Futility Report
| Futility Report | ||||
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| Released | 12 May 2017 | |||
| Genre | Post-black metal | |||
| Length | 40:26 | |||
| Label | Debemur Morti Productions | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metal Injection |   [8] |
| Metal.de |  [12] |
| Metal1.info | [9] |
| Sputnikmusic | [13] |
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Alexey Sidorenko; all music is composed by White Ward, Vladimir Bauer and Alexander Smirnov.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Deviant Shapes" | 7:22 |
| 2. | "Stillborn Knowledge" | 8:06 |
| 3. | "Homecoming" | 6:33 |
| 4. | "Rain as Cure" | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Black Silent Piers" | 6:34 |
| 6. | "Futility Report" | 8:38 |
| Total length: | 40:26 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Andrii Pechatkin — bass guitar
- Ihor Palamarchuk — guitars
- Yurii Kononov — drums
- Yurii Kazaryan — guitars
- Andrew Rodin — vocals
- Alexey Iskimzhi — saxophone
References
[edit]- ^ "Futility Report, by White Ward". White Ward. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Admin, Developer; Heilman, Maxwell (2 May 2017). "White Ward master depressive experimentalism". The Chimes. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Matheson, Matt (14 April 2017). "White Ward - Futility Report". CTEBCM: Can This Even Be Called Music?. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Саша Пролетарский (4 September 2018). "White Ward: «Наша музыка помогла американскому фанату не сойти с ума»". karabas.live (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Роман Лебедь, Ляна Мицько (28 November 2017). "Made in UA: 15 музичних релізів року". BBC Україна (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b Anastezia (24 December 2017). "Выбор редактора: 5 альбомов для BUMA-2017". Noizr (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Альмагест (13 June 2017). "White Ward - Futility Report (2017)". Neformat (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Matt Bacon (19 May 2017). "Album Review: WHITE WARD Futility Report". Metal Injection. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b Moritz Grütz (23 June 2017). "White Ward - Futility Report • Review". metal1.info (in German). Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Joseph Schafer (27 November 2017). "35 Overlooked Albums of 2017". Decibel Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Martin Wickler (30 December 2017). "Redaktionscharts 2017: Martin Wickler". Metal Hammer (in German). Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Stefan Wolfsbrunn (4 June 2017). "White Ward - Futility Report - das Review auf metal.de!". metal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Sunnyvale (4 June 2017). "White Ward - Futility Report User Opinions". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
