August 27, 2020
It has been a while since we have shared any updates with our fans and friends about what is happening with Alda. Since we completed tracking our new album back in February, much strife and uncertainty has visited our shared world, undoubtedly touching the lives of everyone reading this post. So as trivial as it may appear in the bigger picture, here is an update for those curious about our music and art in these strange times:
Our record has been completely tracked since Spring of this year. The process of mixing has been slow, partially due to the ever-present aura of disruption, and partially because of the schedules and obligations of everyone involved. But we are nearly finished with this process, and we have some wonderfully talented artists who are contributing to the physical release. There is no release date yet, but we will share our progress and expectations when appropriate. We greatly look forward to sharing this work with you all! Take care of yourselves and those you hold close, everyone. This will not be the first fire we've walked through, and it won't be the last.
* Photo taken by Jace near Mt. St. Helens (Loowit), Summer 2020.
Our record has been completely tracked since Spring of this year. The process of mixing has been slow, partially due to the ever-present aura of disruption, and partially because of the schedules and obligations of everyone involved. But we are nearly finished with this process, and we have some wonderfully talented artists who are contributing to the physical release. There is no release date yet, but we will share our progress and expectations when appropriate. We greatly look forward to sharing this work with you all! Take care of yourselves and those you hold close, everyone. This will not be the first fire we've walked through, and it won't be the last.
* Photo taken by Jace near Mt. St. Helens (Loowit), Summer 2020.
July 2, 2020
Our friends at Bindrune records have created a compilation to visibly and audibly stand in defiance of our rotten, avaricious and unjust world. Our music is part of this statement, and we stand by it.
Overgrow to overthrow compilation
Overgrow to overthrow compilation
May 16, 2020
"Tides of Fire", the new album by Olympia's With the End in Mind is available for pre-order through Avantgarde Music, and may be streamed in its entirety in the youtube link below. WTEIM are old friends of Alda, and are spiritual and musical siblings to each other. Michael of Alda performed as one of the drummers on this offering. This album has been in the works for a couple of years, and it is great to see (and hear) it out in the world.
https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/tides-of-fire
http://www.wteim.net/
https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/tides-of-fire
http://www.wteim.net/
April 24, 2020
With very cautious optimism we would like to share our tour plans for later this year. This idea has been in the works since last year, but has taken some time to finalize. These five dates would come at the end of a solo Alda tour, details of which we will be sharing soon. There is a possibility that these plans will need to be postponed until 2021 or later -- it is impossible to know for sure right now. We can only announce our intentions, hope for the best, and be ready for the worst. We will announce updates and changes as soon as we are informed of them.
January 21, 2020
As of this past weekend, we have begun tracking the songs that will comprise our new full-length album. Helping us manifest this vision is Jake Superchi of UADA, to whom we are immensely grateful for his dedication and skill. This will be our fourth full-length album, and it is presently titled "A Distant Fire". A physical release shall come this year through Eisenwald Records, hopefully in the Fall. Keep your eyes to the hills and your ears to the wind... more is coming!
December 9, 2019
Throughout this year we have been hard at work writing the music for our new full-length album. As this year draws to a close, we are proud to announce that we are nearly completely finished with this process, and we plan to begin recording in January of 2020. During this past year we have experienced a furious burst of creative momentum, and we have drawn together many inspirations both old and new into a collection of songs and stories. We look forward to sharing this with you all!
August 22, 2019
Fauna and With the End in Mind will be embarking on a short, West Coast tour between the dates of August 22nd and September 1st. Their events in Olympia, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and Arcata will all be outdoor shows, and for those events that do not have FB pages, message this page for directions. For those who may be unacquainted with them, Fauna is an incredible project that Alda has greatly loved and respected ever since we first encountered them in the Spring of 2007. They are not to be missed!
