Feb 8, 2023
“The mountain chain of time. The curse of silent scream.”
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“The mountain chain of time. The curse of silent scream.”
2006. Blood in Our Wells
is the fourth album by Ukrainian band Drudkh, rdedicated to the memory of Stepan Bandera, legendary leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. The name of the album comes from a line of the 1935 poem by Oleh Olzhych and, like its predecessor, it features lyrics taken from classical Ukrainian poetry, and the sound is more influenced by folk music and pagan metal this time around, with most compositions consisting of two or more interlocking movements.
As with The Swan Road, lyrics are taken from classical Ukrainian literature. The lyrics to "Furrows of Gods" are adapted from a 1980 poem by Lina Kostenko; the lyrics to "When the Flame Turns to Ashes" are adapted from a 1908 poem by Oleksandr Oles; the lyrics to "Solitude" are once again taken from the 1839 work of Taras Shevchenko; and the lyrics to "Eternity" are lifted verbatim from the 1929 work of Yuriy Klen. Several tracks also sample the Ukrainian poetic film Mamay (2003), and for this reason Blood in Our Wells has been described as "more cinematic" than its predecessors.
One of the most notorious BM acts of recent years is Drudkh, the sideproject of Roman Saenko (better known for his work on Hate Forest, an extinct band that has been outlived by Drudkh) This band poses a different side of BM, lyrical, nature-oriented and with epic trends. It is remarkable that this project is unanymously praised in the underground scene (much more than Hate Forest, which is frankly very underrated).
Blood in Our Wells has been raved about ever since its release and it’s considered by many Drudkh’s masterpiece. Perhaps it is, but cannot wait to hear even more from this band. we still don't fully know what the future will bring for Drudkh, but meanwhile, we can listen to this true monument to nature and poetry.
