Much news! Huldrekall - River - Cloudling

Soooo it appears that i havn't posted in quite some time. Things have been busy around here this last year and I guess I've neglected my internet presence even more then usual.... oh well!

So the Huldrekall/Spektral Hatchery split came out. 1 track each from both bands of some seriously high quality material. I personally believe that the Huldrekall track is our strongest song to date, but give it a listen on bandcamp and you be the judge. Tapes are available through the bandcamp page or through oldschool email, just hit me up and let me know what you'd like and where you're at and ill send you a total including shipping.

In more recent news, Huldrekall played the Cascadian Yule festival last month. The fest went over very well and was a great experience per usual. We have 2 shows coming up soon, the first will be on 2/4 at the Oldschool Pizzeria with Cyberplasm and Carrion Bloom (ill post a flyer when one appears)


The 2nd will be the following night at Cryptatropa with Striations, Human Agony and Meth Goat. Both shows should be brutal as fuck, come out if you can!

In other news, I am pleased to announce that i will be soon entering into the studio to record a full length with my new project titled Cloudling. The album will be 6 tracks of ethereal synths and majestic acoustics, similer in some ways to my work with River but considerably more ambient. I will post more info soon.

I suppose while on the topic of River, after 6 years of silence, we have finally finished recording our new album. We are now in the mixing process and i will post a prerelease track once its available.

Much more news to come, hopefully much sooner then later...

Huldrekall Recording, Mercury/Cavernous Womb + General News Update

It brings me much pleasure to announce that the Huldrekall west coast tour went over fantastically and that recording for our upcoming full length is complete! We now begin the mixing and mastering stage but the most difficult aspects are done and over with. We will also be performing in Seattle next month on monday the 18th at Black Lodge with the mighty Barghest! I'll post the flyer once its available.

Im also pleased to announce the arrival of E-016 "Mercury / Cavernous Womb" split. 100 copies on pro-dubbed and inlayed cassettes with hand made and numbered J-cards.  Mercury's side is split into a two part epic of dark droning synth and heavy psychedelic acoustic guitar. The Cavernous Womb side is one long hypnotic piece comprised of dueling synths and percussion. Both side would be well suited for your next trip into the astral plane.  To commemorate the arrival of the new tape we will be hosting a show for both projects within the next few weeks here in Olympia. More details will be posted as things solidify.

Here is a list of all the tapes i currently have available and what will be coming in the next few seasons (except the Mercury/Cavernous Womb which is already in). I'm sending out for the Waul of the Weald and Deprogram tapes within the next week or so so those will be the next up. I'll keep you posted as to further happenings. All tapes are $6 plus shipping, if your interested in ordering you can do so by emailing me and letting me know what you would like and where your located, or you can do it through the Big Cartel page HERE.  Until next time...

Huldrekall West Coast Tour 2016! + Moondawn Recordings

I'm pleased to announce that Huldrekall will be embarking on a tour down the coast at the end of May. Here's the show info:

Thurs 5/26 - Olympia, WA @ Flophouse w/ Ox, Perfect People & Quayde Lahue
Sat 2/28 - Seattle, WA @ Substation w/ Addaura and Atriarch
Sun 5/29 - Portland, OR @ High Water Mark w/ Mania, Hail and Withering of Light
Wed 6/1 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Cafe Pergolessi w/Death Monk & Disgusted Geist
Thurs 6/2 - Oakland, CA @ The Golden Bull w/ Void Omnia, Scarz & Barren Altar
Fri 6/3 - Chico, CA @ Monstro's Pizza w/ Tiny Knives, Pink Bandana, Tri-Lateral Dirts Commission
Sat 6/4 - Eugene, OR @ Ritval w/ Tawuse Malek and Randall T. Collier-Ford
Sun 6/5 - Olympia, WA @ Cryptatropa w/ Savage and Scalafreya

If anyone is able to help out with our Sacramento show it would be much
appreciated!

In other news, we put together a soundcloud page for Moondawn. You can listen to the recordings we've made so far HERE

also I put together a big cartel page to make ordeing easier. You can find it HERE

Cavernous Update

So with much thanks to good friend Yasuhiro, the tracks from the 2 Cavernous Womb releases are now available in digital format. I created a bandcamp page and now the tracks are available for streaming and free download HERE . In addition, the set that was performed the other night at the Crypt was recorded live and will probobly be popping up sometime in the near future.

I would also like to announce that a previously unreleased Cavernous Womb track from 2013 entitled "Enveloped in Glistening Rays of Sunshine" will finally see the light of day on an upcoming Cavernous Womb /// Mercury split tape. More details will come as plans get further solidified.

Huldrekall, Hiding and Cavernous Womb 4/3

Sunday April 3rd will bring Eugene's own black metal titans, Hiding, to the Crypt here in Olympia. Joining them will be Huldrekall (playing some new material) and a somewhat rare appearance by Cavernous Womb. Bands start at 9:45 and I believe Cavernous Womb is opening.

Sludge and Ambient show 3/25!

On Friday March 25th heavy sludger's, Dispossessed, from Portland will be playing at Cryptatropa here in Oly. Performing with them will be a new project I've been playing with, currently under the working title Moondawn. It features Lily from Squilll on guitar/sounds and myself on synths/samples. Expect very laid back and psychedelic ambient/drone. You can hear a demo recording of our most recent practice HERE . Show should start around 9:30ish and bring cash for the out of town band!

