Drudkh
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| Origin | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Genres | Black metal |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Season of Mist |
| Associated acts | Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood of Kingu |
| Website | Drudkh on Facebook |
| Members | Roman Saenko Thurios Krechet Vlad |
Drudkh is a Ukrainian black metal band. It consists of Roman Saenko (member of Hate Forest, Dark Ages and Blood of Kingu); Thurios (member of Astrofaes and, with Saenko, a former member of Hate Forest); and Yuriy Synytsky (of Lucifugum (session drummer) and Definition Sane). Their lyrics embrace Slavic mythology. 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. They have also disavowed radical politics, therefore declaring themselves a non-political band. From their conception until 2009, Drudkh did not have any official website, but in May 2009 Season of Mist launched an official Myspace, operated not by bandmates, but by workers of the label.
Drudkh have released nine albums and two EPs 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 August 18, 2003. 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. Now considered a classic, Terrorizer included Forgotten Legends in its Top 40 Black Metal albums list.
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. This record had a strong critical success: for example, it was chosen the best album of the year by Chronicles of Chaos web-zine.
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