Anti-Urban-Probably my favorite of all the Drudkh releases. Instead of taking their atmosphere from nature; this 2 track EP was recorded with a glum, dark, anti-urban nature. By using atmosphere of what felt like a dark industrial city. What i hate is the fact i don't own this. Because my burned CD of this is broken and sounds horrible and cut-off both songs halfway through. Recommended for fans of: Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood Of Kingu, Sunwheel. Overall Rating: 8/10
Autumn Aurora-Another Drudkh release. This one more traditional to their style. This post-Hate Forest project takes alot of atmosphere of nature. I'm surprised that they are not like the stereotypical atmospheric black (with ambient tendencies) band that uses strictly winter influenced atmosphere. Drudkh experiments with various ones. This album is obviously using the fall. Great sound, but again, it was on the burned CD with the release above, and it only played a couple tracks in full and the rest broke. Recommended for fans of: All bands related to Hate Forest & In The Woods. Overall Rating: 4.8/10
The Four Instructive Tales...Of Decomposition-The earliest Demilich release. Later rereleased with Nespithe as a special edition. This release has been bootlegged through ebay so many times it would make your eyes spin. People seem to love Demilich and Antti hasn't done much to get them popular. Every time he releases a small pressing of CD's they sell out almost immediately. He should really go full out and repress them with a large record label and get their name out there, although they won't get back together besides a few possible reunion shows? Recommended for fans of: Old Tech Death, Suffocation, Etc.. Overall Rating: 6/10 (rawness of cassettes)
Nespithe-The only full length release by the band and probably one of the most coveted metal releases along with "Spiritual Healing" by Death. Antti rereleased this with one label, rereleased it again on another including the demo seen above, rereleased again on another label the same way, and then another one that rereleased the same on vinyl. I really don't see why they don't mass rerelease it on a label like relapse, because so many people love them and want their merch. The CD is codeword for "The Spine" and Demilich uses this cunning 3 word grouping pattern throughout the CD. The CD is raw, but very technical and Antti is very talented; being able to do such tech guitar lines and do his signature lowlowlow burping, gutterals. Recommended for fans of: Demilich haha. Overall Rating: 9.5/10
Awaiting The End-Only available through purchasing it through the band. This release is intense and immense. The singer of the band, the infamous Seth Kimbrough of BMX biking fame and also was singer of Mortal Treason, a large melodic death band in the early 2000's. When you listen to this release, it's hard not to contrast this to Mortal Treason. Seth carried on with making another christian project but his screams are alot more distinct and he jumps around more instead of having his same pitch screams. The CD is technical with its guitar lines and melodic. The CD has its occasional breakdowns, which are well worth the waiting. For a short EP, it really packs a punch. Recommended for fans of: Mortal Treason & Symphony In Peril. Overall Rating: 8.8/10
Anti-Urban-Probably my favorite of all the Drudkh releases. Instead of taking their atmosphere from nature; this 2 track EP was recorded with a glum, dark, anti-urban nature. By using atmosphere of what felt like a dark industrial city. What i hate is the fact i don't own this. Because my burned CD of this is broken and sounds horrible and cut-off both songs halfway through. Recommended for fans of: Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood Of Kingu, Sunwheel. Overall Rating: 8/10
Autumn Aurora-Another Drudkh release. This one more traditional to their style. This post-Hate Forest project takes alot of atmosphere of nature. I'm surprised that they are not like the stereotypical atmospheric black (with ambient tendencies) band that uses strictly winter influenced atmosphere. Drudkh experiments with various ones. This album is obviously using the fall. Great sound, but again, it was on the burned CD with the release above, and it only played a couple tracks in full and the rest broke. Recommended for fans of: All bands related to Hate Forest & In The Woods. Overall Rating: 4.8/10
The Four Instructive Tales...Of Decomposition-The earliest Demilich release. Later rereleased with Nespithe as a special edition. This release has been bootlegged through ebay so many times it would make your eyes spin. People seem to love Demilich and Antti hasn't done much to get them popular. Every time he releases a small pressing of CD's they sell out almost immediately. He should really go full out and repress them with a large record label and get their name out there, although they won't get back together besides a few possible reunion shows? Recommended for fans of: Old Tech Death, Suffocation, Etc.. Overall Rating: 6/10 (rawness of cassettes)
Nespithe-The only full length release by the band and probably one of the most coveted metal releases along with "Spiritual Healing" by Death. Antti rereleased this with one label, rereleased it again on another including the demo seen above, rereleased again on another label the same way, and then another one that rereleased the same on vinyl. I really don't see why they don't mass rerelease it on a label like relapse, because so many people love them and want their merch. The CD is codeword for "The Spine" and Demilich uses this cunning 3 word grouping pattern throughout the CD. The CD is raw, but very technical and Antti is very talented; being able to do such tech guitar lines and do his signature lowlowlow burping, gutterals. Recommended for fans of: Demilich haha. Overall Rating: 9.5/10
Awaiting The End-Only available through purchasing it through the band. This release is intense and immense. The singer of the band, the infamous Seth Kimbrough of BMX biking fame and also was singer of Mortal Treason, a large melodic death band in the early 2000's. When you listen to this release, it's hard not to contrast this to Mortal Treason. Seth carried on with making another christian project but his screams are alot more distinct and he jumps around more instead of having his same pitch screams. The CD is technical with its guitar lines and melodic. The CD has its occasional breakdowns, which are well worth the waiting. For a short EP, it really packs a punch. Recommended for fans of: Mortal Treason & Symphony In Peril. Overall Rating: 8.8/10
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