Myrkgrav Explained

Background:	group_or_band
Myrkgrav
Origin:	Ringerike, Norway
Years Active:	2003–present
Label:	DGF
Current Members:	Lars Jensen
Website:	Myspace profile

Myrkgrav is a Norwegian blackened folk metal band with a single member, Lars Jensen. Jensen founded the band in 2003 and released a demo in 2004 entitled Fra fjellheimen kaller... (English: "From the Mountain Home Calls..."). His first album, Trollskau, skrømt og kølabrenning ("Trollish Woods, Wraiths, and Coalburning"), was released on 27 October 2006. The lyrics are about local history, legends, and folklore from Ringerike, Lommedalen, and Hole,^[1] from around the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. The songs are sung in a local Norwegian dialect.^[2]

Members

Lars Jensen – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, folk instruments

Session musicians

Stine Ross Idsø – hardanger fiddle (2008–present)
Olav Mjelva – hardanger fiddle (2008–present)

Guest musicians

Aleksandra Rajković – keyboards
Erlend Antonsen – bass guitar
Espen Hammer – bass guitarist on Trollskau, skrømt og kølabrenning
Benita Eriksdatter – vocals on "Gygra og St. Olav"
Sindre Nedland – clean vocals on Trollskau, skrømt og kølabrenning

Discography

Fra fjellheimen kaller... (demo) (2004)
Trollskau, skrømt og kølabrenning (2006)
Sjuguttmyra / Ferden går videre (split release with Voluspaa) (2011)
Sjuguttmyra (EP) (2013)
Takk og farvel; tida er blitt ei annen (2016)

External links

Notes and References

http://www.myspace.com/myrkgrav Myrkgrav's biography on Myspace
http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=118538''Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenningat Encyclopaedia Metallum