MANIA, RIVER, HULDREKALL, ALDA, BLACKMOLD and TWILIGHT FALLS

So after much anticipation and far too much work I am pleased to announce the arrival of six new(ish) tapes. They are as follows:

E - 001 Twilight Falls - Lore From an Ancient Forest

2nd repress of original 2004 Tape. Pro-dubbed and hand labeled. Limited to 145 hand numbered copies on card stock with new artwork. Includes 2 bonus tracks from Twilight Falls / Bleak split "Ode to Nothingness". Repeats on both sides. Twilight Falls was/is a musical entity from the west coast of America playing a style of black metal that is extremely harsh yet beautifully melodic. going between passages of intense black metal and beautiful yet twisted acoustic and ambient, this tape is seriously awesome. I cant compare it to any band cause it has a sound and style all its own. Includes members of Boreal and Stellar Decent.

E - 011 Alda - Passage

2nd press.  Pro-dubbed and hand labeled. Limited to 200 hand numbered copies on card stock.  Alda, from rural Pierce County, Cascadia plays fantastically beautiful melodic black metal in a similaresque style to Bergtatt era Ulver.  Passage is their 2nd full length offering and their best yet in my opinion.  This album includes their trademark melodic black metal sound mixed with occasional clean vocals and glorious acoustic passages.

E - 012 Huldrekall - Into the Æther

2nd press.  Pro-dubbed and hand labeled. Limited to 200 hand numbered copies on card stock w/ full color artwork.  Huldrekall is from Olympia, Cascadia and play psychedelic black metal with heavy crust punk undertones.   Into the Æther is our first full length and includes some of the most intense output we have created yet.  Includes lots of fast blast beats, headbanging riffs and ambient acoustic/synth elements.   For fans of Taake,  Nagelfar and Ludicra.

E - 013 BlackMold - Demos Compilation

Repress of 2 demos on one tape.  Pro-dubbed and hand labeled.  Limited to 100 hand numbered copies on card stock.  Includes BlackMold Rehearsal Demo 2013 (side A) and Reign in Filth Demo 2011 (side B) .  BlackMold dwells in and around the Olympia area and plays heavy crust metal in a similar vein to Axegrinder, Motorhead and Mercyful Fate.  This collection of demos is being repressed in anticipation of the first BlackMold full length, due to be recorded/released this coming fall/winter.

E - 014 River - River

1st Repress, originally released by Eternal Warfare in 2010.  Pro-dubbed and hand labeled.  Limited to 100 copies on card stock.  River hails from multiple locations in the western Washington and Oregon areas and includes members of Mania, Alda and Huldrekall.  This was our 1st full length and is an all acoustic and instrumental neo-folk album in a similar vein as Ulver's Kveldssanger album.  This album is being repressed in anticipation of a new River full length, due to be recorded and released this coming Fall/Winter as well.

E - 015 Mania - Revel

1st press on tape.  Pro-dubbed and hand labeled.  Limited to 100 copies on card stock.  Includes amazing artwork by Eric Stotik.  This is Mania's most recent full length and continues on in his trademark twisted black metal/doom sound.   Lots of ambient influence and intense blast beats sends this release waaaay over the top.  Highly recommended for fans of Ruins of Beverast and other depraved blackened doom.

In addition to the above I still have some copies of Mercury - Inari and Wake - Discography. As well as Huldrekall "wolves" shirts and will very soon(within the week) have new Huldrekall "Nazi Metalheads Fuck Off" shirts. Ill post as soon as those are available. Unfortunately due to the rising cost of bulk tapes and photo-copying all tapes will be $6 dollars from now on. If you are interested email me at einsamkristall@gmail.com and include what you would like and where you are located so i can send you a total including shipping.

News & distro update

So ive been meaning to add these to the site but have been forgetful so here it goes...  Some what recently i recieved some copies of the original Wake 2008 demo cd-r. We sewed and stenciled the cases ourselves from dumpstered canvas and the cd-r comes with a pretty sweet 11"x17" poster with the lyrics on the back. Only 100 (possibly a few less) were made and most were thought to have been distributed years ago, however Taylor(Wake guitarist/vocalist) found some in an old moving box and gave some to me. Now this gem of kvltness can be yours for $10.

Also even less recently i got a bunch of copies of the River self-titled tour cassette. River on this recording is: Nate(Leech, Mania)-steel string guitar/octave mandolin/vocals, Micheal(Alda, Novemthree)-bodhrán/vocals and myself, Dylan(Wake, Huldrekall)-classical guitar/octave mandolin/vocals. We released the album for our autumnal equinox tour 2010 through nates label, Eternal Warfare, and seeing as his webstore is usually closed i figured id make it available here. Ive also decided to make all tapes $5ppd in the US.....

As far as Einsamkeit related news goes, the recording has been completed for a yet unnamed ambient split featuring Huldrekall guitarist Clay and myself on one side, and members of seattle doom band, Aurora Bridge on the other. We are currently awaiting the recording of their side and to put together the artwork but the tape should be out hopefully very soon.......