Bekmørk: Odes to the darkness and cold of the frozen north

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Dread Count Naberius on vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards and Malevolent Berserker on drums, guitars, bass and keyboards. Together they are Bekmørk, and January 25^th they released Incantations Of The Frigid North. The album was recorded at Eiklandsby Metallbutikk studio during the cold dark Winter of 2018. All songs written, recorded and performed by Naberius and Berserker. All songs mixed by Naberius and Berserker. All songs mastered through Cloudbounce. Photographs of Norway taken by Naberius. Design and Logo by Berserker. The self-made are often well-made and apply to Bekmørk.

The song Six Dagger, One Axe from the new album

In the spirit of Norwegian black metal rises a mysterious new band, delivering odes to the darkness and cold of the frozen north. Emerging from obscurity to produce a five track debut album is Bekmork (Norwegian for pitch black). Their lyrical is often strongly rooted in Scandinavian folklore, with references to Viking legends and pagan gods, but can more broadly be interpreted as a nihilistic celebration of all which is darkness. Aggressive, relentless, morbid, and haunting with unforgiving riffs and guttural howls, smothering all light.

The song Of Hoof, And Horn, And Blood

A taster of the lyrics,

Past days of glory spent

Now feeble and weak

No foes to take to battle

Yet surrounded by enemies

Arrogant, lying in riches

Ignorant to the threat

That stood as a shield before him

Now plot his death

No longer fit to rule

Sword removed from the hand

The king becomes the fool

The dragon becomes the lamb

Six daggers, One axe

Six daggers, One axe

Six daggers, One axe

 

In a house that was built of wood

Thousand years ago

Six daggers

One axe

And a head will roll

In a land that was bathed in blood

Untold times before

Six daggers

One axe

And a kingdom falls

 

Viking oath broken

Betrayed everything

A king’s blood spills

The North shall rise

 

No longer fit to rule

Sword removed from the hand

The king becomes the fool

The dragon becomes the lamb

Six daggers, One axe

Six daggers, One axe

Six daggers, One axe

 

In a house that was built of wood

Thousand years ago

Six daggers

One axe

And a head will roll

In a land that was bathed in blood

Untold times before

Six daggers

One axe

And a kingdom falls

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