Drudkh – Autumn Aurora (2004)

March 6, 2024

Drudkh’s first album is magical. I was not expecting such a gentle, atmospheric creation. “Sunwheel” (yikes) is gorgeous, as is closing track “The First Snow”, but in all honestly the whole album is just fantastic. The production is minimal but not grim enough to put a dampener on any of the performers, and everything is audible and balanced well. If I had one thing to note that could be seen as a negative it would be that the vocals are considerably lower in the mix than everything else, but this works in the context of this album.