Biography
Hate Forest is 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, raw low fidelity quality production, programmed drums, and dark ambient elements. Musical influences are mostly from Scandinavian black metal to traditional death metal, especially Bolt Thrower. According to the band, its lyrics are about mythology, mainly Slavic, and inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's stories and Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. The band never gave interviews, never released photos, and held its distance from the black metal scene.
After 15 years, the band has returned reformed for a one-off concert at the Metal East: Нове Коло festival on June 1st, 2019. The band’s fee for the show was be passed to children with cancer charity foundation. However, in December 2020, Osmose Productions announced their latest album Hour of the Centaur, slated to be released the same month.
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