August 22nd: Seattle @ Teatro de la Psychomachia
https://www.facebook.com/events/501736640582826/
August 23rd: Port Townsend @ Boxtruck Boulevard
August 24th: Olympia @ Stump Meadow
August 25th: Portland @ Tonic Lounge
https://m.facebook.com/events/865153777190485/
August 29th: San Luis Obispo
https://www.facebook.com/events/507533426674829/
August 30th: Santa Cruz
August 31st: Oakland
https://www.facebook.com/events/657379241442027/
September 1st: Arcata
August 22nd: Seattle @ Teatro de la Psychomachia
https://www.facebook.com/events/501736640582826/
August 23rd: Port Townsend @ Boxtruck Boulevard
August 24th: Olympia @ Stump Meadow
August 25th: Portland @ Tonic Lounge
https://m.facebook.com/events/865153777190485/
August 29th: San Luis Obispo
https://www.facebook.com/events/507533426674829/
August 30th: Santa Cruz
August 31st: Oakland
https://www.facebook.com/events/657379241442027/
September 1st: Arcata
July 5, 2019
Ten years ago, during the summer of 2009 we recorded our first full-length album. It was a somewhat faltering and half-formed endeavor, but it broke new ground for us and opened doors that changed our lives and transformed our existence as a band. Last year, the Aristocrazia Webzine published a retrospective review of this album written by Federico Drago. We feel that this short review accurately interprets some of the intentions we expressed in this work. We would like to share it in remembrance of that time in our lives.
Aristocraziawebzine: reviews Alda-Self titled
Aristocraziawebzine: reviews Alda-Self titled
May 18, 2019
On August 3rd we will play in Portland, Oregon at the High Water Mark in support of Eneferens, who will be passing through the Pacific Northwest en-route from Minnesota. Joining us that evening will be Barrowlands (from Portland) and a rare solo performance by Don Anderson (of Khôrada, Sculptured and Agalloch). It has been several years since we have been to Portland, and we are excited to share that night with some artists whose music has inspired us!
Facebook event page
Facebook event page
March 9, 2019
This coming June we will play at the annual Summer Solstice festival at Red Hawk Avalon. This gathering has been named "Litha Cascadia" for this year, but it takes place at the same location and time as the Thirst for Light festivals, which we have performed at a few times over the past few years. We would also like to notify our friends and fans that we will most likely perform a set of entirely new and un-recorded material. We have been working on new compositions for the last several months, and we are excited to share this music with you all. Plans for recording are on the horizon as well!
Keep your ears to the ground...
Litha Cascadia
Keep your ears to the ground...
Litha Cascadia
October 1, 2018
A couple of fans of our music recently created this acoustic adaptation of our song "The Clearcut" from our album Passage, and were kind enough to share it with us. They are Frédéric Berger and Maxime Chénie from Laval, Quebec. Thank you Frédéric and Maxime...
August 16, 2018
Our brothers in Harrow recently released their new album "Fire in the Mountains". We were lucky enough to hear some of the new songs live when we played with them in Victoria for the Vancouver Island Metal Fest and were very excited about the new material. These are some great people making great music. Check it out!
harrowblackmetal.bandcamp.com
harrowblackmetal.bandcamp.com
July 11, 2018
For those who live in the South Puget Sound region, or may happen to be traveling through the region, copies of our "Passage" LPs may be found at Rainy Day Records on 5th Avenue in Downtown Olympia.
rainydayolympia.net
rainydayolympia.net
July 10, 2018
Some of the leftover merch from our European Tour this past Spring is available on the SMGS website: sickmangettingsickrecords.tictail.com.
For those in the US (and abroad), we still have t-shirts with our "Coyote" design on our official band merch page: alda.bigcartel.com
For those in the US (and abroad), we still have t-shirts with our "Coyote" design on our official band merch page: alda.bigcartel.com
June 21, 2018
A note for everyone who has ordered t-shirts: we will not be mailing out any more orders until the middle of next week, due to our presence at the Thirst for Light festival this weekend. So if your order hasn't arrived yet and you don't hear back from us, don't despair! We will get it out to you as soon as we can.
And regarding Thirst for Light... we are very much looking forward to playing again alongside so many of our old friends. See you on Saturday!
And regarding Thirst for Light... we are very much looking forward to playing again alongside so many of our old friends. See you on Saturday!
June 14, 2018
On August 18th we will be returning to Victoria, British Columbia, to participate in the Vancouver Island Metal Fest with our old friends Harrow, as well as Heidenland and Mandragora. It has been a few years since we made the trip to Victoria, and we are looking forward to it. We will also certainly have copies of the Passage LP for those who are interested.
In other news, we have finally begun performing some of the new material we have been working on. Expect more music from us on the horizon...
