{"id":3410,"date":"2016-11-04T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2016-11-04T00:27:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T04:27:41","slug":"folk-music-friday-myrkgrav-takk-og-farvel-tida-er-blitt-ei-annen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2016\/11\/04\/folk-music-friday-myrkgrav-takk-og-farvel-tida-er-blitt-ei-annen\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk Music Friday: Myrkgrav, Takk Og Farvel; Tida Er Blitt Ei Annen"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t give you a better teaser\/introduction\/summary of Myrkgrav (Lars Jensen) than he gave himself, on his website<\/a>, which is “Old-fashioned peasant metal from the farmlands of Ringerike.”<\/p>\n

Ok, I’ll explain: it’s old fashioned Norwegian fiddle music crossed with the finest in ogre-roar metal, and it is glorious<\/i>. I mean, I love fiddle music and I love ogre-roar, so long as the doom is properly leavened, and in this case the folk elements shine like bright ribbons on a dark tapestry. <\/p>\n

It is sweeping, majestic, overwhelming and boneshaking, the way ogre-roar metal is supposed to be, at its finest when its power feels inexorable, like pull of the tide going out. It is also<\/i> chair-shimmy music. <\/p>\n

The overall tempo is sludgy-but-upbeat; both the fiddle and the drums are played at a breakneck pace, while the guitars expand to fill in the empty spaces, and the result is magnificent.<\/p>\n

Other things go to know before you plunge in:<\/p>\n

1) This is Myrkgrav’s first full-length record in 10 years. If you’d like to listen to his back catalog, you can find it at his bandcamp<\/a>, where this record will also eventually live.<\/p>\n

2) The title of the record translates as “Thank you and farewell; times have changed”, and it’s Jensen’s last record under this band name.<\/p>\n

Myrkgrav - Takk og farvel; tida er blitt ei annen (full album)<\/div><\/div>
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