_ _______ _ ...:... _ _______ _ ___ / .:::::::::::. \ ___ | / .. (:::::::::::::) .. \ | | . .:::::.`:::::::::::'.:::::. . | | .::.. `:::.::':::`::.:::' ..::. | _ _______ | .::' ::::':::::`:::: `::. | _______ _ \\ | | :: `' ::':`:: `' :: | | // \ | | `:. .::' . `::. .:' | | / . | | .::::::..::::' ... `::::..::::::. | | . | | `:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' | | .... | | `:' `::::: :: :: :::::' `:' | | .... | ' | : `. ': :: :: :: :: :` .' : | ` | |.....: . .......: :: :: :: :: : ...... . : ....| . ...................: : :: :: :: :: : : ................. . _____________:_____________ _____________:_____________ _ ___\` __ /_\` _______/_\` __ _/_\` /___ _ // __ / (/ ___/ (/ _ (/ /_______/\ _ _ /_________ ___________ ______/\ _ ______________/\__/_ _ \\\\\_________\__/\_________\__/\_____/\_____/\____________/f3!/// - -\-\-----------\__/----------\__/-------\_____/---------------/-/- - - -------------------: : :. ..:: :: . :------------------ - : : :......: :: :` ': :: : .....: : : ___ _ | | : ` ' : | | _ ___ _\---------- : | -------- : B E R C : -------- | : ----------/_ /_\ . : . ..:.. ..:.. . : . /_\ /// . . : : . . \\\ /: :\ /:: Artist :: Drudkh ::\ :: Album :: Handful of Stars :: :: Year :: 2022 :: :: __ _ _ __ :: -:--\\-----------------------------------------------------------------//--:- :: \ / :: :: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: Covil Records R.date :: 09.09.2022 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: COVILCD018 Size :: 84,1 MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.100 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 267kbps : . . Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo . . . Website :: __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 01. Cold Landscapes 01:14 :: :: 02. Downfall of the Epoch 12:10 :: :: 03. Towards the Light 09:18 :: :: 04. Twilight Aureole 09:00 :: :: 05. The Day Will Come 09:07 :: :: 06. Listening to the Silence 01:05 :: :: ------- :: .. >> 41:54 min .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: After "Microcosmos" comes their eighth - "Handful Of :: :: Stars". The one, so undervalued; the one, so misunderstood :: :: in the circle of fans; the one, so hated by ones; the one, :: :: so beloved by others. Of course, some changes into the :: :: post-rock take the special place, but does such an :: :: outstanding music deserve that incomprehension. It's up to :: :: you, but I personally think that "Handful Of Stars" doesn't :: :: really yields to the previous opuses in any respects. :: :: :: :: The first thing that arrests your attention is the softer :: :: sound. Also it became much less monotonous what has truly :: :: told on the music positively. Not that their music till the :: :: present time was worse, but just in that very case it :: :: sounds more suitable. By the way, after some changes they :: :: did not waste the utmost soulfulness and originality. :: :: :: :: So, some people may hasten in their conclusion, if they :: :: compare Drudkh and Alcest. So, maybe, this album was made :: :: under the influence of Alcest, but really we don't have :: :: here anything adopted from the french shoegazers (their :: :: split-band Old Silver Key is an absolutely another matter, :: :: but, as for me, their album is not as crappy as one might :: :: say). :: :: :: :: But if we're talking about some post-rock influences, so :: :: yes, there are many. But, as I said, that doesn't make :: :: "Handful Of Stars" a very bad album. The situation is quite :: :: the contrary. That's the evidence of their peculiar talent :: :: - even when they start to compose the music in the :: :: increasing tendency of playing the post-black subgenre, :: :: Drudkh do it in the expert way, also as original as :: :: earlier, and with acquainted notes from the past. :: :: :: :: Despite the certain retirement from the accustomed style to :: :: the newest tendencies. Post-black is not so bad, especially :: :: in the rendition of Drudkh. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2022 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :