Black Metal.

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Autumn Aurora is better JUST for Sunwheel, but yeah overall I think maybe BIOW is more well-rounded...

[Hubster]

Another question:

When you folks heard about Songs of Grief & Solitude, what did you expect? Seems to me that people were expecting October Falls or Ulver, and were not happy when they didn't get that.

Personally I think Songs of Grief & Solitude has NOTHING wrong with it, it perfectly represents Drudkh's art acoustically.

Yes, I'm probably going to cop a flame here, but I think those who hate Songs of Grief & Solitude have clearly failed to understand Drudkh's vision. Songs of Grief & Solitude is NOT a bad album at all, not in any way whatsoever.

[Dodens Grav]

I still have yet to hear it, actually.

[~Derek~]

Drudkh is good atmospheric black metal from what I've heard.

[MasterOLightning]

I think Autumn Aurora is a bit overrated. It's certainly not better than Forgotten Legends or Blood in Our Wells. I don't know why everyone gets such a boner from listening to Sunwheel. Forests in Fire and Gold is definitely the best Drudkh song. I've yet to hear SoGaS. I'll get to it sooner or later. The lackluster response kept me from getting it to this point.

[Mathiäs]

Originally Posted by Hubster

Yes, I'm probably going to cop a flame here, but I think those who hate Songs of Grief & Solitude have clearly failed to understand Drudkh's vision. Songs of Grief & Solitude is NOT a bad album at all, not in any way whatsoever.

Oh no. I like it quite a bit.

[Thasis]

Originally Posted by bluewizard

Drudkh is good atmospheric black metal from what I've heard.

Correct

[Blue_Jay]

Amen to bluewizard!

[HaggardBastard]

@ Evil? & unknown:

Thanx for the kind words. I really do appreciate it. This is easily the best metal forum I've ever visited, and I've been looking for a decent one for some time.

As for Drudkh, that band has relentlessly (esoterically?) blown me away with each successive release, except Songs of Grief and Sorrow, which I really haven't given substantial listening time as of yet. Blood in Our Wells, though, is completely earth-shattering, and Drudkh has already, in my mind, become a band that can do no wrong. Their releases have all been incredibly dynamic, even earthy, and yet they're one of the few black metal bands that can keep my full attention even when lapsing into minimalist, repetitive passages where the same riff is repeated ad nauseum, often with few if any variations beneath or overtop, rhythmic or otherwise (Forgotten Legends is a prime example of this.) Drudkh was one of those bands that struck an immediate chord with me, and I genuinely feel that they're peerless amidst today's (over)abundance of second rate black metal. Hell, they're one of the few in recent years, and by recent I mean since sometime last decade, to not only develop an instantly recognizable sound of their own, but furthermore to do just that with more honest feeling than I've heard in ages. In fact, Graveland between Thousand Swords and Immortal Pride (which included Darken's most compelling work to date, by the way: newer Graveland is terrible) is the sole band with whom I can really find similarities in Drudkh's sound, and even those are fleeting and do not in the least amount to mimicry.

I don't really even know if Drudkh is black metal anymore, of even if they ever were, but when a band makes music of as high a calibre as do they, it really doesn't even fucking matter. Here's to Drudkh!

[Krigloch the Furious]

listening to Drudkh - Autumn Aurora right now. this is some of the best latenight music ever!