Ukrainian metal is the heavy metal music scene of Ukraine. The most common Ukrainian heavy metal subgenres are

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, pagan,

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and death metal. The most popular and well-known bands are black metal bands

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 l ...

Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the early National Socialist black metal ("NSBM") scene. The band has claimed to have moved away f ...

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Kroda Kroda ( uk, Крода) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian Pagan metal, pagan metal band formed in 2003 in Dnipro. The band's primary lyrical themes are heathenism, history, nature, traditionalism and anti-Christianity. Their sixth full-length album was rele ...

, folk metal bands Holy Blood, Tin Sontsia, Veremiy and Kraamola. Metalcore bands

Jinjer Jinjer ( "ginger") is a Ukrainian metalcore band from Donetsk, formed in 2008. None of the founding members remain with the band. The current lineup considers 2009 as its official year of formation, with the arrival of singer Tatiana Shmailyuk ...

(founded in 2008) and Space of Variations (founded in 2009) signed a contract with

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. Stoned Jesus, Motanka,

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(founded in 2014) and IGNEA (founded in 2015) are Ukraine's newest metal bands with international notoriety. Among the biggest festivals were Metal Heads Mission (

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), Carpathian Alliance (

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), Global East (

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), ProRock (Kyiv). Media: among some old and established on ex-

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territory paper magazines such as ''Terroraiser'', ''Atmosfear'' there is also English-language portal ''Antichrist'' magazine (since 2003).

History

1990s

started as a death metal band called Suppuration in 1991, then they turned to black metal and changed name to Darkness but "had to change the name back between 1993 and 1994 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed a band with that name in the western underground."Sonia
''INTERVIEW WITH NOKTURNAL MORTUM''
Then the band "changed the letter so that we wouldn't find a band with the same name again like it was the case with Darkness." Nokturnal Mortum gained their first Western recognition with the release of their album '' Goat Horns'', their second full-length album, notable for having two keyboardists play on the album, often on the same song, and for mixing traditional Ukrainian music with black metal. The band's first albums were released through The End Records and (as licence pressings) through

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, but the label and band separated after releasing the album ''

Nechrist Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the early National Socialist black metal ("NSBM") scene. The band has claimed to have moved away f ...

'' and a re-release of the '' Lunar Poetry'' demo due to a disagreement. According to Varggoth, "We had a contract with The End Records but it was broken. We have different points of view. They didn't like our policy, we didn't like the way they do business. They owe us some money. That was enough for a conflict." Band frontman

Knjaz Varggoth Yevhen Hapon ( uk, Євген Гапон), also spelt Eugeny Gapon and Ievgen Gapon, better known by his stage name Knjaz Varggoth, is one of the foremost figures in Eastern Europe black metal and far-right musicians. Biography Yevhen Hapon ...

is one of the foremost figures in Eastern European

National Socialist Black Metal National Socialist black metal, also known as NSBM, Aryan black metal, and Neo-Nazi black metal, is a political movement and subgenre within the black metal music scene that promotes neo-Nazism, Fascism, and white supremacist ideologies. NSBM ...

(NSBM) and has played in various NSBM bands, like Aryan Terrorism, Warhead and Temnozor. Nokturnal Mortum's albums "Weltanschauung" and the live album "Live in Katowice" were released by

No Colours Records No Colours Records is a German mail order and record label from Mügeln specialised in black metal. Background No Colours Records mostly releases black metal records, but has also released records related to other extreme metal genres such as t ...

, a German label associated with NSBM. In an interview with Frostkamp, Varggoth said that the album "Weltanschauung" is influenced by

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, a former Chilean diplomat, holocaust denier and major figure in Esoteric Hitlerism.

2000s

Tin Sontsia is a Ukrainian

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band from

. Primarily the band's style was close to alternative rock, but in 2003 they have come to so called Cossack rock. Almost all of the lyrics are in Ukrainian except some songs were written in Belarusian.

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band formed in 2003 in Dnipropetrovsk. The band's primary lyrical themes are paganism, nature and history. Their sixth full-length album was released on 1 May 2015. The band was formed by two musicians, Eisenslav and Viterzgir, in March 2003. The name of the band was taken from the Old East Slavic language and means "The fire of burial bonfire". According to legend, when the bodies of the warriors burned, their souls were carried away with the smoke to the Heavenly Palaces of the Gods. The smoke was a kind of a guide to Rod. In

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, the word ''kroda'' means ''anger'', ''rage''. Thus, the meaning of the name reveals the concept of the band. In May 2004, Kroda released their debut full-length album ''Поплач мені, річко...'' (''Cry To Me, River...'') on Stellar Winter Records. Their second album ''До небокраю життя...'' (''Towards The Firmaments Verge of Life...'') was recorded from January to April 2005, and was released on 20 July the same year. In 2012 it was remastered and reissued on Purity Through Fire Records in Germany. In August 2007, Kroda made their first live performance at the Ukriainian metal music festival "Svarohovo Kolo II", which was held in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

. On 22 December, the band participates in the "Kolovorot Fest" in

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Make Me Famous Make Me Famous were a Ukrainian metalcore band. They were founded by lead guitarist and co-vocalist Denis Shaforostov, who gained popularity through his YouTube channel "above92", and songwriter/guitarist Jimmy X Rose. They released one EP and ...

were a Ukrainian metalcore band. They were founded in 2010 by rhythm guitarist and co-vocalist Denis Shaforostov, who gained popularity through his YouTube channel "above92". They have released one studio album, titled '' It's Now or Never''. IGNEA is a Symphonic/

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band from

, formed in 2013. In 2021, they signed with

References

External links

Metal ArchivesUkrainian Glory: The Rise of Ukrainian Black Metal
{{DEFAULTSORT:metal, Ukrainian Music scenes Ukrainian music Heavy metal by location

History

1990s

2000s

See also

References

External links