We are excited to share the final routing dates for our European Summer Tour: “Til Death We Ride.”
Crossing the Styx with full force, UADA will be traversing new territories and haunting a few return-festivals as well as many new. A lot of special moments and lifetime goals will be achieved on this mission, and we are hungry to share our craft with you all.
“And we crawl higher…”
Artwork by Natalia Nowacka / Extinct Sacrif
On this vernal equinox, we are proudly able to finally unveil the official music video for “Retraversing the Void.” Our greatest acknowledgments and appreciation to all who helped manifest this vision into reality.
“Ever since the cloaked Pacific Northwest band appeared on the music radar, UADA has always been electrified by both polar worlds. Their echelon was stark and meaningful. Within the stretch of 3 albums as well as dense and triumphant live shows across the globe, they have not only spiked the map of extreme metal music, but their unrelenting touring schedule an unbridled will to push forward into new horizons has also earned them a reception in all the extremes imaginable, be it worship or spite.
5 sonic vessels form the nucleus of ‘Crepuscule Natura’, and within it’s 41 minutes, the record easily creates a sonic and aesthetic bridge between the band`s debut, ‘Devoid of Light’ (2016), and their sophomore effort
‘Cult of a Dying Sun’ (2018), only to forge onward upon the relentless path set forth with ‘Djinn’ (2020). Here, a more refined and muscular, yet no less melodic stronghold awaits. On ‘Crepuscule Natura’, UADA provides all their memorable hooks, tasteful leads, and riding blasts in their distinct style, balancing their epic surging melodies with powerful spurts of aggression. Just like the band’s smoke-heavy shows, the momentum and emphasis of their craft always stays grandiose, mythical, and triumphant – all the while making sure to birth a couple of new fan favorites and soon-to-be staple live songs.
‘Crepuscule Natura’, once again graced by the artwork of legendary Kris Verwimp and photography by Peter Beste, shows UADA on fire to unleash the marrow of black heavy metal.”
Tracklisting:
01. The Abyss Gazing Back (7:50)
02. Crepuscule Natura (6:38)
03. The Dark (Winter) (7:31)
04. Retraversing the Void (7:44)
05. Through the Wax and Through the Wane (12:03)
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Since their formation in 2014, Uada's rise has been meteoric. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, the band quietly released their debut album, Devoid of Light in 2016 through and word of mouth quickly built from there: here was BLACK METAL writ large, classic and uncompromising but brimming with power, soul, and artistry, and all without bluster and bathos. Uada's debut album surely expanded the lexicon of the melodic black metal idiom, and the underground took notice.
Two years later came Cult of a Dying Sun, whereby the band further perfected their craft and compellingly took to the stage, their performances garnering as much acclaim as their recordings. During all this, more than the underground started to take notice; the name Uada was on the tongues of folks usually reticent to black metal.
In 2020, almost effortlessly, Uada fully perfect their craft and delivered Djinn. Simply titled but by no means simple in construction nor execution, Djinn builds upon the increasingly ambitious songwriting of its no-less-considerable predecessor, but pushes their dazzling artistry into nearly Technicolor landscapes of the Beyond.
Featured in:
the 50 best American metal bands from the past decade by KERRANG!
100 Best Albums of the the last decade special by DECIBEL MAGAZINE
10 black metal bands from outside Europe every fan should know by THE PIT
10 albums that redefined black metal by Louder Sound
Press feedback:
"worthy of our your undivided attention at worst, and complete worship at best." - DECIBEL (review of 'Djinn', Magazine Cover feature September 2020 issue)
"This album is a triumph of underground culture"
- VIA OMEGA (review of 'Cult of a Dying Sun')
"So good, it could start its very own genre."
- ECHOES & DUST (review of' Devoid of Light')
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