a section on the ...

Amalie Bruun is Danish-born musician who grew up playing classical violin and piano. It didn't take long, though, before she was introduced to a more aggressive style of music, for which the ...

Black metal has a rich and storied history, but that doesn’t mean it’s yesterday’s news. Zeal & Ardor and Myrkur are just two acts leading the charge of the new breed. They’re two very different ...

Myrkur's forthcoming debut LP has been one of my most-anticipated records of 2015 based on (A) her excellent 2014 self-titled EP, and (B) the news that the full-length would be co-produced by ...