The Swan Road

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The Swan Road (Lebedynyy Shlyakh)

Studio album by Drudkh

Released

March 14, 2005

Genre

Black metal

Length

43:36

Label

Supernal Music

Drudkh chronology

Autumn Aurora (2004)

The Swan Road (2005)

Blood in Our Wells (2006)

The Swan Road (Ukrainian Лебединий Шлях, Lebedynyy Shlyakh) is the third album by the Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It is characterized by shorter songs and more prominent lyrics than are found on previous Drudkh releases; the lyrics are all taken from the works of Ukrainian nationalist poet Taras Shevchenko. Its sound is also generally considered to be "angrier" than that of its predecessors, especially on the first four tracks. No doubt this is due in no small part to the increased use of distortion in the mix and more frequent use of blast beats, but the last three tracks are considerably more low-key for Drudkh, with the final track being a folk ballad, presaging the direction they would pursue farther on the following year's Songs of Grief and Solitude.