3 Cryptos Launched

Black Diamond spontaneously, randomly launches 2 meme coins and 1 IP coin

I decided to jump into XRP’s First Ledger ecosystem recently. As you may know I’ve been an XRP hodlr for many years and my next album SVRS is funded in part by profits I made from holding XRP. Growth in 2025 will also be funded in large part by profits from XRP and even my artist name, Black Diamond, was somewhat inspired by the Diamond Hands meme that floated around the XRP army all these years, because we are insane people who held onto this token for 7 years during a lawsuit and all kinds of price craziness.

In the past few weeks I launched CRYNJ, BASTE, and ELITEFITREA, 3 tokens on the XRPL. For more information, check out our backpage here.

Thanks,
BD

Update on our Next Album

I keep our Facebook group relatively updated on our album progress but I haven’t really written anything recently for the website.

A few posts ago I shared news of our upcoming album while also announcing an Indiegogo campaign. The campaign didn't reach its goal and in hindsight I realize this could lend itself to the appearance that the album isn't happening. Although the Indiegogo campaign didn't reach its full goal, I had already independently raised funds for the album which has been underway since May.

For those that contributed to the fundraiser, perks will be fulfilled after the album is released. Originally I thought the album might be wrapped up by August but there are still a few steps to go. Keeping it sequential makes things easier for me.

While funding the album isn’t an issue, I think it could have been a better album with twice the funds at my disposal. Some of the things that I wanted to try that will not be able to happen are:

• Replacing poly-synths with pedal-steel guitar.

  • I wanted to experiment with a signal chain that included lots of reverb, overdrive, compression, a retro-color pedal of some kind, as well as ducking in time with the music. I still think this has massive potential for exploration but it will have to be done on a different project.

• Playing bass guitar through feedback distortion similar to Model-D output/input trick.

  • I wanted to create a really out there bass tone that would have required a small bundle of expensive eurorack gear.

• Hiring a dobro player to play some of the metal licks on a lap-steel slide guitar.

• Recruiting additional producers to lend more expertise to the mixing and sound design for that high-polish sound.

  • Lethe was good but it wasn't Doom Eternal good

Although these experimental aspects will go unfulfilled, ultimately this will still be an insane album and the work we’ve put into it already makes for an intense listening experience.

Can’t wait till it’s done!

The next album happens THIS YEAR

Hey there,

it’s your industrial music buddy, B.D.

I want to let you know, on behalf of elitefitrea, that:

IT’S HAPPENING

This year, we are finally recording our long-awaited follow-up album, starting this February. That’s only ten days away.

In support of this, we are launching an Indiegogo campaign, Starting today. Right NOW.

We have a goal of raising $20,000 to produce the fullest expression of what will become our MEGA-OPUS: a 23-track industrial opera, featuring our own Doom-instrument, inspired by Mick Gordon’s work on Doom and Doom Eternal, and containing over 2 hours of epic, soul-searching industrial music the likes of which you have never heard.

The album will be completed this year, hell or high water.

Here’s a quick run-down on the campaign:

The Perks

I’ve also created some very collectible perks for this campaign that you may be interested in:

collectible card

at the $4 level, I’m printing 4x6 inch “prayer” cards, with the elitefitrea logo in labyrinth or classic versions. This is a very low-entry point to support the album and share a piece of its creation.

digital Downloads

$10 and $30 contribution levels entitle you to copies of the album in both low and high def, respectively. This amounts to buying the album in advance.

Collectible Cards

custom VIP Bundle

At the $100 Level, you will get a VIP bundle severus branding elements. Instead of white ink, Cardinal Red will be used. VIP Bundles contain:

• 2 t-shirts

• 2 CDs

• 1 poster

• 1 Pop Socket

Custom Guitar Pedals

At a $500 contribution level, I will build you either an ABC/B selector switch guitar pedal (a design I invented), or I will make you a custom Fuzz pedal. They will be branded with a “CRŸNJ” logo. CRŸNJ, short for “cringe,” is my nascent guitar pedal line.

one creative decision

At the $1,000 level I will give you one creative decision on the album. I will retain veto power in which case you will get to make a different decision. Your name will also appear as a producer credit on the album.

a doom instrument channel

At a $3,000 contribution level, you will get all of the other perks, plus one of the channels from the Reaper, the very same units that were used on the album.

There are four channels:

• Channel 1: Boss Power Stack -> Ibanez Mini Tube Screamer -> Death by Audio Evil Filter -> JHS Pastrami multi-fuzz

• Channel 2: Electro Harmonix Memory Toy -> Fuxx Fuzz -> Rainger minibar liquid analizer -> Earthquaker devices Transmisser Reverb

• Channel 3: ProCo Rat -> Rainger Gated Reverb -> MXR Univibe

• Channel 4: Bastl/Casper Dark Matter -> Moog DFAM

Become an archangel

the $5,000 contribution level Includes almost every other perk, and immortalizes your role in both the creation of the album, as well as into the mythos of the the band itself, by having your likeness commemorated in angelic form, depicted as slaying a demon of your choice, with a weapon of your choice.

This image will also become part of the album art.

SUPPORT

the album

HERE

The Indiegogo campaign can be found here, or by copying & Pasting the link below:

https://igg.me/at/elitefitrea/

Lastly, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all your support over the years. I hope you’ll check out the campaign and help make this album a reality!

Best to you all,

Black Diamond
Frontman
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