Sig: Ar: Tyr

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Sig: Ar: Tyr
General information
origin Ontario , Canada
Genre (s) Viking Metal , Pagan Metal , Dark Ambient
founding 2003
Website www.sigartyr.com
Founding members
"Daemonskald"
Current occupation
Vocals, electric guitar, keyboard
 "Daemonskald"
Electric guitar
 Michael Grund (since 2013)
Electric bass
 Morgan Rider (since 2013)
Nich Ireland (since 2013)

Sig: Ar: Tyr is a Canadian Viking Metal - band . Her name is a punctuated transliteration of three runes from the Old English Futhorcs and, according to the band's own statements, was also influenced by the work of British fantasy writer Michael Moorcock .

history

It was founded in 2003 as a solo project by the multi-instrumentalist "Daemonskald" in Ontario . In the same year the EP The Stranger was recorded. Two years later, the debut album Sailing the Seas of Fate was released on Morbid Winter Records. In 2013 the project grew into a band, alongside the founder consisting of guitarist Michael Grund and drummer Nich Ireland, who previously played in the symphonic metal formation Battlesoul, and bassist Morgan Rider, who is also active in the groups Vesperia and Crimson Shadows. The band has been under contract with the Valkenburg label Hammerheart Records since 2015 .

Discography

  • 2003: The Stranger (EP, CD, self-distribution)
  • 2005: Sailing the Seas of Fate (album, CD; Morbid Winter Records)
  • 2008: Beyond the North Winds (album, CD; Morbid Winter Records)
  • 2010: Godsaga (album, CD; Morbid Winter Records)
  • 2016: Northen (album, CD; Hammerheart Records)

Contributions to compilations

  • 2008: Blood of the North on In Autumnal Fog - Chapter I: Under the Rising Storm
  • 2010: Blood of the North on Folk Metal
  • 2010: Song to Hall Up High on Valhalla Trilogy Part I - Songs to Hall Up High - In Memory of Quorthon
  • 2015: Midwinter Sacrifice on Hammer Smashed Faith II

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