I really love Elsa's Ocean)) They are beautiful)))) Their songs are amazing)

Haydamaky

Onuka is my favorite Ukrainian act lately. My favorite song of theirs is "1986", from the album "Vidlik", released last year. The music talks (subliminally) about the disaster that happened in Pripyat back then. Ironically, the video for this track was released in the same day that the incident completed 30 years.

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That might be the wrongest use of "ironically" I've seen in quite some time.

I might check it out!

I hold a grudge against Ukranian, until they release the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 game they are keeping hostage.

I need it.

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Beloved Onuka... Wish I would see Ms Zhizhchenko in Warsaw one day (I have skipped one opportunity, sadly)...

Ukrainian folk metal is also worth to be mentioned. Here's the song of the group already disbanded, I think due to reasons related with inner argues. The band used to be named Chur (ЧУР) and was deeply related with pre-Christian heritage of Ukrainian lands. Pretty nice concept, although the quality of sound was, to put it gently, below the expectations:

Somebody mentioned Haydamaky as well. Their mix of Cossacks music, ska and punk rock is marvelous indeed. But they're quite open to other languages and traditions, too. Here's the one of the songs from their newest album, in which Polish traveler and writer, Andrzej Stasiuk, reads the poem of Adam Mickiewicz, one of the most notables poets in Polish literature. The poem names "The Grasslands of Akkerman" (Stepy akermańskie). Take a hear of it, please: