Dark Ages (band)
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Dark Ages is a minimalist dark ambient
band from Ukraine
formed in 2004 by the main member of Drudkh
, Blood of Kingu
and Hate Forest
. They draw their lyrical themes from European medieval history. This band is not to be confused with the melodic death metal
band Dark Age
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Dark ambient
Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...
band from Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
formed in 2004 by the main member of Drudkh
Drudkh
Drudkh is a Ukrainian metal band that mixes elements of folk metal and black metal. They were formed by Roman Saenko, prolific metal musician, the leading member of Hate Forest, Dark Ages and Blood of Kingu; Thurios, the leading member of Astrofaes and, with Saenko, a former member of Hate Forest;...
, Blood of Kingu
Blood of Kingu
Blood of Kingu is a black metal band from Ukraine formed in 2005 by the main member of Drudkh, Dark Ages and Hate Forest.Lyrically, Blood of Kingu deals with Sumerian/Ancient Egyptian and Indo-European mythology and history. The vocals include death growls as well as Tibetan chants.On 7 December...
and Hate Forest
Hate Forest
Hate Forest was a Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Drudkh, Dark Ages, and Blood of Kingu. Thurios joined the band in 1998 after the recording of "Scythia". The music is mostly very fast, but occasionally slow, with low, distorted vocals and dark ambient...
. They draw their lyrical themes from European medieval history. This band is not to be confused with the melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band Dark Age
Dark Age (band)
Dark Age is a German melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 1994 by Eike Freese , André Schumann and Oliver Fliegel .- History :...
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Additional Notes
Dark Ages contributed a track called "1347" to the Anti-Geldof compilation CD released by Supernal MusicSupernal Music
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