HASPYD

HASPYD
HASPYD
Origin	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Genres	folk metal; pagan metal; melodic death metal;
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Sound Age Productions; Eternal Winter Records;
Website	HASPYD on Facebook
Members	Oleksandr Menzerov ; Serhij Stepanenko ; Serhij Kuprykov ; Oleksandr Haharin ; Andrij Savchenko
Past members	Denys Kalinin ; Yevhen Holovchenko

HASPYD are a Ukrainian folk metal/pagan metal band from Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded in 2009. Along with clean vocals, growling and screaming are used. Guitar riffs complement folk instruments such as sopilka (Ukrainian pipes), bandura (Ukrainian string instrument, resembling a harp), drymba (Ukrainian Jew's harp), zhalijka (Slavic instrument, resembling a one-piped bagpipe), violin, etc. Some compositions incorporate elements of death metal. Stylistic affiliation is quite relative. The most characteristic works by genre can be compared with the songs of the bands Ensiferum and Eluveitie.

The band performs at some major Ukrainian and Belarusian festivals. All songs are written in Ukrainian. Even two covers of Amon Amarth and Hypocrisy have been translated into Ukrainian. Before 2014, HASPYD worked with the Russian label Sound Age Productions. Currently, they have a deal with the Italian label Eternal Winter Records.

Lyrics explore themes such as the Rus and Sich historical periods of Ukraine, Cossacks, Ukrainian national liberation struggles in the 20th century, the Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present), patriotism, nature, and Ukrainian mythology.

Discography

2009. «Zatoplena Sich» (Flooded Sich), single

Zatoplena Sich (Flooded Sich)

2013. «Ridna Zemlia» (Native Land), EP

Nich Haspyda (Haspyd's Night)
Koly Ya Ozhyvu... (When I Will Rise Again...)
Ridna Zemlia (Native Land)
Shcho Lyshyv Ty Za Soboju? (What Did You Leave Behind?)
Zatoplena Sich (Flooded Sich)

2014. «Burevij» (The Storm), LP

Burevij (The Storm)
Nich Haspyda (Haspyd's Night)
Ridna Zemlia (Native Land)
Kudy Ja Idu (Where I Go To)
Na Paliu! (To The Pile!)
Koly Ya Ozhyvu... (When I Will Rise Again...)
Zatoplena Sich (Flooded Sich)
Shcho Lyshyv Ty Za Soboju? (What Did You Leave Behind?)
U Pohoni Variahiv (Pursuit Of Vikings - Amon Amarth cover)

2016. «Tsarehrad» (Istanbul), single

Tsarehrad (Istanbul)

2020. «Tonka Protoka» (Thin Strait feat. Chur), single

Tonka Protoka (Thin Strait feat. Chur)

2020. «Perekhrestia Dvokh Vitriv» (Crossroad Of Two Winds), LP

Kyjyvska Rus' (Kyivan Rus')
Tanok (The Dance)
Tonka Protoka (Thin Strait feat. Chur)
Otava-Trava (The Aftergrass)
Diaka (Gratitude)
Imjanarechennia (Namegiving)
Chorna Dolyna (The Black Valley)
Brekhnia (The Lie)
Usesvitnie Panuvannia (Global Domination - Hypocrisy cover feat. Hetman)

Members

Current

Oleksandr Menzerov — vocals, sopilka, drymba, zhalijka
Serhij Stepanenko — guitars
Serhij Kuprykov — guitars
Andrij Savchenko — basses
Oleksandr Haharin — drums

Former

Denys Kalinin — basses (2009–2011)
Yevhen Holovchenko — drums (2009–2012)

Feat. Musicians

Yevhen Kucherov (Chur) — folk vocals in song «Tonka Protoka (feat. Chur)» (2020 single «Tonka Protoka», 2020 LP «Perekhrestia Dvokh Vitriv»)
Oleksiy Bondarenko (Hetman) — vocals in song «Usesvitnie Panuvannia (Hypocrisy cover feat. Hetman)» (2020 LP «Perekhrestia Dvokh Vitriv»)

Session Musicians

Kateryna Khomenko — violins (2013 EP «Ridna Zemlia», 2014 LP «Burevij»)
Yulia Shyriayeva — female backing vocals (2013 EP «Ridna Zemlia», 2014 LP «Burevij»)
Alla Kalashnyk — bandura (2016 single «Tsarehrad»)
Yaroslava Dzereviaho — bandura & female backing vocals (2020 single «Tonka Protoka», 2020 LP «Perekhrestia Dvokh Vitriv»)

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