1914 is a Ukrainian extreme metal band formed in

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in 2014. Their songs focuses entirely on

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, and the group itself was named for the year it began. Musically, 1914 combines the sound of doom, sludge, black and death metal.

History

1914 was founded in late summer/early autumn 2014 in

by musicians who already had musical experience and played in various Ukrainian musical groups (

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, Skinhate, Ambivalence, Johny B Gut, Stalag 328, Zgard, Disentrail, Ratbite, Toster). In 2015, the band released their debut album ''Eschatology of War'' through Archaic Sound. Three years later, their second album, ''The Blind Leading the Blind'', was released. The album received positive reviews from the music press and 1914 soon signed a contract with

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. The label released their third album, ''Where Fear and Weapons Meet'', in 2021, which also received critical acclaim and was later included in several lists of the best albums of the year.

Members

Current

*2nd Division, 147th Infantry Regiment, Senior Lieutenant Dietmar Kumarberg (Dmytro Ternushchak) - vocals (2014–present) *37th Division, Field Artillery Regiment No. 73, watchman Liam Fessen (Oleksa Fisyuk) - guitar (2014–present) *5th Division, Ulanensky Regiment No. 3, Sergeant Vitalis Winkelhock (Vitaly Vigovskyy) - guitar (2015–present) *9th Division, Grenadier Regiment No. 7, non-commissioned officer Armin von Heinessen (Armen Oganesyan) - bass guitar (2014–present) *33rd Division, 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment. No. 96, Private Rusty Potoplakht (Rostyslav Potoplyak) - drums (2016–present)

Former

*First lieutenant Serge Russell (company C, 306th machine gun battalion) (Serhiy) - drums (2014-2016) *Sergeant Andrew Naifman (157th Field Artillery Regiment, 40th Infantry Division) (Andriy Rieznikov) - guitar (2014-2015) *5th Division, Ulanen Regiment No. 3, Sergeant Basil Lagenndorf (Vasil Lahodiuk) - guitar (2015)

Discography

;Studio albums * ''Eschatology of War'' (2015) * ''The Blind Leading the Blind'' (2018) * ''Where Fear and Weapons Meet'' (2021) ;Other albums * ''Ich hatt einen Kameraden'' (2016,

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with Minenwerfer) * ''Eschatology of War / Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland'' (2016, compilation) * ''Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland!'' (2016, EP) ;Singles * «Caught in the Crossfire» (2014) * «Frozen in Trenches (Christmas Truce)» (2014) * «Zeppelin Raids» (2015) * «Stoßtrupp 1917» (2017) * «…and a Cross Now Marks His Place» (2021) * «Pillars of Fire (The Battle of Messines)» (2021) * «FN .380 ACP#19074» (2021) * «Flammenwerfer vor!» (2022)

References

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