In other news, we have finally begun performing some of the new material we have been working on. Expect more music from us on the horizon...
June 14, 2018
We have our new shirt in stock on our merch page finally, for those friends and fans of ours in North America who missed out on seeing us on our European tour... or for folks in Europe who missed us as well. For those who may have missed our original post, the image was drawn by David Csicsely, and depicts a Coyote with a mouse in their mouth, stalking though a stand of Alder trees. Shirts produced by American Apparel, 100% cotton.
alda.bigcartel.com
alda.bigcartel.com
April 24, 2018
We are presently in the waning days of our European tour, playing London tonight, Cardiff tomorrow, and Nottingham on the 26th. We have sold out of our copies of the Passage LP release unfortunately for those who were hoping to grab copies at our UK shows, but the pre-order for the European release is still available here:
sickmangettingsick.recordss
sickmangettingsick.recordss
March 24, 2018
We have news regarding pre-orders of our latest album Passage on vinyl as well as reissues of our back catalog with improved CD layouts and also a third pressing of :Tahoma: on DLP reissued via sickmangettingsick.records & Eisenwald. We will have vinyl copies of Passage available to our upcoming European tour this spring. These are all up and available for pre-order.
Bindrune Recordings co-release with Eisenwald Records. Bindrune Recordings will have copies available the first week of May for all those located here in the states.
N. American orders visit: Bindrune Recordings
EU orders visit: Eisenton | sickmangettingsick.recordss
Bindrune Recordings co-release with Eisenwald Records. Bindrune Recordings will have copies available the first week of May for all those located here in the states.
N. American orders visit: Bindrune Recordings
EU orders visit: Eisenton | sickmangettingsick.recordss
ALDA - Passage
Gatefold DLP + 12 page booklet - May 25th |
ALDA - :Tahoma:
Gatefold DLP + 4 page booklet/insert - May 25th |
ALDA - ALDA
Deluxe 6 panel Digisleeve CD - May 25th |
ALDA - :Tahoma:
Deluxe 6 panel Digisleeve CD - May 25th |
March 22, 2018
We would like to share the work of our friend Kevin Alexandrowicz, who drew the interior illustrations for "Passage". Kevin is a old friend of ours, and we love the art he has shared with us. He has prints for sale on his etsy page www.etsy.com/shop/archaicgrowth, and may be followed on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/archaicgrowth/
March 1, 2018
Tour poster for for our upcoming journey. Thanks a lot to Benny of Druckwelle for this amazing work. We will have several copies as a riso print version available at our shows.
ALDA (Olympia - USA) European Tour Spring 2018
ALDA (Olympia - USA) European Tour Spring 2018
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This is the printed version of our official European Spring MMXVIII poster. Gold on black paper.
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February 25, 2018
David Csicsely has created another stunning piece of art for us. Our new shirt design features a Coyote prowling through a stand of Alder trees, with a captured Mouse held in its mouth. We chose these animals and trees for this image because they are emblematic of resilience and adaptation in the face of destruction and change. David has brought several of our concepts into visual reality, and we greatly appreciate this opportunity to work with him again! We will have this design on shirts for our European tour, and we will try and have some available for our US show in March.
February 25, 2018
We have an announcement to make regarding our upcoming European Tour in April. Regretfully, Tim Brown will not be able to accompany us for this journey due to some personal circumstances and obligations. Tim, along with Steph, Jace and Michael, is a founding member of Alda, and has been a critical contributor to every piece of music that Alda has written. We have never played a show without him, and it saddens us that he cannot be present for this tour, although he will be with us in the spirit of our songs. Our old friend Johnny DeLacy will play guitar with us in Tim's stead. For over ten years, we have played many shows with the various projects Johnny has been a part of, which include Fauna, Sadhaka, Ekstasis, Eigenlicht, and probably others as well. Johnny has been an inspiration to us musically, and we are grateful to have him with us for the tour.
February 11, 2018
For our Cascadian family... and for those who may wander in from further regions, be will be playing a tour kick-off show in Olympia on March 24th, a week or so before departing for Europe. With us will be some beloved old friends... Huldrekall (old friends, collaborators and tour-mates), Vouna (brand new band, members of Vradiazei, Organelle, + With the End in Mind!), and Forest of Grey (who we have not played with in years!). Come revel in the darkness with us if you can make it out...
