Since 24 February in 2022, I've been listening to #UkrainianMetal #music. I wanted to keep #Ukraine in my mind, to (in a very modest way) support or promote some of their #culture and #artists, and to learn of some new music, of course. In this thread, I list some cool or interesting bands in alphabetical order (except that the bands with names written using the Ukrainian alphabet will be listed last). 🤘 🇺🇦
1914 are a fairly well-known band from Lviv, playing catchy #BlackenedDeathMetal. The songs deal with World War I in one way or another (the main guy is a war history nut). But their take on war seems nevertheless healthy: "You cannot idealize any war – because war is always about shitty politics and bullshit propaganda, death, mud, mass graves, suffering, broken lives, despair." #1914Band #DeathMetal https://x1914x.bandcamp.com/album/where-fear-and-weapons-meet
Where Fear And Weapons Meet, by 1914

11 track album

1914
#UkrainianMetal 2. #Activated are an energetic #ThrashMetal outfit from #Kyiv. Here’s their recent, first, EP. Play it loud enough. #InThrashWeTrust https://activated.bandcamp.com/album/rise
Rise, by Activated

5 track album

Activated
Aura, by Afsked

6 track album

Afsked
Bad trip - still a trip, by Amber Platypus

8 track album

Amber Platypus
How Much Is Your Mask?, by Anmasker

8 track album

Anmasker
#UkrainianMetal 6. #AtraMorsKvlt from #Lviv. A little known band, but it's a quite nice mixture of more #gritty #BlackMetal #mayhem and echoes of something #Krallice-ish that they offer. https://atramorskvlt.bandcamp.com/album/the-lance-of-adversity-and-death (I'll also mention here, but not separately post about, 2 other bands: #AnthroHalaust (#Kharkiv) and #Apatia (#Kropyvnytskyi).)
The Lance Of Adversity And Death, by Atra Mors Kvlt

9 track album

Atra Mors Kvlt
#UkrainianMetal 7. #AzathothCircle from #Kiyv. Not my cup of sencha, really, but nevertheless well executed stuff drawing inspiration, self-reportedly, from #Tool, #BlackMetal, #APerfectCircle, #Lovecraft, #Gojira, etc. https://azathothcircle.bandcamp.com/album/siaivo
Siaivo, by Azathoth Circle

6 track album

Azathoth Circle
#UkrainianMetal 8. #BalanceInterruption, also from #Kiyv, are a skillful bunch, playing restless #BlackMetal on the somewhat more #experimental side. Great stuff. Loved the use of 🎷 (e.g., the solo in 1:58-3:15, or thereabouts, in the first track). https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat159-balance-interruption-door-218-2016
SAT159: Balance Interruption - Door 218 (2016), by Satanath Records

8 track album

Satanath Records
#Ukrainianmetal 9. #BestialInvasion from #Zhytomyr. I almost stopped listening to this faster than one could say #YngwieMalmsteen, but this is absolutely delightful: a fantastically intense and outlandish mixture of #Thrash, #Prog, #Helloween, #Jazz-ishness, decades of the past, #GuitarHeroism, deadly sins, speed, #Polish, and surprising twists and turns. To top it all, the singer occasionally sounds just like #BruceDickinson. And the #Bass player’s name is #MetalPriest. https://bestialinvasion.bandcamp.com/album/divine-comedy-inferno
Divine Comedy: Inferno, by Bestial Invasion

9 track album

Bestial Invasion (Official)
#UkrainianMetal 10. #Bezmir from #Dnipro. Glorious, relentless #BlackMetal perhaps best enjoyed alone in the emptiness of #space. One of #Severoth's projects. He wrote on Facebook in February, right after the start of the war, that there'll be more music by Bezmir if he survives. More recently, he wrote that he's back to creating music after a 6-month break. So perhaps there will be more, at some point. But whether or not that's the case, I hope he'll survive. https://bezmir.bandcamp.com/album/void
Void, by Bezmir

