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Graveland are a Polish pagan black metal band which was formed in 1991 by Rob Darken (born Robert Fudali). They began as a black metal band before adopting a pagan and Viking metal style. The lyrics and imagery of Graveland are strongly inspired by European mythology, nature, winter and war. Their early work focused on Celtic and Slavic mythology, while their later work focuses on Norse mythology and Wotanism.

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Graveland
Graveland (Kolovorot [uk], Kharkiv 2017)
Background information
Origin	Wrocław, Poland
Genres	Pagan metal, black metal, viking metal
Years active	1991–present
Labels	No Colours
Members	Rob Darken Skyth M. Ahrin
Past members	Capricornus Karcharoth Miro Zbych Bor Sigrunar Mścisław Draugir
Website	graveland.org

History

Beginning

Darken, who started Graveland as a solo project in 1991, was influenced by bands such as Bathory and Emperor.[1] He recorded the first demos, Necromanteion and Drunemeton, working alone. In 1993, drummer Maciej "Capricornus" Dąbrowski joined the band, which then recorded In the Glare of Burning Churches. In 1994 the two were joined by Grzegorz "Karcharoth" Jurgielewicz (previously of Infernum) and recorded The Celtic Winter, which was released as an EP by the German label No Colours Records.[2] No Colours currently releases the band's new albums.

First albums

A few months later, the band's first album, Carpathian Wolves (recorded at the Radio PRO-FM Studio, Opole, 26 Apr – 2 May 1994), was released by Eternal Devils Records. With Carpathian Wolves, the band drew the attention of several bigger metal labels and was eventually signed by the Austrian Lethal Records label, which released Thousand Swords. This album was recorded in December 1994 at Tuba Studio, Wrocław, "in the days of eternal winter & frozen night of full moon, at the gates of a new era".[3] The Lethal Records release showed a progression in Graveland's sound from raw black metal to black metal with folk and Viking metal influence to it. The album is considered to be the band's best release by many fans and a classic in the black metal scene.[4] After reportedly making several racist statements, the band was dropped by Lethal. Darken then founded his own label, Isengard (later Eastclan), and re-released an extended Thousand Swords on cassette. The album's booklet contains statements against Lethal Records and two other bigger metal labels, Osmose and Nuclear Blast.[5] In 1999, the album was re-released, again, by No Colours with another different album cover. In 2001, it was re-released for a second time by No Colours on CD and vinyl. The CD version had the logo in red and the vinyl version had a red logo. The CD and vinyl versions had different covers from each other.

Move towards folk

The band's third album, Following the Voice of Blood, was recorded 25 September 1996 – 18 December 1996 and released in 1997 via No Colours. With the 1998 album, Immortal Pride (strongly influenced by the movie soundtrack of Conan the Barbarian), the band took on a folk style, while moving more into Viking metal. Its sound became more epic, symphonic and added more keyboards and chorales. The songs also became much longer. (For instance, Immortal Pride consists of four songs: two of them being the intro and outro; and the other ones being 24 and 17 minutes long.)

In 2000, Raiders of Revenge (a split release with the RAC band Honor) and Creed of Iron / Prawo Stali were released. Since Creed, Darken has worked without Capricornus on drums.

In November 2015, it was announced that Rob Darken had assembled a live lineup and Graveland would play its very first live shows in April 2016.[6]

On 22 February 2018, the band released a re-recorded version of ''Dawn of Iron Blades'' with new keyboards, drums, bass and female vocals. The band released the single "Possessed by Steel" on 14 April 2020. Hour of Ragnarok the band's 13th studio album of original material was released on 23 August 2021 through Inferna Profundus Records.

Controversy

Graveland is associated with the National Socialist black metal (NSBM) scene and generally seen as a National Socialist band.[7] Rob Darken has openly glorified Adolf Hitler in interviews, one of several quotes from "Brangolf magazine" being: "Undoubtedly, the most striking personality of Europe was Adolf Hitler. What he tried to build deserves the greatest respect. They [the Nazis] realized the value of pure Aryan Europe. Hitler embodied the idea of an Empire of White People. Hitler discovered and realized the true destiny hidden in the blood of white people. The proud Aryan ancestors always went the way of the gods."[8] Darken has said he rejects the Nazi label in English-language interviews, and told Decibel magazine: "I do not think Graveland is an NSBM band. Graveland is regarded as a NSBM band because of my political convictions, [which] most people would call extreme right-wing, National Socialist convictions".[7]

