{"product_id":"folkesange","title":"Folkesange","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmalie Bruun has always paved her own path, challenging underground preconceptions of heavy metal ever since the release of her debut Myrkur EP in 2014. Her first two full-length studio albums, 2015’s \u003ci\u003eM\u003c\/i\u003e and 2017’s \u003ci\u003eMareridt\u003c\/i\u003e, recast black metal in the most personal yet expansive of terms, their blending of Amalie’s Danish folk roots with tempestuous internal struggles breathing new life into a subgenre whose followers can be rigidly possessive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the release of her new album, \u003ci\u003eFolkesange\u003c\/i\u003e, Amalie Bruun has set out to journey into the very heart of the Scandinavian culture that marked her childhood. \u003ci\u003eFolkesange\u003c\/i\u003e relinquishes black metal for a refined yet far-reaching evocation of traditional folk, combining songs ancient and new to sublimely resonant effect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the nightmare-induced visions that wrought themselves throughout \u003ci\u003eMareridt, Folkesange\u003c\/i\u003e offers an emotional sanctuary, a means to reconnect to something permanent and nature-aligned. It’s an awareness that’s become deeply bound to the album’s organic, regenerative spirit, from the opening track Ella’s heartbeat, frame-drum percussion and crystalline vocals that become the grounding for a rapt, richly textured awakening, to the gentle carousel of the closing Vinter, with its nostalgia-steeped connotations of seasonal, snowfall-bewitched awe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStorytelling, rites of passage, and the invocation of a continuity that passes through time and generation are all part of folk music’s tapestry, and \u003ci\u003eFolkesange\u003c\/i\u003e taps into all these currents in their most essential form. In part a purist’s approach to the genre, free from over- interpretation and fusion, the use of traditional instruments throughout, such as nyckelharpa, lyre, and mandola offer a deeper, more tactile connection to their source, an unbroken line of communication back to the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the album is no museum piece; it resonates in the here and now, aided by the spacious production of Heilung member and musical collaborator Christopher Juul. Cinematic yet intimate, \u003ci\u003eFolkesange\u003c\/i\u003e exists in a state of boundless reverie, bourne by string-led drones, cyclical, elegiac rhythms and Amalie’s frictionless voice, all carrier signals for deep-rooted, ancestral memories, and associations felt on an elemental level. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50446226129227,"sku":"1085153","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50446225244491,"sku":"1085152","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50446226653515,"sku":"1085151","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a28f2f61-f242-4b6e-b345-68dfdac29b0d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727054985","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/folkesange","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}