The Swan Road

Infobox Album
Name = The Swan Road (Lebedynyy Shlyakh)
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Drudkh


Released = March 14, 2005
Recorded =
Genre = Black metal
Length = 43:36
Label = Supernal Music
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Autumn Aurora"(2004)
This album = "The Swan Road"(2005)
Next album = "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".

Track listing

#1648 (1:40)
#Вiчне Сонце [Eternal Sun] (7:42)
#Кров [Blood] (9:02)
#Заграва 1768-го [Glare of 1768] (5:58)
#Цiна Воли [The Price of Freedom] (8:12)
#Доля [Fate] (6:42)
#Дума про Руйнування Сiчi [Song of Sich Destruction] (4:17)

Total album length - 43:36