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Rattenfänger – Geisslerlieder (Dark Essence Records)

I absolutely loved this Ukrainian band’s debut release, “Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum”, enough to get the vinyl and a shirt a few years ago or so when I heard it. The band maybe Ukrainian (with members of Drudkh at the helm)… Continue Reading →

Drudkh – A Furrow Cut Short (Season of Mist)

It’s about 2 and a half minutes into the second song, ‘Cursed Sons II’ that ‘A Furrow Cut Short’ really begins to sink in and the chills descend. It’s a typically strident refrain – at once stately yet laced with… Continue Reading →

Khors – Night Falls onto the Front of Ours (Candelight)

Khors seem to have been carving a good reputation for a long time, treading a path of heathen black metal, so I was surprised to find out that their first album was not released until 2005. “Night Falls onto the… Continue Reading →

Stryvigor – Forgotten By Ages (Svarga)

I think some of us take black metal from Ukraine a bit for granted. Sure it is an underground thing but many of us into the music look to the region for releases of a consistent high quality at least… Continue Reading →

Munruthel – Yav, Nav i Prav (Gardarika)

This is one very welcome reissue as far as I am concerned as it is the only album from Ukrainian one man act Munruthel that has so far escaped me. The first album I heard was the successor to this… Continue Reading →

Munruthel – CREEDamage (Svarga)

I was thinking about who had got the most reviews on the site since it started a year ago. It should have no doubt been megalomaniac Devin who told me some time ago he was out from making music finito…. Continue Reading →

Fhoi Myore – Fhoi Myore (Ancestrale)

French flair and an edge sharpened on the Eastern plains: Fhoi Myore is a black metal band with a journey to make. It may be a frost bitten, bleak trek across snow capped Nordic mountains and down towards the sprawling… Continue Reading →

Munruthel – Epoch Of Aquarius (Svarga Music / Gardarika Musikk)

I was very happy to receive an invite to hear and review this album as it is quite the missing link in the artist’s repertoire and is considered a classic of Ukrainian Folk Pagan Metal. Of course Munruthel has been… Continue Reading →

Svyatogor – Doctor Veritas (Svarga Music)

If  like me you have been sitting there attempting to pronounce this bands name and letting it roll off your tongue you probably also want to know its meaning. Well the name translates as roughly ‘Mystic Mountain’ and alludes to… Continue Reading →

Munruthel – The Dark Saga (Blazing Productions)

Well this Dutch label have been very quiet of late and have apparently changed their mindset a bit releasing music focusing less on metal and more on ambient and synthesized based music. In the last year or so they have… Continue Reading →

Thunderkraft – Totentanz (Svarga Music)

I quite enjoyed the debut album from Thunderkraft ‘The Banner Of Victory released in 2005. Although it did not perhaps gel with the greatest of clarity due to the convoluted marriage of styles it was difficult to resist and indeed… Continue Reading →

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