DrudkhBiografia
Drudkh (meaning “wood” in Sanskrit) is a band from Ukraine that mixes elements of folk metal and black metal. It was formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Hate Forest, Dark Ages & Blood of Kingu, who releases about two to three albums per year over various projects; Thurios, the leading member of Astrofaes and, with Saenko, a former member of Hate Forest; and Yuriy Sinitsky, of Lucifugum (session drummer) and Definition Sane. Their strongly folk-influenced music focuses on a strong 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.
Drudkh have been particularly secretive throughout the course of their career, even for a black metal band, giving no interviews and not releasing the lyrics to several of their albums.
Long time Drudkh did’t have an official site, but in May 2009 Season of Mist launched an official Myspace, operated not by bandmates, but by workers of the label.
Career overview
Drudkh have released six albums and one EP on the English extreme metal record label Supernal Music. All albums (with the exception of the EP) have also been released on vinyl through two Finnish black metal labels, Northern Heritage and Faustian Distribution.
The band’s first album, Forgotten Legends, was released on February 23, 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album establishes the band’s trademark epic sound; its three tracks and one outro span nearly forty minutes, with the longest track, “False Dawn,” nearing the sixteen-minute mark.
Autumn Aurora followed on November 28, 2004 (see 2004 in music). While continuing the same general mood and atmosphere of its predecessor, it distinguishes itself from its predecessor by being the first Drudkh album to incorporate synthesizers and other such keyboard instruments. Autumn Aurora has frequently been cited as Drudkh’s finest album, although some fans give the nod to the later Blood in Our Wells[citation needed].
After “Autumn Aurora”, Amorth (drums, keyboards) joined the band and replaced Yuri.
The Swan Road (Лебединий Шлях), released on March 14, 2005 (see 2005 in music), marked a departure in a number of ways. It was very well received and is the first Drudkh album to feature printed lyrics, all of which are adapted or taken directly from the work The Haidamakas (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, narrating about the famous Ukrainian anti-Polish peasant rebellion of 1768. With the addition of Shevchenko’s poetry, the material can also be said to have taken a more pronounced nationalistic leaning on this release (a move continued on the next album). The music’s atmosphere is also significantly more urgent, with the drums pushed to the forefront of the mix and a vastly increased use of blast beats.
On March 23, 2006 (see 2006 in music), Drudkh released Blood in Our Wells (Кров у Наших Криницях), once again through Supernal Music. On this album, poetry from four of the most respected nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian poets (including Oleksandr Oles and Lina Kostenko) serves as lyrical material, and the album itself was dedicated to the memory of Stepan Bandera, legendary leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Musically, the album adds progressive rock influences and an increased use of traditional heavy metal soloing into the mix, while retaining the band’s trademark blend of black metal and traditional Ukrainian folk music. In part because several tracks sample the Ukrainian poetic film Mamay (2003), the album is considered more cinematic than its predecessors. Many fans have cited this album as the band’s best work to date.
After the release of Blood In Our Wells, Amorth was exiled from the band and new members Krechet (bass) and Vlad (drums) joined.
On October 19, 2006 Drudkh released Songs of Grief and Solitude (Пісні Скорботи і Самітності), marking a different path for the band. Rather than being a black metal album, this release is composed of folk music, with much of the music inspired by, or even taken directly from, previous Drudkh compositions (for example, “The Cranes Will Never Return Here” is based on a riff from “Solitude” on Blood in Our Wells, and “Archaic Dance” is based on a riff from “Glare of 1768” on The Swan Road). It is entirely instrumental, with barely any drumming, and prominently features wind instruments. The album received mixed reviews, with some fans criticising the band for reusing old material, and others praising the band’s radical reconstruction of its own sound.
On April 16, 2007 (see 2007 in music), Supernal Music released Drudkh’s Anti-Urban, a 45-RPM 10 inch coloured vinyl limited to 999 copies containing exclusive tracks available only to Supernal Music customers. The EP demonstrated a return to the band’s black metal style with marked funeral doom influences; it was significantly more minimalistic than other recent Drudkh releases, leading some fans to draw comparisons to Forgotten Legends. It received a mixed reception.
The band’s next release, a full-length black metal album titled Estrangement (Вiдчуженiсть), was released on Aug 25th, 2007 as a deluxe version [1]. The album, which was previously known under the title River of Tears, had been rumored to have a “Burzumic” feel before its release, and in some ways this was borne out by the album’s release; its songs were in many ways significantly more minimalistic than those on Blood in Our Wells and its lyrics based completely on the 1931-1932 works of Ukrainian poet Oleg Olzhych. Reception to the album has been largely positive, with many fans hailing it as a return to the band’s roots or praising the band’s musicianship demonstrated in the album’s many solos. Notably, the album also featured the band’s first prominent use of blast beats since The Swan Road. A spoken introduction in the first track is taken from the 1995 Ukrainian feature film Atentat about life and assassination of Stepan Bandera.
In Autumn 2008 the band signed with the French label Season Of Mist to release Microcosmos.[1]. Season of Mist has since set a release date for the new album Microcosmos as June 22 (July 14 in US). In addition to the CD Digipak version a limited edition box set with an MCD re-realese of Anti-Urban EP will also be available.[2]
> Band members since “Estrangement”
* Roman (also in Hate Forest, Dark Ages, Blood Of Kingu) - guitars
* Thurios (also in Hate Forest and Astrofaes) - vocals, guitars
* Krechet - bass
* Vlad - drums, keyboards
> Former band members
* Yuriy Sinitsky (also session for Lucifugum) - session drums
* Amorth - session drums
> Discography
* Forgotten Legends - 2003
* Autumn Aurora - 2004
* The Swan Road - 2005
* Blood in Our Wells - 2006
* Songs of Grief and Solitude - 2006
* Anti-Urban EP - 2007
* Estrangement - 2007
* Microcosmos - 2009
Drudkh have been particularly secretive throughout the course of their career, even for a black metal band, giving no interviews and not releasing the lyrics to several of their albums.
