Following up her 2014 debut EP, Danish multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun (also of indie- pop darlings Ex Cops) enlisted Ulver mastermind Garm to produce her first full-length—and members of Norwegian black metal outfit Nidingr as her backing band. The result is an electrifying midnight ride through an icy ‘Game of Thrones’ landscape where gorgeous choral passages (“Vølvens Spådom”) offset thrashy rippers (“Mordet”) and Scandinavian string instruments mingle with screeching black metal blasts under a plaintive symphonic atmosphere. The lyrics are in a combination of Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic, so it’s anyone’s guess what Bruun is talking about. Luckily,the music speaks for itself. J. BENNETT
Check out “Hævnen” from ‘M.’
