Hate Forest is a Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Drudkh, Dark Ages, and Blood of Kingu. Country of origin: Ukraine Location: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast Status: Active Formed in: 1995 Genre: Black Metal/Ambient Lyrical themes: Nietzscheism, Mythology, Mysticism, Nature, Darkness Current label: Osmose Productions Years active: 1995-2004, 2019-present In the photo (left to right): Sergey N., Vlad, Roman Saenko, and Alzeth. Initially, it was believed the band had reformed for a one-off concert at the Metal East: Нове Коло festival on June 1st, 2019. However, in December 2020, Osmose Productions announced Hour of the Centaur, Hate Forest's first album in 15 years, slated to be released the same month.