Long time Drudkh did’t have an official site, but in May 2009 Season of Mist launched an official Myspace, operated not by bandmates, but by workers of the label.
Career overview
Drudkh have released six albums and one EP on the English extreme metal record label Supernal Music. All albums (with the exception of the EP) have also been released on vinyl through two Finnish black metal labels, Northern Heritage and Faustian Distribution.
The band’s first album, Forgotten Legends, was released on February 23, 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album establishes the band’s trademark epic sound; its three tracks and one outro span nearly forty minutes, with the longest track, “False Dawn,” nearing the sixteen-minute mark.
Autumn Aurora followed on November 28, 2004 (see 2004 in music). While continuing the same general mood and atmosphere of its predecessor, it distinguishes itself from its predecessor by being the first Drudkh album to incorporate synthesizers and other such keyboard instruments. Autumn Aurora has frequently been cited as Drudkh’s finest album, although some fans give the nod to the later Blood in Our Wells[citation needed].
After “Autumn Aurora”, Amorth (drums, keyboards) joined the band and replaced Yuri.
The Swan Road (Лебединий Шлях), released on March 14, 2005 (see 2005 in music), marked a departure in a number of ways. It was very well received and is the first Drudkh album to feature printed lyrics, all of which are adapted or taken directly from the work The Haidamakas (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, narrating about the famous Ukrainian anti-Polish peasant rebellion of 1768. With the addition of Shevchenko’s poetry, the material can also be said to have taken a more pronounced nationalistic leaning on this release (a move continued on the next album). The music’s atmosphere is also significantly more urgent, with the drums pushed to the forefront of the mix and a vastly increased use of blast beats.
On March 23, 2006 (see 2006 in music), Drudkh released Blood in Our Wells (Кров у Наших Криницях), once again through Supernal Music. On this album, poetry from four of the most respected nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian poets (including Oleksandr Oles and Lina Kostenko) serves as lyrical material, and the album itself was dedicated to the memory of Stepan Bandera, legendary leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Musically, the album adds progressive rock influences and an increased use of traditional heavy metal soloing into the mix, while retaining the band’s trademark blend of black metal and traditional Ukrainian folk music. In part because several tracks sample the Ukrainian poetic film Mamay (2003), the album is considered more cinematic than its predecessors. Many fans have cited this album as the band’s best work to date.
After the release of Blood In Our Wells, Amorth was exiled from the band and new members Krechet (bass) and Vlad (drums) joined.
On October 19, 2006 Drudkh released Songs of Grief and Solitude (Пісні Скорботи і Самітності), marking a different path for the band. Rather than being a black metal album, this release is composed of folk music, with much of the music inspired by, or even taken directly from, previous Drudkh compositions (for example, “The Cranes Will Never Return Here” is based on a riff from “Solitude” on Blood in Our Wells, and “Archaic Dance” is based on a riff from “Glare of 1768” on The Swan Road). It is entirely instrumental, with barely any drumming, and prominently features wind instruments. The album received mixed reviews, with some fans criticising the band for reusing old material, and others praising the band’s radical reconstruction of its own sound.
On April 16, 2007 (see 2007 in music), Supernal Music released Drudkh’s Anti-Urban, a 45-RPM 10 inch coloured vinyl limited to 999 copies containing exclusive tracks available only to Supernal Music customers. The EP demonstrated a return to the band’s black metal style with marked funeral doom influences; it was significantly more minimalistic than other recent Drudkh releases, leading some fans to draw comparisons to Forgotten Legends. It received a mixed reception.
The band’s next release, a full-length black metal album titled Estrangement (Вiдчуженiсть), was released on Aug 25th, 2007 as a deluxe version [1]. The album, which was previously known under the title River of Tears, had been rumored to have a “Burzumic” feel before its release, and in some ways this was borne out by the album’s release; its songs were in many ways significantly more minimalistic than those on Blood in Our Wells and its lyrics based completely on the 1931-1932 works of Ukrainian poet Oleg Olzhych. Reception to the album has been largely positive, with many fans hailing it as a return to the band’s roots or praising the band’s musicianship demonstrated in the album’s many solos. Notably, the album also featured the band’s first prominent use of blast beats since The Swan Road. A spoken introduction in the first track is taken from the 1995 Ukrainian feature film Atentat about life and assassination of Stepan Bandera.
In Autumn 2008 the band signed with the French label Season Of Mist to release Microcosmos.[1]. Season of Mist has since set a release date for the new album Microcosmos as June 22 (July 14 in US). In addition to the CD Digipak version a limited edition box set with an MCD re-realese of Anti-Urban EP will also be available.[2]
> Band members since “Estrangement”
* Roman (also in Hate Forest, Dark Ages, Blood Of Kingu) - guitars
* Thurios (also in Hate Forest and Astrofaes) - vocals, guitars
* Krechet - bass
* Vlad - drums, keyboards
> Former band members
* Yuriy Sinitsky (also session for Lucifugum) - session drums
* Amorth - session drums
> Discography
* Forgotten Legends - 2003
* Autumn Aurora - 2004
* The Swan Road - 2005
* Blood in Our Wells - 2006
* Songs of Grief and Solitude - 2006
* Anti-Urban EP - 2007
* Estrangement - 2007
* Microcosmos - 2009
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