Mausoleum is a live album with songs by the Danish heavy metal project Myrkur, rearranged for acoustic and choral performances. Most tracks are from Myrkur's debut album M (2015). One song, "Den lille piges død", was new.[1] In addition to Myrkur's songs, there are two cover songs: Evert Taube's lullaby "Byssan lull [sv]" and Bathory's "Song to Hall Up High".[2][3]
Politiken's Pernille Jensen called Mausoleum magnificent and evocative and described it as "metal with an elf-like girls' choir" that gave her goosebumps.[2] Mattias Kling of Aftonbladet wrote that Mausoleum sees Myrkur go as far as possible in infusing black metal with mystical, eerie and folkloric elements. He wrote that although the music is beautiful, and the performance creates inner images of what the live concert must have been like, the album gives the feeling of only being "half the experience".[3] Christoffer Bertzell of Nöjesguiden said it is "hard to not be moved" by the "ominous and gloomy melodies" and recommended people to try to recreate the original concert setting by listening to the album "in a dark and cold cave".[4]Metal Hammer's Dom Lawson wrote that Mausoleum may not convince black metal purists, for whom Myrkur was controversial and regarded as "hipster-friendly", but Lawson called the album "startling, extreme in its own way and occasionally rather magical".[5]AllMusic's Thom Jurek wrote that the stripped-down versions of the songs reveal both Myrkur's and the entire black metal genre's heritage from European folk music, and that the interplay between Bruun's piano and Jørgensen's guitar adds a classical element. He said the album should appeal to listeners who enjoy crossovers between classical music, dark wave and metal.[1]
^ abcJensen, Pernille (25 August 2016). "Storslået black metal giver gåsehud i graven" [Magnificent black metal gives goosebumps in the grave]. Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 11 October 2022. Det er metal tilsat et elveragtigt ungpigekor
