The trees in the north sometimes bear miraculous fruits. Risen from the shadows of psychiatric clinics and its own hidden corners, Urarv ("Ancient Heritage"), the new project under the direction of avant-metal followers Bj?rn Aldrahn Dencker (DHG, The Deathtrip and Thorn's Fame), appears. "The ideas and visions for Urarv started actually back in 2003 during a stay that I had at the local mental institution where I live," comments Aldrahn. "It began dawning on me one evening as I was locked out on to the perimeter of the facilities to have a stroll. Urarv was supposed to become a folk song oriented solo project, but over time it turned out that the thought was far too dysfunctional and eventually it took several years until everything took a reasonable form. By summer 2013 it should take some time until enough material for an album was collected. From then on, Aldrahn went looking for musicians and found them in Patricia and Sturt. While Urarv perceive the original roots of Norwegian Black Metal, it refuses any kind of limitation. At the heart of the project lies the idea to work with unorthodox moods and unusual sounds. "We want to tap into uncharted territories to see what lies hidden under the rocks and dead horses and beneath the cold vastness of uncertainty," says Aldrahn. "We're traveling o remote regions of metal music and mental space with this music. Although our message is one of emotional putrefaction, we want to help listeners find a way through the black hole.