Facebook event page
Facebook event page
January 6, 2018
December 23, 2017
December 20, 2017
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The third edition of Resist.Rewild.Fest will take place on the 12th of April 2018 with Alda sharing the stage with Waldgeflüster & Kultist. Facebook event page |
Join us in welcoming the wild and unrestrained spirit of Alda to Roadburn on Sunday, 22 April at 013 venue as part of Roadburn 2018’s triumphant lineup. roadburn.com |
December 13, 2017
Alda is proud to announce that we will be appearing at the Doom over Leipzig festival at UT Connewitz in Leipzig Germany, April 18th - 21. A complete tour date announcement will be coming soon.
Facebook: doomoverleipzig
Tickets: www.doomoverleipzig.com
November 22, 2017
As a reminder, for any of you who may have purchased tickets for our December 28th show with Panopticon, Falls of Rauros and Woman is the Earth, the location of the venue has been moved from the Triple Rock to the Turf Club at 1601 University Ave W in Saint Paul. The show is 21+ now unfortunately, but those under 21 who bought tickets when it was at the Triple Rock can still get in. See you there! We're looking forward to it.
September 27, 2017
Novemthree which consists of Pythagumus & Michael (Alda), are playing tonight along with Wēoh and Aerial Ruin which are on the road supporting their new album 'Nameless Sun' . Come join us if you are in the area. For further information about the event, please visit the link bellow.
Aerial Ruin, novemthree, Wēoh
Aerial Ruin, novemthree, Wēoh
Aerial Ruin:
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novemthree:
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Wēoh:
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August 24, 2017
We will be performing alongside Panopticon, Falls of Rauros and Woman is the Earth at the Triple Rock on December 28. Follow the link below for details.
Facebook event page / Tickets available here
Facebook event page / Tickets available here
August 15, 2017
We would like to announce that we will be working with our friends in Doomstar Bookings for a European tour in the Spring of 2018. Details are still being worked out, but we will provide updates and information as they become available. It will be great to finally cross the sea and play for those of you who have been asking us to come over for a handful of years now... stay tuned!
July 15, 2017
HammerHeart Brewing Company of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, is debuting a beer on tap this weekend named after one of our songs from our 2011 album "Tahoma". HammerHeart is run by some amazing and gifted people, and it is a honor to have this labor of love dedicated to us.
May 19, 2017
IV
Tickets and info: http://thirstforlight.com/
May 10, 2017
Fundraiser for Martyworm and his family.
Terri Rytkonen suffered a stroke yesterday which caused her to veer into a parked car. She was rushed to the hospital by ambulance where they have now found that the right side of Terri's brain has suffered massive, life threatening neurological damage leaving the left side of her body paralyzed. She is in surgery right now to alleviate further damage from the blood clot. Her brain is still swelling, but doctors are taking steps to prevent further damage. It's only been a few months since Terri received a new valve in her heart, and it is believed that insufficient prescribed amout of blood thinner allowed the clot to form.
Medically speaking, we dont know what to expect at this moment, but what we do know is that the Rytkonens will need money to make it through this tough time.
We thank you for your discretion during this time but all the love and support is of course welcomed.
https://www.gofundme.com/helptherytkonens
If you don't like to fund this campaign, that is totally fine. You can order CD's /LP's and merch from Bindrune Recordings as an alternative option and contribute directly to help support the family.
Bindrune Recordings
Terri Rytkonen suffered a stroke yesterday which caused her to veer into a parked car. She was rushed to the hospital by ambulance where they have now found that the right side of Terri's brain has suffered massive, life threatening neurological damage leaving the left side of her body paralyzed. She is in surgery right now to alleviate further damage from the blood clot. Her brain is still swelling, but doctors are taking steps to prevent further damage. It's only been a few months since Terri received a new valve in her heart, and it is believed that insufficient prescribed amout of blood thinner allowed the clot to form.
Medically speaking, we dont know what to expect at this moment, but what we do know is that the Rytkonens will need money to make it through this tough time.
