![News Added Mar 27, 2016 SIG:AR:TYR came into being in 2003 as a one-man musical project from London, Ontario, Canada dedicated to the dark, grim history and mythology of Northern Europe. In late 2003, SIG:AR:TYR released The Stranger, a six song atmospheric journey based on the acoustic guitar and an accompanying short story about a […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/563083.jpg "SIG:AR:TYR : Northen")
SIG:AR:TYR came into being in 2003 as a one-man musical project from London, Ontario, Canada dedicated to the dark, grim history and mythology of Northern Europe. In late 2003, SIG:AR:TYR released The Stranger, a six song atmospheric journey based on the acoustic guitar and an accompanying short story about a mystical encounter with Odin.
In 2005, SIG:AR:TYR released a debut full-length release, Sailing the Seas of Fate. The album, a mixture of metal and acoustic music, tells the story of a mythical Viking quest to the far northern reaches of the world to reconnect with their old gods.
In 2008, SIG:AR:TYR released the second full-length album Beyond The North Winds that continued the blackened heavy metal and acoustic atmosphere introduced in "Sailing the Seas of Fate" to create a powerful and diverse album. "Beyond The North Winds" received many excellent reviews and inclusion on several top ten lists for the year.
In 2010, SIG:AR:TYR released Godsaga, a darker, harsher album that explores the concepts of loss and sacrifice in the tales of both Egil's Saga and Odin's hanging on the world tree Yggdrasil. Godsaga reached the pinnacle of the union of metal and acoustic guitar atmosphere that had been forged for so many years, and received an incredible number of positive reviews and brought SIG:AR:TYR out of the shadows of the underground to the attention of the greater metal world.
In 2012, 10 years after its creation, SIG:AR:TYR mainman Daemonskald decided to finally bring these songs and tales to the live stage. Adding band members Mike Grund (guitar), Nicholas Ireland (drums), and Morgan Rider (bass), SIG:AR:TYR played its very first live show at the Winter is Coming Fest in New London, CT in October 2012. Shows continued throughout 2013 in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and a special headlining hometown appearance in London, Ontario.
Recording continues for a new SIG:AR:TYR album called Northen to be released in 2015. The album deals with the end of the Viking age, and the adventures of the Norse in our own country, Canada. Unlike the permanent settlements in Greenland, their stay here was short-lived, and we are still discovering the extent of their travels, the artifacts from their small settlements, and unfolding the tales of their interaction with the native cultures here at the time. Northen is a tale of tribute to this small group of adventurers, who with a dynamic, and individualistic spirit, were still willing to throw stability and comfort aside to explore mysterious new places like Helluland, Markland, and Vinland, and try to be their own master in a changing world.
What does the name SIG:AR:TYR mean?
SIG, AR, and TYR are the names of three letters of the old North European runic alphabet. These runic symbols represent the forces of chaos, balance, and order. SIG:AR:TYR is a formula for living a dynamic, cyclical existence, a struggle between the extremes of fire and ice while remaining in balance with the natural world and spiritual realms.
