Danish composer and classically trained multi-instrumentalist, MYRKUR will be releasing a new album titled Mareridt this fall via Relapse Records. The album was recorded by Randall Dunn (Marissa Nadler, Wolves In The Throne Room), and Relapse says there's going to be a few "special guests" on the album, which is exciting considering she's worked with musicians like Liam Wilson of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Kristoffer Rygg of Ulver.
It is the follow up to her masterful debut M, released back in 2015 to overwhelming critical acclaim. Mareridt was produced between Seattle and Copenhagen by Randall Dunn who is known for his work with Marissa Nadler, Earth, Sunn O))), Boris, Wolves In The Throne Room and more.
Mareridt includes special guests (to be announced) and an array of special instruments including violin, mandola, folk drums, Kulning (an ancient Scandinavian herding call) and the nyckelharpa (a Swedish key harp). MYRKUR was recently captured at home in Copenhagen playing Scandinavian Folk on her nyckelharpa which she explains “is almost like a violin with buttons” and that the ancient traditional device as “not easy to get a hold of.”