 | Drudkh Forgotten Legends
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| 4.0 excellent | LeviathanTheWicked | March 24th 07 |
Ukrainian act Drudkh (meaning “wood” in Sanskrit) are allready down to their fifth album since they started out as a side-project by members of Hate Forest and Astrofaes. Forgotten Legends (FL) is their debut album, and what a debut!
If you look at the record's artwork you allready get a glimpse of what they are trying to achieve with their music. They have succesfully tried to bundle nature's overwhelming power into music and present a very touching, overwhelming scenery to the listener.
The album kicks off with False Dawn which is widely regarded as being an all-time Drudkh classic. The first 5 minutes are a brutal assault on the listener's state of mind, fueled by some excellent musicianship (just listen at those drums and the riffing) and very powerfull, charged vocals. After that hefty bit they settle down a tad for 10 minutes of slower-paced playing that even works hypnotically.
That's the point where Forests In Fire And Gold kicks in. This song is played in very much the same style as it's predecessor. After a good beginning the songs sinks away in perhaps the weakest part of FL, but that's relative when taking the record's quality into consideration. All in all still a good effort.
Next up is Eternal Turn Of The Wheel, a song that has a structure a bit opposed to False Dawn's one.The song starts off neatly with 5 minutes of majestic music that is quite entertaining. The guitarplaying is very good in this piece, but it even gets better, the piece from minute 5 to 8 is only surpassed by the opening song's first 5 minutes. The last piece comes to an end like a small river, gently on it's way to the sea, and the sea being Smell Of Rain.
This “song” (basicly it's just the sound of rain and a thunderstorm) closes the album in a very atmospheric way, in a manner most typical for what Drukh has achieved with FL.
There's really no need for further argueing on this one, I propose that if you haven't bought it allready, you should allready be on your way to the shop.
A true classic effort as far as I'm concerned.
4/5
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| 3.0 good | PABLO PICASSO NUMERO UNO | December 6th 22 |
debut drudkh best drudkh, drum rhythm used in dawn n wheel hypnotizing, but still too much filler between the goodness
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | April 22nd 19 |
Incredible debut. The Drudkh sound is already there, minus maybe some stronger folk influences, and the tracks are all good to excellent. This is a great record to get into BM, with extremely scarce vocals and relatively clean production. Not their best, but a truly solid album. 4.0
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| 4.5 superb | thurs | October 18th 17 |
The thick, analogy yet lo-fi atmosphere of the music immediately and strongly invokes the expected themes of this album, ensnaring the listener in the wonderful hypnotic riffs that drag on at length and to excellent effect. Minimalist in all the right ways and absolutely dripping with atmosphere.
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| 3.5 great | zaruyache | September 30th 15 |
3.5 but it could go up. Good fuzzy atmosphere, melodies wow. Atmospheric black metal woah. Drudkh ufff /soundoff
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| 3.0 good | jk2two | December 14th 12 |
Trance inducing, but at times a bit blatant in its love of Burzum - particularly Hvis Lyset Tar Oss.
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| 4.0 excellent | Optimist | December 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | December 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | JoneHK | November 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | AntalWS | September 8th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | knoz16 | March 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mewcopa0 | November 20th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | November 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hehe | December 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vasilis S. CONTRIBUTOR | March 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bbgames | January 6th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | yoil | December 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maco097 | July 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | blou52 | April 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | January 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | latpac | December 31st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | pbass0 | October 14th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | July 18th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | jseijo | May 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | March 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | March 18th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Falos | March 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | February 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | January 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | November 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ka7 | October 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | August 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jhator | August 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | August 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | June 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | chanson | February 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swarm | December 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Alastor | November 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GxTxK | October 23rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Stormii | September 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | dethkyat | September 23rd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Thor | September 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ianman | July 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moge | April 10th 16 |
| 3.5 great | esav | March 16th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Pho3nix | February 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Csongli | January 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pegana | January 24th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | mEyck97 | November 20th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pavera | September 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale STAFF | September 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | goss19 | September 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uqnivde | April 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dizchu | November 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surtur | July 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | manosg EMERITUS | July 18th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Kriss | June 25th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Ware | June 23rd 14 |
| 5.0 classic | botb | May 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | April 15th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Crinn | March 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nud | February 5th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Calgach | February 3rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | adr | January 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | January 10th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Zeg | December 20th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Feels | December 5th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | pdepmcp | November 30th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | trilo | November 22nd 13 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | November 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | unkle | November 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ffs | August 31st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tale | August 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pagan | July 12th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | E0N | May 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | December 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | IstKrieg | November 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | November 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Melanin | October 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Lought | April 28th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | ev0ken | February 21st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Coast | December 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eons | December 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Freakeye | December 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | HWBTW | December 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vehemont | December 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | fulgrim | October 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ImpWolf | October 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vesper | September 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | true | July 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | GodL1ke | July 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nacen | April 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Photon | March 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigTuna | February 15th 11 |
| 3.0 good | pixmpy | February 8th 11 |
| 3.0 good | YUJOS | November 20th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Cavs | November 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aether | November 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oceans | November 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kruxz | October 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | October 4th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | ctaxxxx | October 4th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kenos | September 25th 10 |
| 3.0 good | oalston | September 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | alsid | September 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ghost76 | April 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hoenir | February 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ferrum | January 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | rc1288 | January 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wizard | November 28th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | qwe3 | November 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Set | September 12th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Wimplo | August 12th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | McP3000 | November 24th 08 |
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