Context
A recurring event creates continuity: not just one night, but a recognizable place where artists, audiences and venues can meet again under a shared frame.
Blood Rite & The Tower
Recurring KAALA event formats connecting heavy and extreme artists through deliberately assembled underground bills.
KAALA’s roleEvent organizer, curator and documentarian
Relevant toArtists, audiences and event collaborators
What KAALA did
- Produced the numbered Blood Rite series, with surviving records spanning Volumes XI and XII in 2016 through the twenty-third event in 2024.
- Developed The Tower as a festival format; the 2018 fan-tour itinerary included the ten-band Tower Vol. 2.
- Preserved flyers, video and editorial records that make the event history inspectable.
What the record supports
- Blood Rite reached its twenty-third documented event in November 2024.
- The Tower Vol. 2 became a central stop in the itinerary profiled by Decibel.
- Blood Rite Vol. 24 was scheduled for August 8, 2026 when this record was assembled; it is not described here as completed.
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