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Day 12: Eastern European Black Metal

so today's post is a bit tricky. the core of the eastern european black metal scene is the Russian "BlazeBirth Hall" and Roman Saenko, the man behind Drudkh and a number of other Ukrainian bm projects. nearly all of these people have some ties to fascism or directly participated in NSBM bands, and some of the bands on this list themselves would eventually shift toward a NSBM direction (although still, nothing in today's post is explicitly NSBM). all the links posted are to pirate youtube channels, so no one's getting any money off this. obviously i understand if anyone would rather sit these out, but i do think they're important to bm history, or else i wouldn't include them. anyway...

( :xf_gothicc: == must-listens)

Branikald (RU) -- :xf_gothicc:Рдяндалир (Rdyandalir) (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOSaKkiOD98), Хмель мизантропии (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqgoGef5lpc)

Forest (RU) -- Обрекая надежду на вечность (1998) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Yz-FlFO4s), :xf_gothicc:As a Song in the Harvest of Grief (1999) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P062opg2w0U), Заревом над прахом (2000) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEeQ229RMek)

Nokturnal Mortum (UA) -- Lunar Poetry (1996) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbtFq8A8XJE), Goat Horns (1997) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuJbr5V6vI), :xf_gothicc:Голос сталі (The Voice of Steel) (2009) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqEyMKN4VJ0)

Hate Forest (UA) -- Purity (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFVZRZl0FM), Sorrow (2005) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_iQI36H6Po)

Drudkh (UA) -- Forgotton Legends (2003) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVfMl5cwjg), Autumn Aurora (2004) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbL5GyS89eY), :xf_gothicc:Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6c9j1IzO7E)

Walknut (RU) -- Graveforests and Their Shadows (2007) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26LfozVu24)

Mgła (PL) -- With Hearts Toward None (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aFGuKwF2ic), :xf_gothicc:Exercises in Futility (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl7430NIF0U)

⭐ Батюшка (Batushka) (PL) (gold star for being the only band on this list with no ties to fascism 🎉🎉🎉) -- :xf_gothicc:Литоургиiа (Litourgiya) (2015) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URDWbv4miAQ)