Today, Iron Bonehead Productions announces July 11th as the international release date for Sigorspéd‘s highly anticipated debut album, Everlasting Wisdom of the Ancients, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
America’s Sigorspéd are a new addition to the Order of the Broken Sword circle, which includes labelmates Luring, Azathoth’s Dream, and Wuldorgast. With but a demo at the beginning of this year to announce their arrival, the power-trio are set to shed blood within the black metal underground with their full-length debut, Everlasting Wisdom of the Ancients.
On the surface, Sigorspéd seem like the most pagan-oriented band among the Order of the Broken Sword, and it’s not entirely inaccurate to label them as such. However, Sigorspéd eschew most of the tropes that characterize pagan black metal in favor of something unremittingly ugly and mercilessly attacking. As blitzkrieging as the best Swedish black metal but with a deeper, darker tone to their riffing, Sigorspéd dole out wave upon wave of viscous hypnosis, loose yet locked-in. Tangibly physical and acutely dotted with subtle twists of texture, Everlasting Wisdom of the Ancients surges forth with iron-fisted songwriting and sympathetic production; form and content are thus in symbiotic balance. Above all, Sigorspéd are bare-bones but betray a depth that’s never belabored, psychically in line with the likes of Arckanum, Old Wainds, and Sorcier des Glaces whilst hinting at new hinterlands to roam in the future: Everlasting Wisdom of the Ancients indeed!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “Malefic Light Cast Upon the Coiled Serpent” HERE at Iron Bonehead‘s Soundcloud. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Sigorspéd’s Everlasting Wisdom of the Ancients 1. Ecstatic Trance of the Warrior 2. Legacy 3. First Assault 4. Psychedelic Communion Under an Endless Sky 5. Venomous Betrayal of the Sacred Dominion 6. Twin Blades of the Order 7. Malefic Light Cast Upon the Coiled Serpent 8. Requiem for the Fallen 9. Trinity of Ruin 10. The Ties Which Bind an Eternal Brotherhood
