Subject:	8: Drudkh - Гра тіней
From:		.jh
Date:		2025-12-23T22:04:00Z
Tags:		music blog best\ of best\ of\ 2025 Drudkh 2025

![Гра тіней](/gfx/1308357.jpg)

Drudkh return with _Гра тіней (Shadow Play)_ and the first thing that
strikes me is the punchier, and warmer sound compared to 2022's _All
Belong to the Night_, the songs are also (despite their length) far
more direct and to the point (again as in so much atmospheric
blackmetal can be that). There is an urgency I feel I've not heard in
a while from Drudkh, intertwined with the more expected eerie
bleakness that I've more come to expect. It's hard not to think that
this sense of urgency isn't tied to the situation in that part of the
world. Over the year this album has grown in stature and has become
one of my favorite albums by them, I can only hope they keep releasing
albums this good.

[Drudkh on Encyclopaedia Metallum](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Drudkh/9344)

<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2442762561/size=small/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/"><a href="https://drudkh.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-play">Shadow Play by Drudkh</a></iframe>

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