Icelandic metal band Múr have signed to Century Media Records for the release of their self titled debut record out November 22. The band have been described musically as the better parts of the Devin Townsend Project, Opeth, Meshuggah, and Gojira, to name a few. The clip for the band’s new single “Frelsari” was animated by Múr’s Kári Haraldsson (vocals, keytar, synthesizers) during his teenage years
Múr 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.”
Múr recently created a buzz following the release of their folk horror infused video for “Heimsslit.”
“’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,” say 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.”
Catch Múr supporting Finnish prog-metal band Wheel on selected shows of their upcoming European tour:
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
Photo Credit: Mur