We thank you for your discretion during this time but all the love and support is of course welcomed.
https://www.gofundme.com/helptherytkonens
If you don't like to fund this campaign, that is totally fine. You can order CD's /LP's and merch from Bindrune Recordings as an alternative option and contribute directly to help support the family.
Bindrune Recordings
November 21, 2016
We are planning on doing some recording, most likely in the Spring of next year. Would any folks in the PNW with recording studios (or equivalent set-ups) be interested in helping us record one-half of a split album?
July 24, 2016
Alda - Thirst For Light: Cascadian Summer Solstice MMXVI
All photos © Stefan Raduta Photography 2016
June 15, 2016
TERA SALVARIA - Ur Folk Fest 2016
09 -10.07.2016 // Grill facility Sas Dlacia, San Ciascian, Val Badia, Dolomites (Italy)
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Ekstasis, which features a member of Alda, will be performing at this year's Tera Salvaria - Ur Folk Festival in Italy alongside others bands/artists. For more information and directions please visit the link bellow.
Facebook event page: Tera Salvaria |
April 29, 2016
We will be playing once again to the upcoming "Thist For Light III" festival in June. It will be our second time to be a part of this great festival and we hope to see some of you there. For more information and tickets please visit:
Thist For Light
Thist For Light
Thirst for Light: Cascadian Summer Solstice
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June 16-20, MMXVI - Red Hawk Avalon
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Thursday
Opening Ceremony 5:00-6:00 - Anna Vo 6:00-7:00 - Serpentent 7:00-8:00 - Thunder Grey Pilgrim 8:00-9:00 - Fire Lighting 9:00-10:00 - Blind Physics 10:00-11:00 - Prisoner's Cinema 11:00-12:00 - No You Yes Me 12:00-1:00 - Late Night Mutations
Friday
Johanna Warren 3:00-4:00 -Young Hunter 4:00-5:00 - Vradiazei 5:00-6:00 - Druden 6:00-7:00 - Illudium 7:00-8:00 - Hail 8:00-9:00 - Fire Lighting 9:00-10:00 - Addaura / Witch Bottle 10:00-11:00 - Withering of Light 11:00-12:00 - Madison Mandrake 12:00-1:00 - Late Night DJ
Saturday
Court for Owls 4:00-5:00 - Xasthur 5:00-6:00 - Leadeater/Latona Odola 6:00-7:00 - Ergot Rye 7:00-8:00 - Story Telling by Ilanna Hamilton 8:00-9:00 - Fire Lighting 9:00-10:00 - Seek the Light in collaboration with... ...With the End in Mind 10:00-11:00 - Merkury 11:00-12:00 - Late Night DJ
Sunday
Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks 3:00-4:00 - Solace 4:00-5:00 - Horse Cult 5:00-6:00 - Strangeweather 6:00-7:00 - Eye of Nix 7:00-8:00 - Alda 8:00-9:00 - Fire Lighting 9:00-10:00 - Aelter IV 10:00-11:00 - Harrow 11:00-12:00 - A God or Another 12:00-1:00 - Late Night DJ
April 16, 2016
We have two new woven patch designs released by Eisenwald. This first features our logo and the second one features the 'Coyote' illustration from our latest album. They can both be purchased here:
www.eisenton.de
www.eisenton.de
For those of you located in the US, Dämmerung Arts has also our two new patch designs available. You can order them via their webshop.
Dämmerung Arts
Dämmerung Arts
logo patch
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Coyote patch
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March 26, 2016
We would like to share and support the work of Kevin Alexandrowicz, our very talented friend who contributed illustrations for our most recent album, Passage. Kevin has created an etsy page to share some of his self-made prints and t-shirts. His work is brilliant and we are very fortunate to have collaborated with him
SATYRNINE
SATYRNINE
January 15, 2016
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HammerHeart Ostarablot // 18-19 March 2016
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HammerHeart is proud to present it's second festival, Ostarablot. Hosted by Triple Rock on March 18th and 19th, 2016. Ten bands, two days. HammerHeart will have a special beer for this festival, as well as special merch.
MORE INFORMATION: http://hammerheartbrewing.com/Articles/hhostarablot.html Day 1:
Wyrding * Special performance Wilt Waldgefluster Obsequiae Falls of Rauros Day 2:
Blood and Sun * Special performance Vukari Woman is the Earth Alda Vemod |
October 19, 2015
For those interested in getting it straight from us, we now have the CD release of Passage available on our webstore. For those of you overseas however it will still probably be cheaper to get it from Eisenwald.
alda.bigcartel
alda.bigcartel
September 27, 2015
September 5, 2015
Passage, streaming in its entirety.