On 26 November 2016, anti-fascists held a protest against Graveland's planned show on the final day of Messe des Morts, an annual three-day black metal festival held in Montreal, Canada, which the band were set to headline that year. It was to have been Graveland's first live appearance in North America. The protesters clashed with police, and the festival had to be cut short for security reasons.[9][10]

Band members

Current members

• Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali – vocals, guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers (1991–present)
• Skyth – bass (2020–present)
• M. Ahrin – drums (2020–present)

Former members

• Maciej "Capricornus" Dąbrowski – drums (1993–1999)
• Grzegorz "Karcharoth" Jurgielewicz – bass (1993–1995)
• Bartosz "Bor" Boruszewski – guitars (2015–2019)
• Zbigniew "Zbych" Ropicki – guitars (2015–2016)
• Piotr "Mścisław" Bajus – bass, guitars (2015–2018)
• Mirosław "Miro" Rosiński – drums (2015–2016)
• Maciej "Draugir" Twarowski – guitars (2016–2019)
• Krzysztof "Sigrunar" Saran – drums (2016–2019)

Live members

• Arkadiusz "Aro" Jęczmionka – drums (2016–2020)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Carpathian Wolves (1994)
• Thousand Swords (1995)
• Following the Voice of Blood (1997)
• Immortal Pride (1998)
• Creed of Iron / Prawo Stali (2000) (released in English and Polish versions)
• Memory and Destiny (2002)
• The Fire of Awakening (2003)
• Dawn of Iron Blades (2004)
• Fire Chariot of Destruction (2005)
• Will Stronger Than Death (2007)
• Spears of Heaven (2009)
• Thunderbolts of the Gods (2013)
• Ogień przebudzenia (2014) (re-recording of The Fire of Awakening in Polish)
• 1050 Years of Pagan Cult (2016) (re-recording of songs from the band's old demos and studio albums)
• Dawn of Iron Blades (2018) (re-recording of the album of the same name from 2004)
• Hour of Ragnarok (2021)

EPs and splits

• The Celtic Winter (1994)
• Impaler's Wolves (1999)
• Raiders of Revenge (2000) (split EP with Honor)
• Raise Your Sword! (2001)
• Blood of Heroes (2002)
• Eastern Hammer (2007) (split EP with Nokturnal Mortum, North and Temnozor)
• Wotan Mit Mir (2008)
• Cold Winter Blades (2010)
• Tribute to the King of Aquilonia (2010)
• Ogień Wilczych Serc (Fire of Wolfish Hearts) (2012) (split EP with Biały Viteź)
• The Spirit Never Dies (2016) (split with Nokturnal Mortum)

Demos and promo tapes

• Necromanteion (1992)
• Promo June '92 (1992)
• Drunemeton (1992)
• Epilogue (1993)
• In the Glare of Burning Churches (1993)
• The Celtic Winter (1993)
• Following the Voice of Blood (1997)
• Resharpening Thousand Swords (2014)
• Carpathian Wolves – Rehearsal 1993 (2016)

References

External links

• Official website
• Graveland at AllMusic

На других языках

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[de] Graveland

Graveland ist eine Pagan-Metal-Band aus Polen, die ihre Ursprünge jedoch im Black Metal der zweiten Welle hat und aufgrund ihrer ideologischen Ausrichtung auch dem NSBM zugeordnet wird.

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- [en] Graveland

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[es] Graveland

Graveland es un grupo polaco de pagan/viking metal formado en 1992 por Rob Darken (seudónimo de Robert Fudali). Proyecto en solitario desde sus inicios, Graveland comenzó desarrollando un estilo de raw black metal semejante a Darkthrone pero, influenciado por la épica de grupos como Bathory o Burzum, evolucionar estilo de pagan metal, con una fuerte presencia folk en sus letras.

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[ru] Graveland

Graveland — польская викинг/пейган/блэк-метал-группа, основанная в 1992 году.[1] Главным образом благодаря работе вокалиста/гитариста Darken (aka Robert Fudali), после ряда демозаписей, был издан дебютный альбом Carpathian Wolves (1994).[1] В дальнейшем многие альбомы выходили на лейбле No Colours Records, однако со стороны прессы группе был объявлен бойкот, из-за приверженности её национал-социалистическим взглядам.[1] В то же время, группа была популярна в среде фанатов НСБМ-движения.[2] Darken отверг этот ярлык, рассказав журналу Decibel, что «Graveland считают НСБМ-группой из-за его политических убеждений, которые большинство людей назвало бы крайне правыми, национал-социалистическими убеждениями».[2] Начиная с третьего альбома Following the Voice of Blood (1997) группа берёт курс на викинг-метал, звучание становится более эпичным и симфоничным.[3]

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