Alda- ::Tahoma::

Alda - ::Tahoma:: - This record is remarkably beautiful.  This also made my year end list for 2011.   I guess in a sense, this record is Cascadian Black Metal, through and through.  Some folks would probably be quick to lump this in with Wolves In The Throne Room, or Fauna, but this record has a power and originality all it's own. 

This record is filled with sadness and rage at our mechanized, lockstep, spiritually bereft, technological death culture, but also a deep sense of awe, and wonder at the natural world, and a deepset belief that some semblance of sanity, and return to a sense of respect and reverence for the natural world could still save us.  Five songs, and not a single one of them misses anything.  The power in this little cassette is undeniable.  I had the pleasure of seeing this band live in the Pacific Northwest at the beginning of this year, and it was one of the finer shows I've been to in recent memory.  It underscored the amazing, transformative power that music can have for me. 

Here.