August 10, 2015
For those interested... the European-release of Passage will be coming through Germany's Eisanwald records. The Pre-Order will be up soon.
http://www.eisenton.de/label/
http://www.eisenton.de/label/
July 21, 2015
For those who have been waiting, the pre-order for the CD edition of Alda's "Passage" is now available.
Passage Digipak CD PRE-ORDER
Passage Digipak CD PRE-ORDER
July 8, 2015
A couple of bits of news: the Passage CD release got pushed back a little bit because of a goof-up at the pressing plant. But it should still be available through Bindrune recordings this month and the preorder will be up soon.
Also, we were interviewed by Terrorizer Magazine recently, and we were told that it would be in this month's issue. We haven't seen the issue yet, but it should be out on the stands if we understood correctly.
Also, we were interviewed by Terrorizer Magazine recently, and we were told that it would be in this month's issue. We haven't seen the issue yet, but it should be out on the stands if we understood correctly.
July 1, 2015
For all the folks who ordered shirts and tapes, our apologies for how long it's taking for us to ship all of them. We're shipping them around our work schedule and around what our little post office is able to handle. You'll get them as soon as we can get them to you!
June 16, 2015
So we've finally updated our online store and have shirts and tapes up on it. The shirts are available in both mens and womyns-fitted sizes. The cassettes contain a pre-release of our new album, courtesy of Einsamkeit. Let us know if anything seems goofy with the shipping or layout or anything.
alda.bigcartel
alda.bigcartel
Barred Owl shirt
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"Passage" Snaketree shirt
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Passage tape limited to 100 hand numbered copies. Comes in white body cassette. Includes insert. SOLD OUT
Second press and limited to 200 hand numbered copies. Comes in black body cassette. Available at: Einsamkeit
Second press and limited to 200 hand numbered copies. Comes in black body cassette. Available at: Einsamkeit
June 1, 2015
Flyer for our show in Oakland. In less than a week now we will be hitting the road. If anyone is curious about our other dates and locations, our tour poster is up on our website. On that note, our Ashland, Oregon show is a generator show in the woods. Contact Basekamp Awesome for directions.
May 31, 2015
Our third full length album "Passage" is set to be released by Bindrune Recordings on July 1st. This initial pressing will be on CD and the LP will come later this year. We're much looking forward to sharing this with all of you after all this time.
http://bindrunerecordings.com
http://bindrunerecordings.com
May 23, 2015
For those who may be interested, the pre-order of the LP re-release of our self-titled album will be available through the SMGS website tomorrow evening.
http://sickmangettingsickrecords.tictail.com/products/pre-order
http://sickmangettingsickrecords.tictail.com/products/pre-order
May 15, 2015
Poster for our tour in June with Huldrekall. Design by Chris Kalantzis, illustration by Kevin Alexandrowicz.
May 13, 2015
We will be playing the monolithic Thirst for Light festival taking place on the weekend of the Summer Solstice in Pee Ell, Washington on the beautiful and secluded land of Red Hawk Avalon. It will take place the 18th through the 21st of June, and it is also a benefit show for BARK, a partner in the effort to oppose the Nestle Corporation's project to privatize the public waters of Oxbow Springs for the purpose of bottling the water and selling. A multinational corporation damming up a public Spring with a commercial spigot! More info on this can be found here: http://bark-out.org/project/nestle-water-bottling-proposal
Tickets for Thirst for Light are available through the festival's website.
thirstforlight.com
Tickets for Thirst for Light are available through the festival's website.
thirstforlight.com
T H I R S T F O R L I G H T: Cascadian Summer Solstice II
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Four days of music, camping, hiking, swimming and late night dancing under the stars. There are several shrines tucked away in spots throughout the forest for offerings to be left for ancestors, and collective acoustic sets for those inclined to sit in and play out in the woods.
