SIGORSPED - Everlasting Wisdom Of The Ancients (12" LP on Black Vinyl)
United States | Black
Detailed Description
America's SIGORSPED 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, SIGORSPED 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, SIGORSPED 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, SIGORSPED 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, SIGORSPED 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!
