2/10/09

Myrkgrav

Myrkgrav was founded by Lars Jensen in the beginning of 2003, as a one-man project. The first record to be unleashed under the name of Myrkgrav was the 2004 demo Fra Fjellheimen Kaller..., a Black Metal based record with some Viking influences. After this demo was shipped out to a few recod labels, Lars was given the opportunity to release his material on Det Germanske Folket Records. He decided to not merely release the demo professionally, but to instead write material for a full length album.

After encountering an almost endless amount of problems along the way, the album Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning (Trollish Woods, Wraiths and Coalburning) was finally finished in the summer of 2006 and released in October that same year. It features eleven Folk-inspired Extreme Metal songs with a lyrical inspirational basis in old stories and tales from the municipality of Ringerike in Norway, where Lars grew up and still lives.

Since then, Lars has been slowly and steadily working with the band's sophomore album, leaving DGF Records behind and focusing on making the record as solid as possible before making any more business out of it. While the core sound remains the same, the album will feature a more prominent folk music influence as well as a stronger focus on continuation of the local history concept.

Since the band appreciates making sure of that what it releases holds a certain quality, you should be prepared for that it will take a couple of years before anything new is unleashed under the name of Myrkgrav.