CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS WELCOMES MÚR FROM ICELAND, BAND RELEASES NEW SONG, “FRELSARI” TAKEN FROM DEBUT ALBUM, “MÚR”
With a sound that defies generic labels and a vision that stretches the limits of creativity, Múr are the latest descendants from Iceland’s volcanic underground. The emerging quintet are forging a new era of dark, atmospheric and boundary shattering metal. With progressive sensibilities that harken to the Devin Townsend Project and mid-era Opeth, a talent to cohesively juxtapose atmospheric textures with polished technicality a la Meshuggah and Gojira, and a focus on jazz study among the fresh-faced instrumentalists, Múr is already proving itself to be a reckoning force.
Múr’s trajectory really gained momentum a year after their formation when their talent was recognized in the spring of 2022 as they conquered the Icelandic Wacken Metal Battle, propelling them to an impressive fourth place in the international finale at Wacken Open Air in Germany.
Today they are excited to unveil “Frelsari” coming with a visualizer video, which is an animation that Kári Haraldsson (vocals, keytar, synthesizers) did in his teenage years: https://youtu.be/xBC3-laZhhw
The band comments: “’Frelsari’ is one of our more powerful, but also more conventionally structured songs, exploring themes of blind faith, giving up control, and the illusions of liberation. The music video is an animation our frontman made in his teens, which seems to harmonize well with the themes of this song, written years later.”
The band recently created a buzz following the release of their folk horror infused video for “Heimsslit”: https://youtu.be/UMS6gPXp5TI?feature=shared
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’Heimsslit’ is an Icelandic word for the apocalypse, but the literal translation is ‘world’s tearing’, inspiring a vision of the world coming apart at the seams”, says the band. “The lyrical themes have more to do with an acceptance of something vital falling apart within one’s own mind rather than being about the physical world ending. The song is accompanied by our first music video, a massive cross-discipline collaboration between local artists.
Both songs are taken from their upcoming self-titled debut album that is due for a release on November 22nd, 2024. It is available in the following formats:
Ltd. CD Digipak
Ltd. deep blood red LP
Digital album
First preorders are available here: https://mur.lnk.to/MurAlbum
In November and December they will support Finnish prog-metal band Wheel (InsideOut Music) on selected shows of their upcoming European tour in November and December:
November 23, 24 (UK) London – The Underworld
November 24, 24 (UK) Bristol – Thekla
November 26, 24 (BE) Antwerp – Kavka
November 27, 24 (DE) Cologne – Luxor
November 28, 24 (DE) Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
November 30, 24 (FR) Paris – Backstage
December 2, 24 (CH) Zurich – Komplex
December 3, 24 (IT) Milan – Legend Club
December 4, 24 (DE) Munich – Backstage Halle
December 5, 24 (HU) Budapest – Analog Music Hall
December 6, 24 (AT) Vienna – Chelsea
December 8, 24 (PL) Warsaw – Hydrozagadka
December 10, 24 (DE) Berlin – Lido
Múr are:
Kári Haraldsson – Vocals, Keytar, Synthesizers
Hilmir Árnason – Guitar
Jón Ísak Ragnarsson – Guitar
Ívar Klausen – Bass
Árni Jökull Guðbjartsson – Drums
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