Icelandic Múr are releasing another audio-visual treat with their new single and video, “Holskefla”, that is taken from their upcoming, self-titled debut album: https://youtu.be/2gUiIp2S504

The band about the song: “’Holskefla‘ is one of the oldest songs written for our debut album and our earliest exploration into writing in odd time signatures. The title means ’deluge‘ or ’barrage‘ and the song embodies the album‘s overall theme of breaking the shackles of inner turmoil and finding strength in letting go.”

The band created a buzz following the release of their folk horror infused video for “Heimsslit”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMS6gPXp5TI

Recently they released an elaborate visualizer for “Frelsari” that is based in an animation that Kári Haraldsson (vocals, keytar, synthesizers) did in his teenage years: https://youtu.be/xBC3-laZhhw

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

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.

Múr are:
Kári Haraldsson – Vocals, Keytar, Synthesizers
Hilmir Árnason – Guitar
Jón Ísak Ragnarsson – Guitar
Ívar Klausen – Bass
Árni Jökull Guðbjartsson – Drums

Múr online:
https://www.instagram.com/mur.band
https://www.facebook.com/mur.official.band