Hate is a Polish blackened death metal band formed in 1991. Along with Vader, Decapitated, and Behemoth, they are considered to be one of the "big four" of Poland's death metal scene.
Their sound is often compared to the latter band, but with an interesting twist involving their music's direction essentially going in reverse order - initially a straight-up death metal act taking heavy influence from the Florida sound, they started introducing black metal elements into their music starting with their fifth album Anaclasis and gradually increased them with each subsequent release, eventually becoming slightly more black than death by the mid-2010s.
Hate's songs at first covered subjects along the lines of Satanism and blasphemy, but by the time their sound began evolving, they developed a lyrical approach leaning towards spirituality and mysticism. The group have released 12 studio albums as of 2021.
Main Discography:
- Daemon Qui Fecit Terram (1996)
- Lord Is Avenger (1998)
- Cain's Way (2002)
- Awakening of the Liar (2003)
- Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice and Hatred (2005)
- Morphosis (2008)
- Erebos (2010)
- Solarflesh: A Gospel of Radiant Divinity (2013)
- Crvsade:Zero (2015)
- Tremendum (2017)
- Auric Gates of Veles (2019)
- Rugia (2021)
Auric Gates of Tropes:
- Epic Rocking: "Fountains of Blood to Reach Heavens", "Resurrection Machine", "Sadness Will Last Forever", "Death Liberator", "Leviathan", "Valley of Darkness", "Dawn of War", "Walk Through Fire", and "Sovereign Sanctity" all clock in at over six minutes.
- Metal Scream: Adam Buzko is well known for being a practitioner of the "Polish Growler" style of death metal vocals pioneered by Nergal and Piotr.
- New Sound Album: Anaclasis marked their introduction of black metal elements, which gradually became more prominent with each release after until their sound became about 60% black and 40% death by Crvsade:Zero.
- Revolving Door Band: Their lineup had always had changes on a constant basis, to the point that their original bassist and guitarist quit before they even released an album.
- Rock Me, Asmodeus!: A major lyrical theme in their early material, though they later dropped it for lyrics about spirituality and Slavic mysticism.
