Blood of Kingu was a black metal band from Ukraine formed in 2005 by Roman Saenko, the main member of Drudkh, Dark Ages and Hate Forest.
Blood of Kingu | |
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| Origin | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Genres | Black metal, death metal[1] |
| Years active | 2005–2016[2] |
| Labels | Candlelight, Supernal Music, Debemur Morti, Season of Mist |
| Members | Roman Saenko Thurios Krechet Yuriy Sinitsky |
| Website | www |
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.[citation needed].
On 7 December 2007, they released their first album, De occulta philosophia. It was re-released with alternate layout and packaging.
Their second album, Sun in the House of the Scorpion, was recorded in the autumn of 2009 and released on 24 May 2010 by Candlelight Records.
On mid-2016, Blood of Kingu had announced on their Facebook page that the band has ended.[2] After that, Roman Saenko has started another new Black metal band called "Windswept" which its debut album will be released in March 2017 with its first track "Blinding and Bottomless abyss is howling".[3] Its lyrical inspiration is mostly from nature, similar to Drudkh[4]
Discography edit
Final line-up edit
- Roman Saenko – vocals, guitar, keyboards (2005–2016)
- Thurios – guitar (2007–2016)
- Krechet – bass (2007–2016)
- Yuriy Sinitsky – drums (2007–2016)
- Vlad – keyboards (2014–2016)
References edit
- ^ "Blood of Kingu Albums: songs, discography, biography, and listening guide". Rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b Blood of Kingu is dead., Facebook.com
- ^ "Listen to the first track from Windswept the new Drudkh side-project". Terrorizer.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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