Rock music in Ukraine

Okean Elzy - one of the most popular Ukrainian rock bands

Ukrainian rock is rock music from Ukraine. A popular bands include Braty Hadiukiny, Komu Vnyz, Mertvyi Piven, Plach Yeremiyi, Taras Petrynenko, Viy, Vopli Vidoplyasova and others. Opalnyi Prynz was, perhaps, the most influential Rock band in the late 80's and early 90's. Okean Elzy, featuring Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has long been among the most popular bands of Ukrainian pop-rock, and has had some success abroad. The band Mandry is known for fusing traditional Ukrainian music with rock, blues, reggae and chansons. The pop-singer Ruslana also uses some elements of rock in her work.

The Chervona Ruta was a very important Ukrainian rock music festival.

The Rock legends of Ukraine is a series of compilations of the best works of known Ukrainian rock bands.

The famous ukrainian metal bands are Fleshgore, Mental Demise, Firelake, Castrum, Nokturnal Mortum, Dub Buk, Astrofaes, Drudkh, Hate Forest, Kroda, Capitollium, Witch Hunter and Conquest.

Metal Heads Mission is the biggest metal festival in Ukraine and ex-USSR countries.

List of notable ukrainian rock bands

Volodymyr Novikov of Flit

Haydamaky on Sheshory Festival 2005

Tartak performing at Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, Ukraine

• Astrofaes
• Atmasfera
• Blood of Kingu
• Conquest
• Drudkh
• Eney
• Esthetic Education
• Firelake
• Flit
• Fleshgore
• Flëur
• Hate Forest
• Haydamaky
• Holy Blood
• Komu Vnyz
• Krykhitka Tsakhes
• Los Colorados
• Mad Heads
• Mad Heads XL
• Mandry
• Nokturnal Mortum
• Okean Elzy
• Perkalaba
• Pikkardiyska Tertsiya
• Plach Yeremiyi
• S.K.A.Y.
• TIK
• TNMK
• Tartak
• The Ukes
• The Ukrainians
• Viy
• Vopli Vidopliassova

Web Resources

• rock.lviv.ua
• Multimedia Database "Modern Ukrainian independent music"
• rock.kiev.ua
• Metal Heads Mission Festival