Sketchycon

Origin: Ukraine

Founded: 1995

Status: split up in 2005, reactivated 2019

Members

Current

Roman Saenko (Roman Sayenko 1995 – 2005, 2019 – present)

Past

Vsesvit (Drums, 2000)

Adolf (Yuriy Volkov, Drumcomputer, 2003)

Thurios (Roman Blagih, Vocals / Guitars, 1995 – 2004)

Arthur Schkolnik (Keyboards)

Alzeth (Guitars, 1998 – 1999, 2004, 2019)

Khaoth (Konstantin Zmievsky, Drums, 1999 – 2001)

Roman Novik (Bass, 2002)

Vlad (Vladislav Petrov, Live Drums, 2019)

Sergey N. (Guitars, 2019)

Labels

Beverina Productions (1999)

Pussy God Records (1999)

Ancient Nation (2000)

Nawia Productions (2000)

Kolovrat (2000)

Miriquidi Productions (2000 – 2003)

City of the Dead Records (2000 – 2003)

Sombre Records (2001)

Red Stream (2001)

Noble Wolves Records (2002)

Supernal Music (2002 – 2006)

Elegy Records (2003)

Slavonic Metal (2003)

Blutreinheit Productions (2003 – 2004)

Blut & Eisen Productions (2003 – 2005)

Ledo Takas Records (2004)

Soldats Inconnus (2005)

Northern Heritage (2005)

Totenkopf Propaganda (2006)

Hammer of Damnation (2007 – 2012)

Zyklon-B Productions (2008)

Primitive Reaction (2009)

Osmose Productions (2009 – present)

Galgenstrang Productions (2010)

Funeral Industries (2010)

Back on Black (2011)

Darker Than Black (2013 – 2018)

Those Opposed Records (2014)

The True Neverdead (2016)

War Arts Productions (2017)

Dread Records (2019)

Werewolf Promotion (2022)

Folter Records (2023)

The Great God Pan Records (2023)

Is it sketch?

Band

The band released a lot of material via labels which are hosting NSBM bands or even are explicit NSBM labels, such as Ancient Nation, Kolovrat, Elegy Records, Blutreinheit Productions, Totenkopf Propaganda, Hammer of Damnation, Supernal Music, Zyklon-B Productions, Darker Than Black or Werewolf Promotion. Also their current home label Osmose releases some NSBM music nowadays. They also worked with Mikko Aspa’s Northern Heritage label, despite Aspa being a known Neo-Nazi.

The ‚The Curse‘ album (2000) showed a statement in the artwork ‚Supporting Slavonic Heathen Front‘. The Heathen Front was a NS organization active approx. between 1993 and 2005.

The re-release of the ‚Scythe‘ album in 2000 by NSBM label Ancient Nation had a Celtic Cross on the back.

The ‚Blood & Fire‘ EP (2001) features a song ‚Aryosophia‘, which refers to a racist esoteric belief dating back to the early 20th century.

The artwork of the Supernal Music release of the ‚Most Ancient Ones‘ album (2002) contains a statement about the music being ‚Aryan True Black Metal‘. This is not the case on later issues of that album.

The cover symbol of the single ‚Resistance‘ (2004) looks uncanny familiar to the sleeve insignia of the SS-Division ‚Galicia‘ which consisted mostly of Ukrainian nationalists.

There is a undated photo going around in the internet showing a Hate Forest sweatshirt with the face and living dates of Roman Shukhevych, an Ukrainian fascist leader and Nazi collaborationist during WWII. Unclear if this is really official bandmerch though.

Members

Roman Saenko contributed vocals to the self-titled album of the NSBM band Peste Noire (2013).

Vsesvit was also part of the NSBM band Dub Buk until they split up in 2015.

Alzeth and Khaoth were also part of the NSBM band Nokturnal Mortum (2002 – 2007 / 1999 – 2001)

Appearances

The band played the NSBM festival ‚Kolovorat Fest‘ in Kharkiv multiple times (1999 – 2001). On December 26th 2000 (Kolovorat III), the Internet provides pictures of the band playing there in front of a big metal swastika and the guitarist having an Othala rune stickered on his instrument.

The band played the Ukrainian Metal East Festival in Kharkiv in 2019 along with NSBM / far right extremist bands.

Contacts

The band did a split album with the Greek NSBM band Legion of Doom in 2008 via Zyklon-B Productions.

Links

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Last updated: 26.05.2025