The history of Invisible Fortress started long time ago in the pre-pandemic year of 2018 in an (almost) sane world far far away, when two people met on Reddit - a vocalist who wanted to tell stories, and a guitarist who just wanted to write beautiful metal music for a sad world. Unfortunately, they were from different countries, forced into distancing and online collaboration before it was (cool) mandatory.

And that’s how the story of Jack (of Seattle, USA) and Oskar (of Deadmonton, Canada) began.

Oskar has been writing metal music for most of his (nerdy) adult life, and was a founder of bands such as Samandriel and Storm Horizon. Outside of his full time job, he plays guitar, records music, babysits his parrot, watches footb... soccer, and does some other nerdy things like playing video games, watching sci-fi, and going grocery shopping with his girlfriend.

Jack grew up on a healthy diet of classic rock and had been itching to join a metal project for years. After failing to find anyone locally who shared his taste, he was forced to outsource to the frozen north. Now that he has given up on rescuing his dwindling coolness, he proudly claims the titles of girl dad, tea party host, ballerina dancer, and silly beast. He’s pretty sure his scaly friend Mr Snake would gladly eat Oskar’s parrot (all the more reason for long distance). When work is done and the kids are in bed, he spends his time writing the stories of the lost and forgotten, the heroes of eons past.

Their debut album, Sojourner, released in October 2020, was under development for two years, and the release coincided with the middle of the pandemic.  The album, like most metal, was planned as dark and gloomy, but has been overshadowed by the state of the world, becoming more like a soundtrack to the current reality. It tells the story of a person leaving their homeland devastated by darkness, descending into regret and madness, being rescued by a force of light, and returning home to rally their people together against the darkness.

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Check out my music video for "Not The One" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TyVVmzJxI0
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WOW! 3,000 followers, many thanks to everyone who listens to my music
and to the brilliant voices of "Fignola Alexandre" , "DivinityinLove" and "Amira" .. 
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So you can now find me on Spotify and a bunch of other services.
https://open.spotify.com/search/results/dakoda%20sada
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soundcloud is stealing your music to train AI now. not so cool. check out bandcamp for goofy stuff

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iMC3jntDJEH7JeEB2GGah?si=XVVRQHbqRxyBk15lbp5h3Q

spicy mike doesn’t exist. 

He’s fiction. A dish for you to consume. spicy mike is the product of many people, designed to look like the effortless and odorless shit of one man. He’s a pill that cures the guilt you get when the neighborhood homeless man asks you for spare change and you say no. 

spicy mike sings lo-fi folk songs so you can show your friends how interesting and woke you are. You don't want to think too hard. But you'd like to think you've got good taste. You ARE your tastes, and you've got a taste for music that sounds like nothing else out there. You want to feel like you're making a difference, like you're a part of something bigger than yourself, something real. 

spicy mike just wants Bob Dylan to hear his album.

You’re reading his “bio,” a desperate pitch to get you to listen to his music. You might already be listening to his music, music he made; but why did he make it? God only knows. (it's for Bob Dylan)

At one point it could’ve been about the money. But this music is all free. 

Yes, someone made this bio, and someone made this music, but who? spicy mike? Does this sound like him to you? Do you know him? And if you think you know him, who’s to say he hasn’t changed? Do any of us go to sleep at night the same person who woke up that morning?

Maybe if enough of you listen to spicy mike's album, Bob Dylan will too. Or his music will fall on deaf ears. So be it. spicy mike doesn’t even realize he’d be better off. 

But then again, he doesn’t exist.

Loving this crazy ride
Damn it’s short and at times bittersweet 
Not looking to change the whole world 
But I’m slammin my little drum to the beat

Soundcloud is stealing your music to train AI. That's why it sounds decent. Cause it's copying me. Check out my bandcamp(s) to listen my newer stuff now.

Elephant Castle - the retro-inspired indie rock project from Los Angeles-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Danyew, formed in late 2019. The first single, “Cool To Be Unhappy,” was released on March 27, 2020 with warm welcome. A fresh take on the break-up ballad, Rolling Stone called the track a "roll-around-in-your-underwear-while-the-sun-seeps-through-the-window song.”

Elephant Castle released four subsequent singles with enthusiastic buzz, and is now back for their first release of 2021. Swirling with frenetic energy against a backdrop of lofty vocals and hypnotic organ, “In Circles” tackles the ordinary yet complex struggle to embrace who you really are. 

Raised in Oceanside, CA, Danyew has been writing and recording music since age 12 after stealing his father’s tape recorder. Growing up listening to 50s and 60s oldies, Elephant Castle is a response to these early influences combined with a love for vintage synths, layered vocals, the dreamy sounds of tape saturation and analog gear.

Danyew spent six years as a touring member of the band Foster the People. He left at the beginning of 2020 to pursue his own music.

Singer, songwriter. Lets make some music.

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