MasterOLightning
Optimator
The cut on Ashes was pretty unsatisfying. They could run that riff for 10 more minutes and it would not get boring.
Drudkh's 'Blood in Our Wells' - Overrated or Not?
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Demilich
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Hubster
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Okaaaay. You've just said positive things about Songs Of Grief And Solitude... Am I supposed to be shutting the fuck up because you feel it's not as important as their other works, despite being a great work anyway?
This
I don't agree with.
Personally I think this kind of approach is exactly why the general reception to Songs Of Grief And Solitude was not good. People were expecting "acoustic black metal by Drudkh", or a complex acoustic onslaught.
It is not just "solid Drudkh put into a folk atmosphere", it is infact something which goes even further that. Consider how culturally influenced Drudkh's music is as a whole - Songs Of Grief And Solitude goes a HUGE step further into culture and a big step away from Black Metal (infact a huge step away from Western Music as a whole), and more into gypsy territory.
Songs Of Grief And Solitude is not folk music as the metal world mostly knows it. Forget the Nordic folk styles you've heard in Black Metal, and for those less versed in Black Metal, forget any American folk music from the 60s or 70s. Songs Of Grief And Solitude is purely cultural music, removed of any trace that it has links to Black Metal, and this is why many people just don't get it: they are applying Western Music/Black Metal expectations onto a recording which is purely about culture.
hibernal_dream
A Mind Forever Voyaging
swizzlenuts
i'm sciencing as fast as i can
No you are supposed to shut the fuck up because it isn't any were close to being as good as Forgotten Legends.
Second, I say it's in a folk atmosphere because you can hear the similary style of melodies that Drudkh has put forth through their black metal releases, and folk is just a huge genre I wasn't trying to set into a specific style. That's it. I was strictly commenting on the music into one sentence.
Hubster
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I think even if Drudkh released a shitty album, Hubster still wouldn't admit it
Well, they haven't released a shitty one
So far imo, they're on a roll. Consistent release after release.Ah yes. Then I guess it is Saenko who does the growl work in Hate Forests material, and Thurios who does the higher registered Black Vocals. I thought it was the other way around.
Very much liking Astrofaes btw. I must get my hands on their material. Shame on me indeed. This is a band who I should have investigated a long time ago.
Awake_In_Animosity
Fearing a Blank Planet
I got this album yesterday and have listened to it about 5 or 6 times, its pretty damn good imLo, as its the only Drudkh album I have. The guitar playing was a huge surprise! I want more and to listen to this more.
Jimmy... Dead.
contemplative curmudgeon
Blood in our wells is one of their best.
I think F Legends and AA are excellent albums, but BIOW has better musicanship.
You cant listen to BIOW and think of FL or AA, you have to listen to it for what it is.
I see much progress in this album. It's not as repetitive and drawn out as FL and the drumming has much more structure.
Either way I don't care to rank these 3 albums as they are ALL amazing.
Just beautiful guitar work
I think F Legends and AA are excellent albums, but BIOW has better musicanship.
You cant listen to BIOW and think of FL or AA, you have to listen to it for what it is.
I see much progress in this album. It's not as repetitive and drawn out as FL and the drumming has much more structure.
Either way I don't care to rank these 3 albums as they are ALL amazing.
Just beautiful guitar work
I've loved these guys since the first release, when they were really obscure. Blood in Our Wells is their best album yet, in my opinion. It simply is a modern classic. It fuses Ukranian folk and atmospheric black metal flawlessly.
Hubster
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Indeed. And despite Anti-Urban being a "quick chop", I think it is also a solid piece of work. Enstrangement will no doubt be a great album.
Jimmy... Dead.
contemplative curmudgeon
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Jimmy... Dead.
contemplative curmudgeon
Could anyone upload Anti-Urban, or post a link where I can download it. I'd really appreciate it. I don't feel like paying for it; I've payed for three of their albums anyway. They should be happy.
MasterOLightning
Optimator
The band probably gets a bigger cut from Anti-Urban than from previous releases (no cuts for distribution, retail). If there's anything you should buy, it's this.
hibernal_dream
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Haven't heard it, but they didn't spend enough time on it to be any good. I mean their last album was, what, 6 months ago? Download it.
Hubster
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You "don't feel" like paying for it? Who the fuck do you think you are? Don't come here and ask us to fuck over the band. We spend money to support the bands we love. GTFO of this thread!
MasterOLightning
Optimator
It was two songs! It doesn't take that fucking long to make 2 songs, clocking in at 13 minutes. High quality stuff too. Buy or die.
Fuck you, cunt scab! You were sucking on your mommy's titties when I was out supporting the bands that you love today. Don't get big and try pissing all over me with your bullshit "authority". I buy albums on a weekly basis at the very least. Don't fucking tell me what to do or where to go either. You must feel like a badass typing behind that keyboard of yours. You're lucky, I'd kick the shit out of you if you were in my presence.
