Roman Saenko
| Drudkh | |
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| Background information | |
| 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 currently consists of Roman Saenko (former member of Hate Forest and Dark Ages), Thurios (former member of Astrofaes), Krechet, and Vlad. All four also belonged to Blood of Kingu until it was disbanded. 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 political interpretations of their music specifically and "extreme political views" more generally, 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 by the label rather than the band.
Drudkh have released ten albums, two EPs, three splits, and one anthology collecting material from the band's early splits and EPs. Their early releases were released on CD through the English extreme metal record label Supernal Music, with the exception of the EP (which was a vinyl release), and, again with the exception of the EP, on vinyl through two Finnish black metal labels, Northern Heritage and Faustian Distribution. More recent release have been through Season of Mist, which has also issued remastered versions of the band's earlier albums as digipaks.
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.
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