The name Allura'taq is a conglomeration of several Alutiiq words, among them 'stranger' and 'singer'. Bobby Savage and Jeff Kastelic have been playing music together for over a decade in bands such as: Full Frontal Assault, KodiaK and Devilry(U.S.). The duo hail from the Pacific Northwest; Bobby Savage from Alaska, Jeff Kastelic from Washington state. Allura'taq captures the deep, manic energy that stems from nature and the celestial. Melodic and sometimes chaotic, Allura'taq is continually influenced by European Metal made in late 80's and 90's to produce music that is powerful, dark and exhilarating.

-"Beyond what can be mortally known, 

Unearthly inversion, drawn in shadows"

 

-REVIEWS-

"...Unearthly Inversion wastes no time with intros and instead kicks off with a blitz of guitars, drums and the dark, guttural moans of Kastelic. Throughout the album, the vocals are sagely buried by the pummeling assault of instrumentation and emerge like faceless voices roaring from the cover of dense fog in a frozen wilderness.

The album in its entirety evokes an atmosphere that seems to fluctuate between disorder and direction, mayhem and tranquility, discord and harmony. The songs’ compositions are melodic and driving at times, then blistering and exhaustive in others – often occurring within the same song. The album closes with, “Circle of Curses,” an epic 12-and-a-half-minute example of such an arrangement, before the last note rings out to silence.

Unearthly Inversion clocks in at more than 40 minutes of inspired Black Metal. While clearly influenced by the likes of Immortal and Darkthrone, Allura’taq is anything but a bland reproduction of those bands. The Pacific Northwest has become the birthplace of great music in this genre over the years and this band, uniquely its own, can go up against any of them."

-Adam Walker

Published in the October 2015 issue of What’s Up! Magazine