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/:: Artist :: Drudkh ::\
:: Album :: The Swan Road ::
:: Year :: 2019 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Covil Records R.date :: 15.09.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: COVILCD06 Size :: 81,9 MB __::_
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:: 01. 1648 01:40 ::
:: 02. Eternal Sun 07:42 ::
:: 03. Blood 09:03 ::
:: 04. Glare of 1768 06:00 ::
:: 05. The Price of Freedom 08:13 ::
:: 06. Fate 06:41 ::
:: 07. Song of Sich Destruction 04:23 ::
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:: The Swan Road. A very odd name for the third album to the ::
:: legacy of Drudkh, pretty much Slavic history in the making. ::
:: This album showcases possibly the best idea of their work, ::
:: it shows emotion, depth, and the ability to make Black ::
:: Metal sound intellegent and full of a warm emotion. ::
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:: The vocals on this album are great. They are the same as ::
:: the last two albums, but then change to a Folkish style, ::
:: with the last song, " Song Of Sich Destruction. " His voice ::
:: turns from harsh and sad to depressing, epic, clean, and ::
:: almost something you would hear from an old man singing ::
:: folk tales around the campfire. It makes you wonder, when ::
:: listening to the last track, that what if this is the new ::
:: leg of future waves of Black Metal will be doing, adding ::
:: more Folk and Cultural influences, then the standard Grim, ::
:: Nekro, Kvlt, Repeat. ::
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:: The production on this album is flawless, but the tone set ::
:: from the instruments is on the side of Fuzz and distortion, ::
:: unlike the last two albums to where the guitars and other ::
:: instruments were set at normal distortion and repeditive. ::
:: Also, with this release, the actual use of worth-while ::
:: guitar solo's comes into play. They are no where near what ::
:: Black Metal has to offer for solo's, they sound more like ::
:: from a medium pace Heavy Metal song, set more to make it ::
:: feel epic then anything else. The riffs on this album are ::
:: also something of worth, they again, are different from the ::
:: standard Black Metal riffs. They change, not much, but ::
:: accent the album in different ways. ::
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:: This albums is Saddening, Epic, and Full of Pride. After ::
:: three four listens, I feel in love with it's original feel ::
:: and wonderful composure. This is something that all fans of ::
:: Mellow, Depression filled Black Metal need to hear, because ::
:: screams of pain, anguish, and torture aren't just the only ::
:: depressing things; tales of lore, legend, cultural morals ::
:: can be just as bad. ::
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