Myrkur’s eponymous EP debut stirred a backlash when its goth/black metal mash-up revealed a member of indie rockers Ex Cops. Joined on her first LP by Ulver’s Garm and Mayhem’s Teloch, Danish raven Amalie Bruun integrates extreme intensity into both genres’ inherent drama. Ethereal crooning alternates with inhuman shrieks as she inserts pounded piano into walls of blast beats and guitar. Accessible anthems “Dybt i Skoven” and “Onde Børn” share a coffin with hate-filled roars “Skadi” and “Mordet.” Solo piano piece “Norn” ends the disc gently.

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This article appears in August 14 • 2015.

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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.