''Songs of Grief and Solitude'' ( uk, Пісні Скорботи і Самітності, translit=Pisni skorboty і samitnosti, italic=yes), is the fifth album by

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black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with t ...

band

Drudkh Drudkh is a Ukrainian black metal band. It currently consists of (former member of Hate Forest and Dark Ages), Thurios (former member of Astrofaes), Krechet, and Vlad. All four also belonged to Blood of Kingu until it was disbanded. Their ly ...

, released in

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. It marks a radical departure from previous Drudkh works in that all songs are entirely acoustic, arranged in the manner of traditional Ukrainian folk. Several songs contain elements of previous Drudkh material: "Tears of Gods" contains elements of "Fate", "The Milky Way" is a rearranged version of "Blood" and "Archaic Dance" references "Glare of 1768", all three of which originally appeared on ''

The Swan Road ''The Swan Road'' ( uk, Лебединий шлях, Lebedýnyi šljax) is the third album by the Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh, released in 2005. It is characterized by shorter songs and more prominent lyrics than are found on previous Drudkh ...

''. "Why the Sun Becomes Sad" contains elements of "Sunwheel" from ''

Autumn Aurora ''Autumn Aurora'' is the second album by Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh, released in 2004. It is the first Drudkh album to incorporate synthesizers and, as with its predecessor, its lyrics have never been released. Some releases of ''Autumn A ...

'', and "The Cranes Will Never Return Here" is an acoustic rendition of the opening riff from the ''

Blood in Our Wells ''Blood in Our Wells'' ( uk, Кров у наших криницях, Krov u nashykh krynytsyakh) is the fourth album by Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh, released in 2006. The name of the album comes from a line of the 1935 poem by Oleh Olzhych. ...

'' track "Solitude". In 2010, it was re-released as digipak by

Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pag ...

Track listing

References

* 2006 albums Drudkh albums Season of Mist albums {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub