---
title: "Hate Forest"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/hate-forest"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "Ukraine"
formed: 1995
---

# Hate Forest

**Hate Forest** is a black metal band, from Ukraine, active 1995 to present.

Hate Forest is a Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Drudkh, Dark Ages, and Blood of Kingu. Thurios joined the band in 1998 after the recording of Scythia. The music is mostly very fast, but occasionally slow, with low, distorted vocals, raw low fidelity quality production, sometimes with programmed drums, and dark ambient elements. Musical influences are mostly from Scandinavian black metal to traditional death metal, especially Bolt Thrower. According to the band, its lyrics are about mythology, mainly Slavic, and inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's stories and Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. The band never gave interviews, never released photos, and held its distance from the black metal scene. After Hate Forest disbanded, Saenko focused on Drudkh, and other side projects such as Blood of Kingu, Windswept and Precambrian which are of different inspirations. After a 16 year hiatus Saenko released a new album in 2020 under the Hate Forest name titled "Hour of the Centaur" and has steadily released more albums and EPs from that point.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_Forest

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Hate Forest |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Formed | 1995 |
| Releases in catalog | 17 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Atmospheric Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-black)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Роман Саєнко](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-8e804094) | Lead vocals, Guitar family, Bass guitar | 1995 to 2004 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | [Scythia](https://themetalnet.com/album/610fd325-0d0c-3657-a6b7-eba2288a82e3) | Album |
| 2000 | [Darkness](https://themetalnet.com/album/3b60fffb-16bc-3e20-ad28-a1160301ec7f) | EP |
| 2001 | [Blood and Fire](https://themetalnet.com/album/d11e0abe-e115-4000-9b9f-16eabd0d36b1) | EP |
| 2001 | [Blood and Fire / Ritual](https://themetalnet.com/album/d43d819a-d52d-31d4-bed2-ca3804b83653) | EP |
| 2001 | [Ritual](https://themetalnet.com/album/54bd5890-f03b-4240-ad47-e055e8562818) | EP |
| 2002 | [The Most Ancient Ones](https://themetalnet.com/album/be387fcd-b8f6-3313-975a-0ea022157016) | Album |
| 2003 | [Battlefields](https://themetalnet.com/album/c085ec59-7f36-392b-ab74-377fb72b5e14) | Album |
| 2003 | [Purity](https://themetalnet.com/album/e0e41e6b-a77a-3ef2-8fc0-b2b1ccffce75) | Album |
| 2004 | [Resistance](https://themetalnet.com/album/d62d69a3-b9cc-3dfe-9572-d897a2fe266b) | EP |
| 2005 | [Sorrow](https://themetalnet.com/album/0eb5ba39-751b-3971-8ecc-bde56ffb975d) | Album |
| 2020 | [Celestial Wanderer](https://themetalnet.com/album/dc1f5c49-9745-420e-bf96-c4ca75236925) | EP |
| 2020 | [Hour of the Centaur](https://themetalnet.com/album/b5be3665-2ac7-46c4-aaa1-b0648f8e9c7c) | Album |
| 2022 | [Innermost](https://themetalnet.com/album/187749fb-7ca9-40f9-a159-f77c957238f5) | Album |
| 2023 | [Celestial Wanderer / Sowing with Salt](https://themetalnet.com/album/f8ce4b75-cd4f-4523-892a-eb7247dd44d9) | EP |
| 2023 | [Sowing With Salt](https://themetalnet.com/album/20b69db4-20f2-4b5b-80e0-87b91194ab7b) | EP |
| 2024 | [Justice](https://themetalnet.com/album/7171e8d4-df52-4b9a-addc-bc9a3d112bea) | EP |
| 2025 | [Against All Odds](https://themetalnet.com/album/d3c95edf-5144-414d-ad71-aa885731fdbf) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Ildjarn](https://themetalnet.com/band/ildjarn) (listened together)
- [Drudkh](https://themetalnet.com/band/drudkh) (listened together)
- [Burzum](https://themetalnet.com/band/burzum) (listened together)
- [Immortal](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal) (listened together)
- [Blut aus Nord](https://themetalnet.com/band/blut-aus-nord) (listened together)
- [Graveland](https://themetalnet.com/band/graveland) (listened together)
- [Xasthur](https://themetalnet.com/band/xasthur) (listened together)
- [Judas Iscariot](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-iscariot) (listened together)
- [Deathspell Omega](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathspell-omega) (listened together)
- [Gorgoroth](https://themetalnet.com/band/gorgoroth) (listened together)
- [Satyricon](https://themetalnet.com/band/satyricon) (listened together)
- [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hate_Forest/2234
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKuLx0FRqHvjQrFqW_UbNUA

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/hate-forest](https://themetalnet.com/band/hate-forest). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt