MYRKUR

INTERVIEW WITH PROJECT MASTERMIND AMALIE BRUUN BY ADDISON HERRON-WHEELER F an favorite Myrkur is releasing a new record, and the metal world specific direction.” Blending contemporary songs skin, and then simultaneously writing my own folk songs, was a way to make sure everything Myrkur to create something innovative and new, yet still something that advanced her waits with bated breath. It’s a with folk can be a challenge, fit together. It took a long time current sound. And although mark of a true power player even for someone like Myrkur because things really had to she won’t be hitting the road that even though this record who uses their influence in all fit into the universe with the yet, she already has plans for promises to be mainly folk her writing. She was mindful traditional folk songs. That’s the future. music, Relapse Records stands to make sure the songs still what an album is—you open proudly by the release, and flowed like any other album. the door to a universe, and “Right now, I’m just a mother,” fans of the iconic musician, then you don’t leave until the she explains. “Ultimately, vocalist, and producer can’t “The writing style for this record last song. No one song should though, I plan to tour [on] this wait to hear it. was really different than past stand out too much.” album, because I just love releases, as half the songs playing folk music. I love the Also known by her muggle are traditional folk songs, so I The combination of immersing artistic freedom and genrename of Amalie Bruun, Myrkur wanted to be sure to focus all herself in the songs, becoming free life as a musician, and I has been making folk-inspired the writing around that,” she a new mother, and limiting hate when I feel confined to music since 2014, and she says. “Picking all these songs herself in a positive way one thing. All I know is, I want hasn’t slowed down, just and performing them live, with traditional instruments to continue to do what feels taken her sound in new, fresh really getting them under my and lyrical themes caused right in the moment.” �� �� �� directions.

Her new record, Folkesange, out March 20, 2020, via Relapse, is just what the name implies. It’s a trip into the heart of Scandanavian folklore, with a modern twist. And as cliché as that may sound to an outsider, fans of Myrkur already know it’s going to be gold.

“I think this was the most natural step I could possibly take from where I was, and also from what my life is at the moment,” she reflects. “It's something that's been under construction for a long, long time. And I really was just looking for the right time, the right producer, the right songs, before I could do it. That can take years, especially for something like this with such