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DAY ONEJune 18th MMXV
Opening Ritual Eye of the Sun Exquisite Corpse With The End In Mind Ergot Rye Hiraeth +Late Night DJ's |
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April 15, 2015
Metal show this Friday at Obsidian in Olympia
March 24, 2015
The pre-order of the vinyl re-release of our 2009 self-titled album will be available in May. It's been a long time in the works but it's finally come to fruition, many thanks to SMGS records for their patience in this. Gracing the cover is a beautiful contribution by David Csicsely (of The Flight of Sleipnir and other projects). We've loved his music and visual art for a long time, and he drew our original t-shirt design back in 2009.
In some ways it's a strange experience to see a vinyl release of this album. We struggled creating it within a time-window of just a couple of days and were always kind of irritated by it's inadequacies. We used to hand-fold paper cases for CDr's of the album and mail them to whoever contacted us and asked for one. Now nearly six years after it's original release and over seven since the songs were written, here it comes around again.
The record is now at the pressing plant.
It will feature:
- Screen printing cover & thick printed inner sleeve.
- 500 pieces of 400 black vinyl and a limited version of 100 pieces in gold vinyl.
- Artwork by David Csicsely http://www.djcsicselyillustration.com/
Pre-order starts at the beginning of May.
http://sickmangettingsickrecords.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled
In some ways it's a strange experience to see a vinyl release of this album. We struggled creating it within a time-window of just a couple of days and were always kind of irritated by it's inadequacies. We used to hand-fold paper cases for CDr's of the album and mail them to whoever contacted us and asked for one. Now nearly six years after it's original release and over seven since the songs were written, here it comes around again.
The record is now at the pressing plant.
It will feature:
- Screen printing cover & thick printed inner sleeve.
- 500 pieces of 400 black vinyl and a limited version of 100 pieces in gold vinyl.
- Artwork by David Csicsely http://www.djcsicselyillustration.com/
Pre-order starts at the beginning of May.
http://sickmangettingsickrecords.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled
January 25, 2015
We expect our upcoming full-length "Passage" to be mastered within the week and the art and other details are falling into place. More news will be coming soon. Thank you for your patience...
October 18, 2014
Saturday, October 25th at Cryptatopa in Olympia. With our friends Eigenlicht and Huldrekall. We haven't played a show in a while and we may be a bit rusty. If you come to the show and we end up sucking, that's why.
Also, recording of "Passage" has been done for a little while now. We're tying up loose ends as schedules permit - some mixing details, putting together album art, mastering and so on.
Also, recording of "Passage" has been done for a little while now. We're tying up loose ends as schedules permit - some mixing details, putting together album art, mastering and so on.
September 15, 2014
On Saturday, November 8th we will be returning to British Columbia to perform as part of the "Tribe and Rite" conference hosted at the University of Victoria. Among us will be our good friends in Harrow as well as Dark Forest and Hive. This show is all ages. No promises, but hopefully we might have copies of our new album.
June 06, 2014
In case anyone is wondering what is going on with our recordings, most of our album has been tracked. The foundation and the structure of it has been set, but there are still the vocals, leads and other touches to be finished. The cover painting for the record is also nearly complete. We are currently working around the schedules of the people who have been helping us create this and there have been some interruptions in the process as a result, but as far as we can tell it should still be released this year. To those who have been waiting and watching, we appreciate your patience and your support.
Also SMGS is currently working to release our first self titled album on LP limited to (300 copies).
Also SMGS is currently working to release our first self titled album on LP limited to (300 copies).
May 23, 2014
Olympia, with friends. May 24th. Flyer by Kevin Alexandrowicz.
April 07, 2014
I M P O R T A N T N O T I C E
Somebody has been selling downloads of our music without permission through Amazon and iTunes under the name "Dream Fighter Productions". If you come across this, don't download it. Our music is available for free download in many places. Also they butchered the cover art for Tahoma on these pages and slapped their shady production name on the cover of it, so shame on them.
Somebody has been selling downloads of our music without permission through Amazon and iTunes under the name "Dream Fighter Productions". If you come across this, don't download it. Our music is available for free download in many places. Also they butchered the cover art for Tahoma on these pages and slapped their shady production name on the cover of it, so shame on them.
