Ukraine's Drudkh, unanimously considered the forerunners of the atmospheric black metal subgenre, have had a long and storied career. From their legendary first albums - the sublime Autumn Aurora, and the blisteringly frigid Blood in Our Wells and the Swan Road - to their more recent outings (including a one-off with Alcest's Neige), Drudkh have long stood as a bastion of the style even as their stylistic descendents brought the genre into the forefront of the black metal consciousness.
Today, Season of Mist announced a new outing from the reclusive project, imposingly titled Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams in the Spring), appropriately set for release on March 9th. The band also released a new single - 'Nakryta Neba Burym Dakhom', which my limited Ukrainian and google translate-fu seem to hint means 'the Sky was Covered by a Roof'.
Regardless, as with other Drudkh outings, 'Nakryta Neba Burym Dakhom' is patient, hypnotic, but unerringly restive, eschewing the yawning synths and plodding pace of their kin in Summoning for tribal, folk-tinged blast beats, relentless guitar leads that conjure up golden sunsets on the steppe, and Roman Saenko's signature roars that rush like a gael of wind along the corridors of the song.
Їм часто сниться капіж will be released on March 9th through Season of Mist. You can listen to 'Nakryta Neba Burym Dakhom' below:
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