8 track album

Bezmir
#UkrainianMetal 11. #CryogenicImplosion are a #DeathMetal outfit from #Chernivtsi. Track number 2, "Delete Humanity," for instance, is quite nice (athough I don't find the relevant course of action recommendable). https://cryogenicimplosion.bandcamp.com/album/creation-of-the-new-world
Creation of the new world, by CRYOGENIC IMPLOSION

8 track album

CRYOGENIC IMPLOSION
Awareness Ephemera, by Crypt of Silence

4 track album

Crypt of Silence
#DriftofGenes hail from #Debaltseve, #Donetsk. There's something oddly peaceful or soothing about this kind of #BrutalDeathMetal. Maybe partly because the growling isn't so aggressive. Perhaps in part because the technicality of the music invokes images and associations of careful craftmanship despite all the speed and chaos. #DeathMetal https://driftofgenes.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-soil
Frozen Soil, by Drift of Genes

10 track album

Drift of Genes
#UkrainianMetal 14. #Drudkh from #Kharkiv are one of the best known Ukrainian #metal bands. A #warning: one of the other projects of the band leader has been a nazi band. Drudkh draw from #nationalist poetry, etc., but aren't considered similarly problematic. It's #BlackMetal that sounds like summer rain, #sunflowers, and burning wheat fields. I prefer the old more raw stuff over the newer material. https://drudkh.bandcamp.com/album/forgotten-legends
Forgotten Legends, by Drudkh

4 track album

Drudkh
#UkrainianMetal 15. #EndlessBattle. No-nonsense #BlackMetal from #Dnipro. The drums (and the keyboard) are blasted here by #Severoth, whose neat solo project #Bezmir has been mentioned above. https://endless-battle-werewolf-promotion.bandcamp.com/album/roots-of-all-evil
Roots Of All Evil, by Endless Battle

7 track album

Endless Battle
#UkrainianMetal 16. #EtherealRiffian is the name of the band (from #Kyiv), and 'Stonezilla' the name of the singer/guitar player. So, strong #StonerRock vibes here. #StonerMetal https://etherealriffian.bandcamp.com/album/legends
Legends, by Ethereal Riffian

10 track album

Ethereal Riffian
#UkrainianMetal 17. Couldn't find any relevant 'F' bands, and the 'G' ones I'll pass due to their far-right ideology or connections. So we move on to #Haspyd from #Kharkiv. Not my cup of gyokuro, exactly, but these plaintive melodies should be great for when you're astride a horse, raising your sword with the wind in your hair. Good energy. So, friends of #melodic #FolkMetal #PaganMetal: you might want to give this a whirl. https://haspyd.bandcamp.com/album/--3
Перехрестя двох вітрів, by Haspyd

9 track album

Haspyd
#UkrainianMetal 18. #Helvetus from #IvanoFrankivsk play somehow soothing, folk-tinged, #BlackMetal with some great riffs (e.g., 0:48-1:07 in the first track). https://helvetus.bandcamp.com/album/-
Тьма, by HELVETUS

8 track album

HELVETUS
#UkrainianMetal 19. #Ieschure is a one-woman #BlackMetal project from #Rivne. Very cool, very #Minimalism; #Music to wrap around oneself for a curious mixture of warmth and hopelessness. This is a recent #Split with #Moloch. The most recent full-length, #TheShadow, is intriguing, too. That's, like, #GhostMusic. Conjured in the #ShadowPlane with intricate #Witchcraft, I imagine. https://ieschure.bandcamp.com/album/ieschure-moloch-among-the-swamps-and-darkness
Ieschure / Moloch - Among The Swamps And Darkness, by Ieschure

8 track album

Ieschure
#UkrainianMetal 20. #Jinjer from #Donetsk might just be the most popular or best known Ukrainian metal band right now. While I don't really listen to this kind of #MetalCore #GrooveMetal #ProgressiveMetal, I'll say that they played an incredible gig at #Tuska2022. Massive energy. Moving, too. https://jinjer-jinjer.bandcamp.com/
Jinjer