March 16, 2014
We've been working on the recording of our next album over the past month or two, currently titled "Passage". We should be done with it this Spring, if all things fall into place the way we'd like them to. Bindrune Recordings will be releasing it on CD, and European distribution will be facilitated by Sweden's Nordvis records, so that you in Europe won't have to get it shipped overseas. It is hard to put into words how much we're looking forward to bringing this project to completion.More news to come.
http://bindrunerecordings.com/
http://www.nordvis.com
http://bindrunerecordings.com/
http://www.nordvis.com
July 07, 2013
The repress of the Tahoma Double-LP will be available for pre-order on Tuesday, July 30th. Edition of 500 on red vinyl, 200 through Sick Man Getting Sick Records (Deutschland) and 300 through Replenish Records (US).
In other news, we pretty much written the entirety of what will become our next full-length record, which we intend to record this Fall. More on that later.
The represses may be ordered here:
http://sickmangettingsickrecords.tictail.com/
http://www.replenishrecords.com/
In other news, we pretty much written the entirety of what will become our next full-length record, which we intend to record this Fall. More on that later.
The represses may be ordered here:
http://sickmangettingsickrecords.tictail.com/
http://www.replenishrecords.com/
June 24, 2013
January 21, 2013
We're going to be playing the Eternal Warfare Festival in Salem, Oregon. Also playing with us will be awesome acts such as HELL, Mania, Velnias, Will O' the Wisp and many others. We'll probably being playing on Saturday the 30th of March.
In further news, we're currently working on booking a trio of Canadian shows with the B.C. band Harrow... more information on that later. Also, repressings of our now-antique couple of full-length albums are coming soon on CD and LP.
Eternal Warfare
In further news, we're currently working on booking a trio of Canadian shows with the B.C. band Harrow... more information on that later. Also, repressings of our now-antique couple of full-length albums are coming soon on CD and LP.
Eternal Warfare
December 01, 2013
Alda will be playing an all-ages show at the Cockpit in Seattle with Body Betrayal for the inaugural show of their upcoming tour, along with Kohosh and Dogjaw. We will have copies of the Tahoma LP and some embroidered patches available at the show. This beautiful poster was crafted by Matthew of Body Betrayal.
November 15, 2012
We will be playing once again at the annual Yule Gathering in Olympia, the weekend of the Winter Solstice on the 22nd of December. Also playing are Novemthree and River, which both feature a member of Alda. We've been involved with this event for several years now, and many of our old friends, very amazing and influential acts will be performing this year, some who have not performed in over six years. This show will again be a benefit show for formerly imprisoned activists who have recently been released, some of whom will be performing.
October 10, 2012
We will be performing in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle on November 16th at the Josephine, which is where our first show performing as Alda was back in 2008. Joining us are At the Head of the Woods, Forest of Grey, Addaura and Hallow. Everyone who is playing with us are old friends of ours, and it will be the first Forest of Grey performance in quite a long time. It will actually be starting around 6pm, as Hail had to cancel their appearance.
Brotherhood Under Lupine
Brotherhood Under Lupine
September 15, 2012
Here is a recent interview with us, courtesy of the Severed Heads Open Minds blog. This was a fun interview for us to conduct, and it covers some topics not previously discussed in past dialogues, such as some of the symbolism related to the art in our album as well as some of our perspectives and positions on some issues.
Interview can be read here:
Severed Heads Open Minds
Interview can be read here:
Severed Heads Open Minds
June 17, 2012
The :Tahoma: CD is available for pre-order through Pest Productions. We'll have some shirts and likely some patches too available through Pest later on. Also, a repressing of our first album on CD is set to be released through Misanthropic Art Productions later this year, when we get it all together.
The CD repress of :Tahoma: may be ordered here:
Pest Productions
The CD repress of :Tahoma: may be ordered here:
Pest Productions
January 06, 2012
Updated flyer with supporting bands.
December 27, 2011
In early February we will be doing a three-date mini tour in the Pacific Northwest with Hallow (Eugene doom with ex-members of Addaura, Sanctum, ect.). We are going to do our best to pull it together and have shirts and things for the shows, and we'll do mailorder for what is left over, since we know that there are several people out there who want them but can't make it out to the shows. The locations have not been set yet, but they will be hosted in Eugene, Portland and Seattle. We'll post more about it when we know.
December 03, 2011
Winter Solstice Gathering MMXI at the Midnight Sun in Olympia.
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