Handful of Stars explained

Handful of Stars
Пригорща зірок
Type:studio
Artist:Drudkh
Cover:Handful of Stars.jpg
Recorded:2010
Genre:Post-black metal, post-rock
Label:Season of Mist
Prev Title:Slavonic Chronicles
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Eternal Turn of the Wheel
Next Year:2012

Handful of Stars (Ukrainian: Пригорща Зірок, Pryhorshcha Zirok) is the eighth full-length album by Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh, released in 2010 on Season of Mist's Underground Activists label.

The guitar sound on this album is significantly cleaner than that on any previous album the band had released, with the exception of the band's folk album Songs of Grief and Solitude. Critics and fans noticed a strong influence from post-rock and such bands as Alcest. Due to these features the record received mixed reviews, though it appeared in Haunting the Chapel Top 50 Albums of 2010 at the number 8 position.[1] Again, for lyrics was used the poetry of Ukrainian authors, such as Oleksa Stefanovych and Svyatoslav Gordynskyj.[2]

The limited edition box set of the album came with an EP entitled Slavonic Chronicles which featured covers of songs by Czech Republic's Master's Hammer and Poland's Sacrilegium. The EP was also issued separately as a 10" vinyl record.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haunting the Chapel's Top 50 Albums of 2010 . . December 21, 2010 . October 10, 2012.
  2. Web site: Drudkh, Eternal Turn of the Wheel album, Pagan Black Metal (news, biography, releases, downloads, line-up, tour dates) | Season of Mist, Metal Label . . October 10, 2012.