1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myrkur.png]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Amalie Bruun, the mastermind]] |
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4 | '''Myrkur''' (''MIR-k(y)ur'', Icelandic for "darkness") is a project founded in 2014 by Danish singer[=/=]composer[=/=]multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun, described as what Music/{{Enya}} or Music/LanaDelRey would sound like as a BlackMetal artist. The project was supposed to be an AnonymousBand but [[StreisandEffect the media were quick to pry]] after her first release and discovered that Myrkur was really a [[OneManBand one-woman band]], much to both the fascination and dismay of the genre's BrokenBase. |
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6 | Nonetheless, the project carried on, releasing several singles and two studio albums to critical acclaim, and toured around the world alongside the likes of Music/{{Behemoth}}, Music/{{Epica}}, and Music/{{Opeth}}. |
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8 | !!Discography |
9 | * ''Myrkur'' (2014, demo) |
10 | * ''M'' (2016) |
11 | * ''Mausoleum'' (2016, live) |
12 | * ''Mareridt'' (2017) |
13 | * ''Folkesange'' (2020) |
14 | * ''Spine'' (2023) |
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16 | !Tropes: |
17 | * AnonymousBand: Subverted from the moment her first ever song "Nattens barn" came out in 2014, as media were in a frenzy to find out the woman behind those ridiculously good HarshVocals. |
18 | * BloodFromTheMouth: The video for "Ulvinde". |
19 | * CoverVersion: Apart from folk songs, she's covered Music/{{Bathory}}'s "Song to Hall Up High" in ''Mausoleum''. |
20 | * CulturedBadass: Apart from black metal and folk music, Amalie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIwamYVPWw has professed her love]] for classical music and "horror pop", among other things. |
21 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: The video for "Juniper". Also LeFilmArtistique. |
22 | * FaceOnTheCover: ''Mareridt'', as opposed to just a silhouette in ''M''. |
23 | * FolkMetal: The Scandinavian variety. |
24 | * GothicMetal: The likes of "Shadows of Silence" and "Juniper". |
25 | * GenreMashup: Nordic folk mixed with black or sometimes gothic metal and ambient. |
26 | * GenreRoulette: Sometimes BlackMetal, sometimes dark ambient, sometimes Nordic folk, sometimes [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs dark ambient Nordic folk]]... |
27 | * GratuitousFrench: The line ''je suis votre amour'' in "Crown". |
28 | * GrimUpNorth: If a woman can singlehandedly embody this trope, it's Myrkur. |
29 | * LastNoteNightmare: "Onde Børn". Couple that with the video where you see Amalie beside a burning M. |
30 | * LighterAndSofter: Her upcoming album is more focused on her folk side. |
31 | * MetalScream: A hellishly throat-busting but commanding type 3 to boot. |
32 | * MultilingualSong: Quite a few songs in ''Mareridt'' switch between Danish and English and at one point, French. |
33 | * Myth/NorseMythology: Apart from making it obvious in "Skaði", Myrkur loves Nordic fairytales and folklore as well. |
34 | * NatureLover: In spades. Amalie likes to be filmed singing and sometimes playing her instruments in the great outdoors. Justified as according to her interview with [[http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/07/16/meet-myrkur/ Metalsucks,]] "nature is a big part of the reason BlackMetal even exists." |
35 | * NorseByNorsewest: She's a Dane with an Icelandic alias [[SerialEscalation who sings in her native tongue as well as Swedish and plays a style of music popularized in Norway, if not the rest of Scandinavia]]. And her logo is the runic letter M. ''How much more Nordic can you get?!'' |
36 | ** PhenotypeStereotype: Just look at the page image! |
37 | * [[OneManBand One-Woman Band]]: Amalie plays guitars, bass, piano, violin, nyckelharpa, just about everything EXCEPT a drum kit. |
38 | * OneWomanWail: Kulning, an ancient Swedish herding call. Most prominent in the TitleTrack[=/=]AlbumIntroTrack to ''Mareridt''. |
39 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue against Music/{{Burzum}}'s red. |
40 | * SceneryPorn: Every single location where "Ulvinde" was shot. |
41 | * SelfBackingVocalist: Part of her one-woman band shtick. |
42 | * SelfTitledAlbum: Self-titled demo. |
43 | * ShakyCam: "Bonden og Kragen". |
44 | * SopranoAndGravel: Amalie contrasts her haunting MetalScream with a soprano as ethereal as Music/{{Jonsi}}'s countertenor in Music/SigurRos. |
45 | * TheStoic: Amalie often looks either tranquil or slightly annoyed. |
46 | * StringyHairedGhostGirl: She gives off this vibe at certain points in the "Ulvinde" video and, though her face remains visible, the ''Mareridt'' album art. |
47 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: Chelsea Wolfe joins Myrkur in "Funeral". |
48 | * JustForFun/XMeetsY: The official Myrkur website describes ''Mareridt'' as Music/KingDiamond's ''Them'' marrying Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky's ''Swan Lake''. |
49 | ** Fans like to describe Myrkur in general as [[Music/LanaDelRey "Lana del]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Wraith"]] or Music/{{Enya}} meets Music/{{Burzum}}. |
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