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<?null /* Drudkh is a band that comes to me in a time when I thought the Black Metal had summoned its final creative spark. Because of their superbly barren sounds of darkness and despair, Drudkh have restored my faith (pun fully intended) in Black Metal. Drudkh, the Sanskrit word for, "wood," is a band that portrays that particular dark and empty feeling that I most look for in Black Metal. Bands such as Dimmu Borgir and Naglfar, who formerly held their positions as my favorite Black Metal bands keeping the genre alive, departed, some time ago, from that barren, cold, darkness that defines the genre. Though they embarked in a direction I have found most pleasing, I felt the feeling was just gone, only to be found in my old Darkthrone records. That was not to be so. I was mulling around, looking for something to listen to, when a friend suggested to me the album 'Autumn Aurora' by Drudkh. "What the fuck is a 'Drudkh'? A drunk Jew?" Drudkh, as it turns out, is my renewed hope for Black Metal... or atleast three more albums for me to hold on for. Autumn Aurora began with a dripping sound, and some forest-like noises that calmed me. Then came the mid-paced, depressing, barren, cold, and dark music. This band embodies all of those oft-used (in Black Metal) adjectives and gave them new feeling. Drudkh hail from Ukraine and is made up of old members of National Socialist Black Metal band Hate Forest. They've decided, this time out, to up the atmosphere with trance-like keyboards, and more droning, smoothly distorted guitars. Lost faith in the genre? Do yourself a favor and pick up a Drudkh record. You won't regret it. */ ?> -- Posted by sku11fukkr to ...Come The Wolves at 9/23/2005 01:00:00 AM |
