| Artist | White Ward |
|---|---|
| Cover | Futility Report.jpg |
| Released | 12 May 2017 |
| Genre | Post-black metal |
| Length | 40:26 |
| Label | Debemur Morti Productions |
| Next year | 2019 |
Futility Report is the debut studio album by the Ukrainian black metal band White Ward, released on 12 May 2017 via the French label Debemur Morti Productions. It was the only album to feature of Andrew Rodin on vocals, Ihor Palamarchuk on guitars, Yurii Kononov on drums and Alexey Iskimzhi on saxophone.[1][2][3]
At the time of its recording, the band members were located in different cities - Odesa, Kherson and Cherkasy. Work on Futility Report lasted three years.[4] The album was noticed and highly appreciated both in Ukraine[4][5][6][7] and abroad,[8][9][10][11] and the band acquired new fans and maintained communication with them through social networks. The band's bass guitarist, Andrii Pechatkin, shared a story related to the album in his interview with karabas.live. He stated that "a guy named Colin wrote to us from the USA. For several days, doctors tried to induce an epileptic seizure in him, and our music helped him not to go crazy. The guy was forbidden to sleep, so he lay down and listened to Futility Report for several hours straight."[4]
Editors of thematic online publications noted the successful and unusual combination of black metal with jazz, the high level of performance and the quality of the recording.[6][8]
Personnel
- Andrii Pechatkin — bass guitar
- Ihor Palamarchuk — guitars
- Yurii Kononov — drums
- Yurii Kazaryan — guitars
- Andrew Rodin — vocals
- Alexey Iskimzhi — saxophone
References
- ^ "Futility Report, by White Ward". White Ward. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ Admin, Developer & Heilman, Maxwell (2017-05-02). "White Ward master depressive experimentalism". The Chimes. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ Matheson, Matt (2017-04-14). "White Ward - Futility Report". CTEBCM: Can This Even Be Called Music?. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ Саша Пролетарский (2018-09-04). "White Ward: «Наша музыка помогла американскому фанату не сойти с ума»" (in Russian). karabas.live. Archived 2021-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Роман Лебедь, Ляна Мицько (2017-11-28). "Made in UA: 15 музичних релізів року" (in Ukrainian). BBC Україна. Archived 2022-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Anastezia (2017-12-24). "Выбор редактора: 5 альбомов для BUMA-2017" (in Russian). Noizr. Archived 2022-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Альмагест (2017-06-13). "White Ward - Futility Report (2017)" (in Ukrainian). Neformat. Archived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Matt Bacon (2017-05-19). "Album Review: WHITE WARD Futility Report". Metal Injection. Archived 2022-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Moritz Grütz (2017-06-23). "White Ward - Futility Report • Review" (in German). metal1.info. Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Joseph Schafer (2017-11-27). "35 Overlooked Albums of 2017". Decibel Magazine. Archived 2020-11-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Martin Wickler (2017-12-30). "Redaktionscharts 2017: Martin Wickler" (in German). Metal Hammer. Archived 2022-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-21.