Hate Forest

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Name = Hate Forest


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Origin = Kharkiv, Ukraine
Genre = Black metal
Years_active = 1995 – 2007
Label = Supernal Music
Associated_acts = Drudkh Astrofaes
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Current_members = Roman Saenko
Thurios
Past_members = Khaoth

Hate Forest was a Ukrainian Black metal band. The band's lyrics are heavily influenced by Slavic mythology and poetry as well as by modern Ukrainian nationalist and Conservative Revolutionary ideology. The band has recently split-up. The mastermind of Hate Forest, Roman Saenko, who is also the leader of Drudkh, has founded a new band, Blood of Kingu. He also has a dark ambient project, based on European medieval history, called Dark Ages.

Hate Forest never officially released any lyrics; however, they have sometimes been classed as a National Socialist black metal band due to the lyrics "Aryan consciousness is lost", which are clearly audible on their song "Aryosophia." However, statements made about Drudkh's politics would seem to contradict this or indicate a shift in position since that song was recorded; further discussion can be found in the Drudkh article.

Band members

* Roman Saenko (also in Drudkh) - vocals and all instruments
* Thurios (also in Drudkh and Astrofaes)

Former band members

*Khaoth - drums

Discography

* "Scythia" Demo, 1999
* "Darkness" EP, 2000
* "The Curse" Demo, 2000
* "The Most Ancient Ones" Full-length, 2001
* "Blood & Fire" EP, 2001
* "Ritual" EP, 2001
* "The Gates" Full-length, 2001
* "Blood & Fire/Ritual" Compilation, 2001
* "To Those Who Came Before Us" EP, 2002
* "Purity" Full-length, 2003
* "To Twilight Thickets" Compilation, 2003
* "Battlefields" Full-length, 2003
* "Resistance" EP, 2004
* "Sorrow" Full-length, 2005
* "Nietzscheism" Compilation, 2005
* "Temple Forest" Demo, 2007 (recorded in 2000, appeared as a part of "To Twilight Thickets", released in 2007 as a stand-alone demo)

External links

* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2234 Hate Forest at Encyclopaedia Metallum]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Hate+Forest Hate Forest at Last.fm]