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Graveland (the brainchild of Polish multi-instrumentalist Rob "Darken" Fudali) began in a derivative Scandinavian vein on Celtic Winter (1994) and
Carpathian Wolves (1994), an amateurish attempt at fusing gothic folk
and black metal.
They moved towards complex compositions on Thousand Swords (1995),
which features keyboards and glacial drones.
They started moving towards a dense sound, bombastic melodies and political
themes with
Following The Voice of Blood (1997).
Having refined his routine, Fudali embraced a slower, brooding style
on Immortal Pride (1998), with two lengthy epics,
Creed of Iron (2000), with four lengthy visions of medieval warfare,
and Memory And Destiny (2002), steadily moving towards an
ambient pagan folk-metal.
The elegant albums of his maturity, such as
The Fire Of Awakening (2003),
Dawn of Iron Blades (2004),
Fire Chariot Of Destruction (2005) and
Will Stronger Than Death (2007),
basically fused black metal and post-rock.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Marco Spagnuolo)
I Graveland sono la black metal band di punta della Polonia.
Dopo diversi demo tra cui Necromanteion (1991), In The Glare of Burning Churches (1993) e The Celtic Winter (1993) , pubblicano il loro primo full - lenght nel 1994 Carpathian Wolves,
un dilettantesco tentativo di fondere folk gotico e heavy metal.
La band si diresse verso composizioni pi— complesse sull'album Thousand Swords del 1995 in cui si assemblano tastiere e droni glaciali.
Successivamente si rivolgono ad un suono pi— denso,melodie pesanti e a testi impregnati di temi politici pubblicando nel 1996, The Celtic Winter (un full - lenght stavolta)
nel 1997 Following The Voice of Blood, Immortal Pride nel 1998 e Creed of Iron nel 2000.
Le somiglianze con i Burzum erano ovvie sul pi— maturo Memory and Destiny del 2002 e sul pi— accessibile The Fire Of Awakening del 2003.
Nel 2004 pubblicano Dawn Of Iron Blades e nel 2005 Fire Chariot Of Destruction.
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