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Members
Markov Soroka (all instruments, writer), Nick Tingle (drums, percussion)
Genres
Biography
Markov Soroka (Ternopol, Ternopil'S'Ka Oblast', Ukraine) is known for his several excellent projects such as Aureole, Tchornobog, Krukh, Eternium, Silent Thoughts and his awesome label Vigor Deconstruct ( https://vigordeconstruct.bandcamp.com/ )
On his bandcamp , https://markovsoroka.bandcamp.com/ , all music is free to download. If you can spare anything, it's much appreciated , also you can support him through donations on paypal.me/markovsoroka .
Discography
Subaqueous (2020)
Unsleep (2014)
Recommendation:
"On his second album "Subaqueous" under the Drown moniker, Funeral Doom enthusiast Markov Soroka - also the heart and soul of Tchornobog and Aureole - sets out to absorb all light and in the process creates realms of fluorescent beauty.
While celebrating surges of darkness and disturbance through Tchornobog, the obsessively driven artist offers a different facet of his persona via Drown. Although the foundation of the music is uncompromisingly heavy and grief-laden, it is carried by a current of playful melodies and weightless harmonies. These forces combined create a relentless maelstrom into the depths of the sea.
Produced by Greg Chandler (Esoteric), who is no stranger to funeral doom metal, "Subaqueous" is a jewel that shines brightly within this still rather obscure genre. As Markov frankly states: "Drown is what I wished 'aquatic doom' sounded like before I started the project."
Just as his other ventures, Drown is based on an ongoing conceptual story and to be seen as a musical theater of sorts, focussing on one protagonist among other characters. Since such stories can work on a metaphorical level too, Markov says: "The drowning of our lives is as much a metaphor as it is a construct to escape into on this album. The common woe of human life are the various forms of grief and depression we feel as loss."
The water filling the protagonist's lungs not only crushes them; they make him one with the ocean deep …"
Recorded and written 2014-2020
Markov Soroka: All guitars, fx, vocals, concepts & writing
Wessel Damiaen: Drums & percussion
Gina Hendrika Eygenhuysen: Violin & strings
Artwork: Nightjar art of Adam Burke
Sound: All music, lyrics and concepts by Markov Soroka
Photography: Lillian Liu
Logo: Karmazid
Layout: Alejandro Tedin at Heresie Graphics
Recorded by: Markov Soroka
Drums recorded by: Wessel Damian at Catacomben Studios
Violin performance by Gina Hendrika Eygenhuysen by M.S. in 2018
Mixed and mastered by: Greg Chandler and Priory Recording Studio
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Bandcamp page - https://markovsoroka.bandcamp.com/
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