Forked Tongues: Múr interview (audio with captions only)
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Slow Dragon Music caught up with Icelandic metal band, Múr, post performance in Copenhagen.
On a recent Scandinavian run, we managed to squeeze in a quick stop at Lille Vega, Copenhagen, to catch by rising young Icelanders, Múr, in the midst of a support run with heavy mentallists, Oranssi Pazuzu. Despite a busy night, and an energetic set, a couple of the members made the time to have a talk with us. Listen to the conversation below:
For those unfamiliar with Múr, they are a progressive metal quintet, pushing a dark, cult-like relative to late Strapping Young Lad and Gojira. Employing more sinister songwriting and orchestration, the band’s young age belies the experience of most members, having begun their involvement with music in their early years. And it shows. They go from strength to strength with each show, and the starting blocks were already pretty well charged.
Formed in 2021, Múr’s momentum kicked off a year later, when they won the Icelandic Wacken Metal Battle, eventually claiming fourth place in the international finale at Wacken Open Air itself. They released their self-titled debut album in 2024, via Century Media Records, and started to take mainland European stages by storm. Check out the album here:
Describing their music as “a wall of sound and emotion,” Múr is quick to point out that their sound is up for interpretation.
“I’m not sure whether it’s our place to fully define it,” cautions frontman Kári Haraldsson “as people seem to take vastly different things away from experiencing it, depending on who they are and what they like in music.” While their complex passages will undoubtedly elicit different perspectives as it borrows from many genres and elements, the emotional component to their music is more direct, with lyrics that center on the human experience. “Most of the lyrics revolve around facing yourself, breaking the shackles of inner turmoil and finding strength in letting go,” he adds.
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Forked Tongues: Múr interview (audio with captions only)
