Hailing from Portland USA, UADA has spent the last decade breathing haunting and exhilarating life into the classic 90s black metal sound. Lush layers of melody have consistently ridden alongside a razor sharp attack across their celebrated discography, but the band’s fourth album, 2023’s Crepuscule Natura, finds Uada spiritually ascending into the cosmos. With only their absolutely ripping live show holding their four hooded figures to this earth, the band’s first Australian tour since 2018 will see them perform three headline shows with support from the crushingly bleak death doom of Brisbane’s Malignant Aura, as well as a stop at the incredible and unique Northern Territory festival Blacken Open Air alongside Earthless, Blood Duster and more.
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 and unbridled will to push forward into new horizons has also earned them a reception in all the extremes imaginable, be it worship or spite.
On their forthcoming fourth full-length album ‘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.
Since the beginning the visual side is graced by the artwork of legendary Kris Verwimp and photograph Peter Beste.