Alda are a band from Tacoma, Washington that plays a very atmospheric form of Cascadian black metal and this is a review of their 2012 album "Tahoma" which was released by Replenish Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being used at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars, as for the folk instruments which are only used briefly bring a very nature orientated pagan feeling to the album.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast Cascadian style black metal riffs that utilize some raw and primitive sounding elements as well as a great amount of melody in the riffing, while the lead guitars are very melodic sounding post black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized use finger picking and full chords to enhance the dark atmosphere of the album.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams as well as a brief use of clean singing, while the lyrics cover darkness, nature and philosophical themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it with most of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Alda are a very great sounding atmospheric Cascadian black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Adrift" and "Wandering Spirit". 8 out of 10.
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