History YMMV / Drudkh

** While we won't go into ''heavy detail'', some are very iffy in regards to Drudkh's emphasis on the national heritage of Ukraine, which became a center of criticism in recent years in regards to ''Blood in Our Wells'' being dedicated to controversial nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, a far-right political party that openly collaborated with the Nazis during World War II among other things.

* WinBackTheCrowd: After many years of releases with [[BrokenBase divided fan reactions]], ''A Furrow Cut Short'' has had an almost unanimously positive reception, with many listeners citing it as the band's strongest release since ''Microcosmos'', ''Estrangement'', or even ''Blood in Our Wells''. This has continued with the band's split albums and full-length(s) since then as well; it may qualify as a case of re-GrowingTheBeard.

* DorkAge: Most of the band's releases have their defenders, but almost everyone agrees ''Anti-Urban'' wasn't one of their best works. Luckily, it's just a thirteen-minute EP so it's not a major blemish.

** While we won't go into ''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment heavy detail]]'', some are very iffy in regards to Drudkh's emphasis on the national heritage of Ukraine, which became a center of criticism in recent years in regards to ''Blood in Our Wells'' being dedicated to controversial nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, a far-right political party that openly collaborated with the Nazis during World War II among other things.

* EarWorm: Perhaps surprisingly for a black metal band, some of their songs are quite catchy. "Sunwheel" is a good example. May also double as {{Epic Riff}}s.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The band have explicitly disavowed any political interpretations to their music, despite some strong nationalist subtext (or in some cases, like "Ukrainian Insurgent Army", outright text) running through much of their material. This seemed to have stopped around ''Songs of Grief and Solitude
'' in 2006 however and only make nationalism references in terms of historical context, with 2018's ''They Often See Dreams About the Spring'' being the only implied political statement in nearly a decade from the band.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The band have explicitly disavowed any political interpretations to their music, despite some strong nationalist subtext (or in some cases, like "Ukrainian Insurgent Army", outright text) running through much of their material. This seemed to have stopped around ''The Swan Road'' in 2005 however, with 2018's ''They Often See Dreams About the Spring'' being the only implied political statement in nearly a decade from the band.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The band have explicitly disavowed any political interpretations to their music, despite some strong nationalist subtext (or in some cases, like "Ukrainian Insurgent Army", outright text) running through much of their material. This seemed to have stopped around ''The Swan Road'' however and ''They Often See Dreams About the Spring'' being more about the loss of poets/writers/artists to the Soviets.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The band have explicitly disavowed any political interpretations to their music, despite some strong nationalist subtext (or in some cases, like "Ukrainian Insurgent Army", outright text) running through much of their material.

** While we won't go into ''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement heavy detail]]'', some are very iffy in regards to Drudkh's emphasis on the national heritage of Ukraine, which became a center of criticism in recent years in regards to ''Blood in Our Wells'' being dedicated to controversial nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, a far-right political party that openly collaborated with the Nazis during World War II among other things.

* BrokenBase: The band's flirtation with PostRock on ''Handful of Stars'' didn't go over well with some fans. The band did future PostRock experiments with Old Silver Key, a short-lived {{Supergroup}} they formed with Music/{{Alcest}}'s Neige.

** While we won't go into ''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement heavy detail]]'', some are very iffy in regards to Drudkh's emphasis on heritage pride of Ukraine, which became a center of criticism in recent years in regards to ''Blood in Our Wells'' being dedicated to controversial leader Stepan Bandera, former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The band have explicitly disavowed any political interpretations to their music.

** This seemed to fit with ''every release'' following ''Blood in Our Wells''/''Autumn Aurora'', usually several albums would just be ignored all together and such, but seemed to be averted with ''A Furrow Cut Short''.

* WinBackTheCrowd: After many years of releases with [[BrokenBase divided fan reactions]], ''A Furrow Cut Short'' has had an almost unanimously positive reception, with many listeners citing it as the band's strongest release since ''Microcosmos'', ''Estrangement'', or even ''Blood in Our Wells''. This has continued with the band's split albums since then as well; it may qualify as a case of re-GrowingTheBeard.

* AwesomeMusic: A veritable goldmine. Special mention goes to ''Autumn Aurora'', at one point even ranked best album of the year. ''Forgotten Legends'' and ''Blood in Our Wells'' are also quite widely liked, and it's difficult to go wrong with ''Estrangement'', ''Microcosmos'', ''A Furrow Cut Short'', ''They Often See Dreams About the Spring'', or any of their splits, either. Beyond that, it's not too difficult to find people who will vouch for even most of the band's more divisive releases, though ''Anti-Urban'' seems to be the most widely disliked.

* ArchivePanic: In addition to all that listed on the main page, there's all the Drudkh precursors and side projects, like Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood of Kingu, Old Silver Key, Rattenfänger, Precambrian, Windswept, Deliberate Chaos, and so on, plus other bands the members have contributed to (Pragmatik, Kladovest, and so on). As of March 2018, Drudkh alone has eleven full-length albums, four splits, and two [=EPs=]; they've probably averaged around 40 minutes of music per year.

* AwesomeMusic: A veritable goldmine. Special mention goes to ''Autumn Aurora'', at one point even ranked best album of the year. ''Forgotten Legends'' and ''Blood in Our Wells'' are also quite widely liked, and it's difficult to go wrong with ''Estrangement'', ''Microcosmos'', or ''A Furrow Cut Short'' either. Beyond that, it's not too difficult to find people who will vouch for even most of the band's more divisive releases, though ''Anti-Urban'' seems to be the most widely disliked.

* ArchivePanic: In addition to all that listed on the main page, there's all the Drudkh precursors and side projects, like Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood of Kingu, Old Silver Key, Rattenfänger, Precambrian, Windswept, Deliberate Chaos, and so on, plus other bands the members have contributed to (Pragmatik, Kladovest, and so on).

* ArchivePanic: In addition to all that listed on the main page, there's all the Drudkh precursors and side projects, like Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood of Kingu, Old Silver Key, Rattenfänger, and several others.

* WinBackTheCrowd: After many years of releases with [[BrokenBase divided fan reactions]], ''A Furrow Cut Short'' has had an almost unanimously positive reception, with many listeners citing it as the band's strongest release since ''Microcosmos'', ''Estrangement'', or even ''Blood in Our Wells''.

* AwesomeMusic: Special mention goes to ''Autumn Aurora'', at one point even ranked best album of the year.

* AwesomeMusic: Lots of it.
** Special mention goes to ''Autumn Aurora'' however, which is ''constantly'' ranked by many fans as their MagnumOpus, at one point even ranked best album of the year.

* MagnumOpus: The most frequently cited contenders are ''Forgotten Legends'', ''Autumn Aurora'', and ''Blood in Our Wells''

* EarWorm: Perhaps surprisingly for a black metal band, some of their songs are quite catchy. "Sunwheel" is a good example.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The band have explicitly disavowed any political interpretations to their music.

* BrokenBase: The band's flirtation with PostRock on ''Handful of Stars'' didn't go over well with some fans. The band did future PostRock experiments with Old Silver Key, a {{Supergroup}} they formed with Music/{{Alcest}}'s Neige.

* ArchivePanic: In addition to all that listed on the main page, there's all the Drudkh side projects, like Hate Forest, Astrofaes, Blood of Kingu, Old Silver Key, Rattenfänger, and several others.