Jinjer
#UkrainianMetal 21. #Karabiner from #Kyiv, heavily bombed by #Russia today. Proper reckless #Thrash #BrutalThrash #Crossover mayhem. Just three brief songs, and I'm feeling out of breath. Well done. Also, the #AlbumCover seems very fitting. https://karabiner.bandcamp.com/album/speedact
Speedact, by Karabiner

3 track album

Karabiner
#UkrainianMetal 22. #KarmaRage from #Sievierodonetsk in #Luhansk, currently occupied by #Russia. #Thrash #Crossover Lyrical themes: #Politics, #Leftism, social themes. Or so it says on a website. I have no clue about the lyrics, of course. The band has *one* listener on #Spotify during the last month! I suppose that's me, then. https://karmarage.bandcamp.com/album/sociym
SoCiym, by Karma Rage

10 track album

Karma Rage
#UkrainianMetal 23. #KasuWeri are an excellent #Sludge #SludgeMetal #StonerMetal band from #Kyiv, where 70% of people still were without electricity this morning, after the #MissileStrikes by #Russia yesterday. #Riff https://kasuweri.bandcamp.com/album/from-soil-to-ashes
From Soil To Ashes, by Kasu Weri

4 track album

Kasu Weri
#UkrainianMetal 24. #LugburzSleed from #Chernihiv is a currently one-person #Experimental #Electronic #Ambient project, drawing from #BlackMetal. (There was a guitar player in the band, too, but he "plunged into" the #War and lost interest in #Music, or so I read in an interview from 2019.) Some of this sounds like, I don't know, the last, broken, lonely machines on the planet slowly grinding to a halt. Really cool sounds; intriguing stuff. https://lugburzsleed.bandcamp.com/album/m45
M45•ΠΛΕΙΆΔΕΣ, by Lugburz Sleed

8 track album

Lugburz Sleed
#UkrainianMetal 25. #MerzotnaPotvora from #Kyiv play ragged, snotty, crusty #BlackenedThrash #BlackMetal #Thrash This is their recent #Split with #Abigail (who dub themselves as #TheMostEvilBandInJapan). The recent full-length #HalasZPekla also contains some nice #BlackenedHumppa. https://merzotnapotvora.bandcamp.com/
Japan Ukraine Devil's Worshipers (Split with ​Abigail), by Merzotna Potvora

4 track album

Merzotna Potvora
#UkrainianMetal 26. #MetalDisease also hail from #Kyiv. Sympathetic no-nonsense #Thrash that almost forces one's (that is: my) fingers ➡️ 🤘 This one-person #Metal #ThrashMetal project would deserve more than the 7 monthly listeners on #Spotify! https://metaldisease.bandcamp.com/
Deadly Attack, by Metal Disease

11 track album

Metal Disease
#UkrainianMetal 27. #Moloch from #Rivne (”from the deep woods of Ukraine”) play foul, darker than black #BlackMetal (and, on many other albums, #DarkAmbient). https://molochukr.bandcamp.com/album/verw-stung
Verwüstung, by Moloch

14 track album

Moloch
#UkrainianMetal 28. #MortalVision from #Dnipro play fierce, fast and furious #ThrashMetal. A new #Thrash quartet who seem to be gaining some attention, and for good reason. #DeathThrash https://mortalvision-ua.bandcamp.com/album/mind-manipulation
Mind Manipulation, by Mortal Vision

8 track album

Mortal Vision
#UkrainianMetal 29. #MrtvaVod from the heavily bombed #Mykolaiv is a one-person #BlackMetal project. Good tunes, #Cold sounds. https://mrtvavod.bandcamp.com/album/divided-in-life
Divided in Life, by Mrtva Vod

