About this project
What is Aeterno Elementum? Part fable, part allegory, it is totally original. It has been described as a Symphonic Heavy Metal Opera with extras. What else can you call a show that has martial artists, light dancers, aerialists, two operatic Sopranos and a Tenor, actors, chorus (The wonderful Creepy Effing Monks), lights, smoke and one of the Northwest’s most talented bands: Ara’Kus? In a word: Unique.
The music of Aeterno Elementum is being released in three parts:
On July 31st, the Historic Everett Theatre saw the première of this show, which also constituted the release of Volume I, and it was a rocking success. Volume II was a smaller affair at a local club. We busted our chops, our buns and busted all records to put on this show. The trouble is we also busted our bank account. Now Aeterno Elementum is due to return to the stage, even bigger, bolder and more fantastic than before and to finish the release with the Volume III CD. But we need help to do it.
See a review of Volume I here.
We need:
Theatre Rental - $1000.00
Sound Equipment - $650.00
100 Posters - $97.21
5,000 Postcards - $113.40
Set/costumes/repairs - $300.00
Volume III CDs - $99.00
Total of $2259.61
Should we be fortunate enough to go over this amount, any extra will be applied to the cost of printing up the final full version of the CDs.
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A copy of Aeterno Elementum Volume 1, 2 or 3 (can be specified in the correspondence)
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Full album plus signed poster and two tickets to Aeterno Elementum
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Full album, signed poster, two tickets and limited edition Aeterno Elementum T-shirt
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Custom leather case copy of the full album, signed poster, two tickets in the VIP select seats, limited edition AE shirt, backstage VIP passes
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Same as $250 level, but with a custom made Creepy Effin' Monk (tm) robe and honorary certificate of Creepy Effin' Monk (tm) Initiation and a guest appearance in the show as a Creepy Effin' Monk (tm)
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Same as $500 level, but rather than appearing as a Creepy Effin' Monk (tm) you'll be written in to the script as a character who will then be forever immemorialized as part of the Aeterno Elementum mythos
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ArA’KuS, well known in the Seattle area heavy metal underground scene for their ability to deliver a live performance of epic proportions with their crushing guitar harmonies, seismic percussion and an increasingly abnormal union of stage presentation and intellectual story telling, is a concept based band that wants its listeners not to simply hear the music and sing the lyrics, but to enter the story and be consumed; to feel the music and become it.
