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/:: Artist :: Drudkh ::\
:: Album :: Handful of Stars ::
:: Year :: 2022 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Covil Records R.date :: 09.09.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: COVILCD018 Size :: 84,1 MB __::_
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:: 01. Cold Landscapes 01:14 ::
:: 02. Downfall of the Epoch 12:10 ::
:: 03. Towards the Light 09:18 ::
:: 04. Twilight Aureole 09:00 ::
:: 05. The Day Will Come 09:07 ::
:: 06. Listening to the Silence 01:05 ::
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:: After "Microcosmos" comes their eighth - "Handful Of ::
:: Stars". The one, so undervalued; the one, so misunderstood ::
:: in the circle of fans; the one, so hated by ones; the one, ::
:: so beloved by others. Of course, some changes into the ::
:: post-rock take the special place, but does such an ::
:: outstanding music deserve that incomprehension. It's up to ::
:: you, but I personally think that "Handful Of Stars" doesn't ::
:: really yields to the previous opuses in any respects. ::
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:: The first thing that arrests your attention is the softer ::
:: sound. Also it became much less monotonous what has truly ::
:: told on the music positively. Not that their music till the ::
:: present time was worse, but just in that very case it ::
:: sounds more suitable. By the way, after some changes they ::
:: did not waste the utmost soulfulness and originality. ::
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:: So, some people may hasten in their conclusion, if they ::
:: compare Drudkh and Alcest. So, maybe, this album was made ::
:: under the influence of Alcest, but really we don't have ::
:: here anything adopted from the french shoegazers (their ::
:: split-band Old Silver Key is an absolutely another matter, ::
:: but, as for me, their album is not as crappy as one might ::
:: say). ::
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:: But if we're talking about some post-rock influences, so ::
:: yes, there are many. But, as I said, that doesn't make ::
:: "Handful Of Stars" a very bad album. The situation is quite ::
:: the contrary. That's the evidence of their peculiar talent ::
:: - even when they start to compose the music in the ::
:: increasing tendency of playing the post-black subgenre, ::
:: Drudkh do it in the expert way, also as original as ::
:: earlier, and with acquainted notes from the past. ::
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:: Despite the certain retirement from the accustomed style to ::
:: the newest tendencies. Post-black is not so bad, especially ::
:: in the rendition of Drudkh. ::
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