Today, Iron Bonehead Productions announces December 13th as the international release date for Wuldorgast‘s striking debut album, Cold Light, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
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!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “Dawn of the Black Sun” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Wuldorgast’s Cold Light
A1. Obscured in Shadows [7:06]
A2. Natural Life is Eternal Battle [3:47]
A3. Cold Light of Reason [4:47]
B1. Labyrinth of Control [6:02]
B2. Cipher to Eternity [4:48]
B3. Dawn of the Black Sun [5:33]
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