9 track album

Mrtva Vod
#UkrainianMetal 30. #Necrom from #Kharkiv sound very #Stockholm in the early #90s. The album name, too ('All Paths are Left Here'), is a nod to #Entombed. Catchy, great #OldSchoolDeathMetal. Worth noting, though: while this is *not* something that I'd associate with, say, Entombed (from a recent interview of a founding member, Ulf Cederlund: "Make more love! Fight fascism everywhere."), these folks have played in #NSBM bands (= National Socialist Black Metal). #DeathMetal https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-are-left-here
All Paths Are Left Here, by NECROM

10 track album

Osmose Productions
#UkrainianMetal 31. #Nonsun from #Lviv. This is *really nice* #DoomMetal. A seamless, stylish, mixture of #Sludge #StonerDoom and something #PostRock-ish. Like, #Sleep meets #Mogwai. With just a couple of hundred monthly listeners on #Spotify these folks are so underrated. Or better: highly rated, but too unknown. #PlayItLoudEnough & enjoy. https://nonsun.bandcamp.com/album/blood-spirit
Blood & Spirit, by Nonsun

5 track album

Nonsun
NOYDE "Surface" (Digital), by Loneravn Records

4 track album

Loneravn Records
#UkrainianMetal 33. #OctopusKraft. A *really* cool band. Strong #Isis #IsisTheBand vibes. A hint of #CultOfLuna. #PostMetal without needless pomposity. Powerful, intriguing #Music; #AwesomeSounds. Another real #Gem that pretty much no one knows about. #StronglyRecommended. #Sludge #PostMetal #DoomMetal #MetalMastodon https://octopuskraft.bandcamp.com/album/null
NULL, by Octopus Kraft

8 track album

Octopus Kraft
#UkrainianMetal 34. #OdradekRoom play slightly #Proggy, #Melodic #DoomMetal #DoomDeath #PostMetal. The band is, or was, based in #Mariupol, where *tens of thousands* of civilians are estimated to have been killed by the #Russian forces this year, the entire city having been completely destroyed. This album is from last year. https://odradekroom.bandcamp.com/album/painted-mind
Painted Mind, by Odradek Room

7 track album

Odradek Room
#UkrainianMetal 35. #Pušča from #Lviv play an interesting mixture of #BlackMetal, #SomeKindOfRockMusic, #HardCore, etc. With the occasional faint dash of something #TripHop-py. The band themselves call it #PostBlackMetal. Anyway, #Metal also for people with #PopSensibilities, I'd imagine. The vocalist, #Seira, impresses with her singing and screaming (in #French). A new band, but they're making some waves. #MetalMastodon https://pusca-band.bandcamp.com/
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#UkrainianMetal 36. #Rattenfänger play awesome-sounding #OldSchoolDeathMetal. (It's perhaps worth mentioning that it's another project by some #Kharkiv musicians who have been involved in the #NSBM scene in the past.) #DeathMetal https://rattenfanger.bandcamp.com/album/geisslerlieder
Geisslerlieder, by Rattenfänger

7 track album

Rattenfänger
#UkrainianMetal 37. #Reabilitator from #Zaporizhzhia play superb and straightforward old-school #Crossover #ThrashMetal. #Love the energy. It's hard to go wrong with this kind of stuff. This album is brand new, from last month. The previous one, #SocialProgramming, is also awesome. The drummer's solo project, #MetalDisease, has already been highlighted, above. #PlayItLoudEnough #Thrash #MetalMastodon https://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mentally-defected
Mentally Defected, by REABILITATOR

9 track album

Xtreem Music
Our Cold Days Are Still Here When The Lights Are Out, by Sauroctonos

6 track album

Sauroctonos
#UkrainianMetal 39. #Schizogen. Lots and lots of notes and drum beats and growling in fluid tempos and weird time signatures. And it's all very well done, too. So what's not to #Love. Awesome #BrutalDeathMetal #TechDeath #DeathMetal from #Kyiv. #MetalMastodon #Metal #Ukraine https://schizogen.bandcamp.com/album/spawn-of-almighty-essence
Spawn of Almighty Essence, by SCHIZOGEN

