WULDORGAST - Cold Light (12" LP on White/Black Smoke Vinyl)
United States | Black
Detailed Description
WULDORGAST are a new formation belonging to the Order of the Broken Sword circle, which includes labelmates LURING and AZATHOTH'S DREAM among others. Like those two bands, WULDORGAST likewise underline this exciting new development in American black metal of recent years: a stridently classicist form that doesn't point toward preceding idioms too obviously nor too overly, but not completely without precedent. Witness WULDORGAST's first public work, the full-length Cold Light. Vaguely eldritch Scandinavian in approach but not the usual suspects, the duo's black metal is one that's asskicking yet atmospheric, equally martial and rowdy as fuck. Superficial first-glances might suggest late '90s Darkthrone or early 2000s Carpathian Forest, but cast your gaze to the darkest not-so-distant past and one could liken WULDORGAST here such cults as Tangorodrim, Thesyre, Torka, and especially Germany's unsung Graupel: not the most worn-out references, thankfully, and finessed in such a manner that locates the essence rather than the result. Thus is everything stripped down to bare-bones, brass-knuckled rudiments and then built back up with a triumphant delirium fueled by blood and alcohol - and an abundance of heraldic leads, adding a crucial distinction of character. No more but definitely no less, Cold Light is real BLACK METAL for real black metal people!
