The breathtaking fourth album from Ukrainian black metal horde Drudkh takes the bands Burzumic black metal buzz into even more dramatic and atmospheric territory. Heavy, grim Burzum-influenced riffs are fused with richly textured post-metal chords, Ukrainian folk music, samples from Ukrainian films, and winding song structures that constantly revolve around these amazing, melancholy melodies that will stick with you for days. As grim and anchored in black metal as Drudkh is, what makes them (and this album) so totally amazing is the way they combine their sinister, frozen black metal riffs with a sort of lush, keyboard-droning heavy indie-metal that is closer to bands like Isis, Jesu, and Mogwai than anything else. From the soaring atmospheric metal solos that drift over hypnotic mid-tempo riffs and the folk-tinged melodies that emerge from dense layers of electric and acoustic guitars, to the depressing yet strangely beautiful cover art of a Ukrainian peasant on his horse, head bowed on some frozen waste as he drags a peasant's sled that holds his sickly children and a coffin, Blood In Our Wells is a lush soundworld of grim beauty and abject sadness.