8 track album

SCHIZOGEN
#UkrainianMetal 40. #Sectorial from #Boyarka. Not sure how to describe this. They used to play #Grindcore, and this shows (in the awesome drumming). The #Bandcamp site primarily characterizes this as #BlackenedDeathMetal, and this, too, makes sense. They also make heavy use of various #Folk music instruments, though - the #MouthHarp, flutes, etc. - which gives the #Music a rather unique feel. #ExtremeMetal #MetalMastodon #DeathMetal #FolkMetal https://sectorial.bandcamp.com/album/vyr
VYR, by Sectorial

12 track album

Sectorial
In Coffins, by Spikers

7 track album

Spikers
Age of Harsh Realities, by Spit Bile

8 track album

Spit Bile
#UkrainianMetal 43. #StonedJesus from #Kyiv. Holy smoke this is good. Excellent #StonerRock #StonerDoom #StonerMetal. The earlier stuff is very #BlackSabbath, while this more recent material veers a couple of notches toward #Rock & #Pop, with a good dose of #Melvins and a dash of repetitive grooves á la #Circle. Still #Heavy, though! Would probably be a lot of fun #Live. They're quite popular, and deservedly so. Check 'em out, if you haven't already. https://stonedjesus.bandcamp.com/album/pilgrims
Pilgrims, by Stoned Jesus

7 track album

Stoned Jesus
Aggression, by Surgical Invasion

7 track album

Surgical Invasion
Розпад, by svrm

7 track album

svrm
#UkrianianMetal 46. #Terrorflesh from #Kyiv play brisk, "flesh-ripping" #OldSchoolDeathMetal #DeathMetal. They are a new band; their only album is from last year. It was promoted, it seems, until it understandably wasn't. Consequently, I don't think that many people know of this band. But without the #Russian invasion things might be different. https://terrorflesh.bandcamp.com/album/among-the-toxic-shadows
AMONG THE TOXIC SHADOWS, by TERRORFLESH

8 track album

TERRORFLESH
#UkrainianMetal 47. #Terrorscum from #Kyiv have only released a split with #Обрій, but their ranks include folks who've played/vocalized in bands that are already familiar (#Reabilitator, #MerzotnaPotvora). The genre would be something along the lines of #DeathThrash #ThrashDeath #DeathMetal. https://terrorscum.bandcamp.com/releases
Обрій/Obrij split, by Terrorscum

2 track album

Terrorscum
Cloak Of Darkness, Dagger Of Night, by They Came From Visions

5 track album

They Came From Visions
#Thromb from #Simferopol blast away some pretty aggressive-sounding #DeathMetal. #UkrainianMetal Couldn’t find them on #Bandcamp or on #Youtube, but they are on #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3c4sbcexvRtIPNpTKXAQo3?si=J6GAV7c5TAi8Sccs2p-EXA
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#UkrainianMetal 50. #Tvar from #Kharkiv sound like they are not entirely pleased about the state of the world. Fierce #Blackened whatever. #BlackMetal #Hardcore #Sludge https://tvar.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
S/T, by Tvar

5 track album

Tvar
Нігілізм, by Vidliudnyk

6 track album

Vidliudnyk
Khryp, by Vidmershiy Shmat

9 track album

Vidmershiy Shmat
Metamorphopsia, by Virvel Av Morkerhatet

10 track album

Avantgarde Music
#UkrainianMetal 54. #Vubar is a one-person project from #Cherkasy. Pitch black, claustrophobic #DeathMetal. This music is, like, actually a little terrifying. https://vubar.bandcamp.com/album/ad-conflandum-in-horror-2
Ad Conflandum in Horror, by Vubar

8 track album

Vubar