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Kharkiv, Ukraine (2002 – present)
Drudkh (meaning “wood” in Sanskrit), is an atmospheric black metal band from Kharkiv, Ukraine formed in 2002
Biography:
Drudkh was formed in 2002 by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Hate Forest; Thurios, the leading member of Astrofaes; and Yuriy Sinitsky, of Lucifugum and DEFINITION SANE. Their strongly folk-influenced music focuses on a dense atmosphere with a lot of feeling, and the lyrical contents embrace Slavic mythology, seasons and poetry. Many of the band’s lyrics are derived from the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian poets, especially Taras Shevchenko.
“During all its history, the band followed a ‘no photos, no interviews, no website, no gigs’ policy, which was nobly accepted by Drudkh’s new label Season of Mist. The absence of any comments or information from Drudkh’s side gave an opening to a few ignorant internet warrior-fans to spread rumors, that the band embraces extreme political views. This is absolutely misleading and a total profanation, since there is nothing in Drudkh’s music or lyrics that would suggest any political outlook. Drudkh praise individualism, self-improvement and estrangement from modern values.” Roman Saenko (2008)
Discography:
- 2003 - Forgotten Legends
- 2004 - Autumn Aurora
- 2005 - Лебединий Шлях (The Swan Road)
- 2006 - Кров у Наших Криницях (Blood in Our Wells)
- 2006 - Пісні Скорботи і Самітності (Songs of Grief and Solitude)
- 2007 - Anti-Urban (EP)
- 2007 - Відчуженість (Estrangement)
- 2009 - Microcosmos
- 2010 - Пригорща Зірок (Handful of Stars)
- 2010 - Slavonic Chronicles (EP)
Biography:
Drudkh was formed in 2002 by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Hate Forest; Thurios, the leading member of Astrofaes; and Yuriy Sinitsky, of Lucifugum and DEFINITION SANE. Their strongly folk-influenced music focuses on a dense atmosphere with a lot of feeling, and the lyrical contents embrace Slavic mythology, seasons and poetry. Many of the band’s lyrics are derived from the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian poets, especially Taras Shevchenko.
“During all its history, the band followed a ‘no photos, no interviews, no website, no gigs’ policy, which was nobly accepted by Drudkh’s new label Season of Mist. The absence of any comments or information from Drudkh’s side gave an opening to a few ignorant internet warrior-fans to spread rumors, that the band embraces extreme political views. This is absolutely misleading and a total profanation, since there is nothing in Drudkh’s music or lyrics that would suggest any political outlook. Drudkh praise individualism, self-improvement and estrangement from modern values.” Roman Saenko (2008)
Discography:
- 2003 - Forgotten Legends
- 2004 - Autumn Aurora
- 2005 - Лебединий Шлях (The Swan Road)
- 2006 - Кров у Наших Криницях (Blood in Our Wells)
- 2006 - Пісні Скорботи і Самітності (Songs of Grief and Solitude)
- 2007 - Anti-Urban (EP)
- 2007 - Відчуженість (Estrangement)
- 2009 - Microcosmos
- 2010 - Пригорща Зірок (Handful of Stars)
- 2010 - Slavonic Chronicles (EP)
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Autumn Aurora
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Blood in our Wells
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Forgotten Legends
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Handful of Stars
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Shoutbox
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Jugvayne wrote:
I wonder if they changed their style back due to their whinging fanbase...in any case, new track sounds awesome.
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r1348 wrote:
Judging by the new track, their new works are surely better than that hipster snoozefest that was HoS. I particularly like the sudden change of tempos that they're able to pull off so naturally. However, I don't think this new song bears much similarities with their early works: gone are the folk elements and the solos, production-wise it's much more accessible and the song structure reminds me more of late WitTR than anything else. This given, I look forward for the album release, hoping that it will be more dynamic and interesting than this single track alone.
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kum_harris wrote:
Новый трэк шикарен!!
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Shaythan wrote:
We also need less scumbags.
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aafcc-achernar wrote:
kum_harris, дуже засмучує
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Antiurban wrote:
And more Microcosmos.
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backslashh wrote:
We need more Autumn Aurora/The Swan Road/Forgotten Legends, less HOS.
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ReptilianC0mplx wrote:
Successor to Burzum.
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Shaythan wrote:
I liked Handful of Stars too. And this new album sounds great.
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FaultyClockwork wrote:
I'm not particularly impressed by the new song, and I liked Handful of Stars.
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idletears wrote:
new song is awesome! can't wait for the album now
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theseasonisours wrote:
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
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abdagore wrote:
I like Drudkh....very best
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coiled122 wrote:
Holy shit, that's what I'm talking about [the new song.]
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CVince9 wrote:
Omg this song is amazing, this whole album will rock my socks off
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the_flame_ wrote:
The new song is simply godlike.
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Shaythan wrote:
@Siapion <--- Last cocksucker's post.
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m0ph0 wrote:
just getting into them now. False Dawn is ridiculous.
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XGorgoroth wrote:
всем по Кобзарю
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Earnado wrote:
Their new song is powerfully awesome!
Videos
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Downfall of the Epoch
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Only The Wind Remembers My Name
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Skies At Our Feet
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Solitary Endless Path
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News
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Recent Activity
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hungerous tagged Drudkh with hipster black metal, folk metal, pagan metal and 2 other tags. 2 hours ago
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ShoresInFlamess, Annikathemad, Temryava and 4 other people added Drudkh to their libraries. yesterday evening
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GGLemmy tagged Drudkh with ‘old slavonic culture’. Thursday evening
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ravagingmasses tagged Drudkh with atmospheric black metal, black metal and ukrainian. Wednesday evening
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deathduel, Tiet_Zandoren and orerko added Drudkh to their libraries. Wednesday afternoon
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AbyssSpiritus tagged Drudkh with ‘folk’. Tuesday afternoon
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Morwolf, FuroreNocturne, linkmendez1 and 1 other person added Drudkh to their libraries. Tuesday afternoon
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FaultyClockwork tagged Drudkh with folk, not nsbm, ukrainian black metal and 5 other tags. Monday afternoon
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AterDivus tagged Drudkh with ‘atmospheric black metal’. Monday morning
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rrrmartin tagged Drudkh with pagan black metal, atmospheric black metal and ukrainian. Monday morning
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