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From black metal to Eurovision: an audience with Myrkur

By Liz Scarlett Published 4 May 26

Amalie Bruun (aka Myrkur) shares how she entered Eurovision to honour her late father, how she ended up on a viral SNL skit and why her five-year-old is friends with King Diamond

Interviews

Myrkur in a white dress and a black strip painted across her eyes

From Scorsese and Michael Bolton to black metal greatness, the surprising career of Myrkur

By Dave Everley Published 8 April 26

Few artists in modern metal have had a career quite like Myrkur

Interviews

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Crown Lands, System 7, Major Parkinson in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published 13 February 26

Great new prog from Myrkus, Godsticks, Koyo Bloom and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

Bands & Artists

Prog's Tracks Of The Week! Awesome new proggy sounds from Opeth, NMB, Myrkur and more...

By Jerry Ewing Published 23 January 26

There's cool new proggy sounds from Esthesis, worriedaboutsatan, Holosoil, JeGong and more in this week's Tracks Of The week

Bands & Artists

The ultimate Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath playlist

By Rich Hobson Published 11 April 25

Members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more choose the best songs featuring the Prince Of Darkness

Interviews

Black metal enigma Myrkur has joined King Diamond’s live band

By Matt Mills Published 31 July 24

Catch Amalie Bruun onstage when The King tours North America at the end of the year

Bands & Artists

"Billy Corgan helped me through some personal struggles and has been a close friend." How Myrkur is balancing loss, motherhood and humanity

By Rich Hobson Published 11 January 24

Myrkur switched folk and black metal for shimmering art prog with 2023's Spine - but the record also took inspiration from Amalie Bruun's own journey through motherhood, the pandemic and beyond

Albums

“I think a lot of people are left feeling empty and isolated, with a loss of meaning and purpose. That’s something I felt the need to write about." Myrkur tells the story of Spine

By Cheri Faulkner Published 6 January 24

On the follow-up to 2020’s more traditional Folkesange, Myrkur’s Amalie Bruun has created an experimental album of contrasts

Albums

Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them)

By Rich Hobson Published 27 December 23

Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer

Albums