Origin: Russia
Location: Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Formed: N/A
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal / Ambient
Status: Active
Label: Independent
Themes: Not officially listed
Quinthate is an atmospheric black metal project from Yekaterinburg that explores the borderlands between black metal, ambient soundscapes and introspective, almost cinematic storytelling. Built around long-form compositions, layered guitar textures and a strong sense of narrative continuity, the project favors immersive, conceptual releases over traditional song-based structures, often blurring the line between album, suite and soundtrack. Tags associated with the band also point toward blackgaze, doom and symphonic influences, underlining a broad, exploratory approach to extreme metal rather than strict genre orthodoxy. quinthate.bandcamp.com MetalArea
The early discography is marked by a rapid sequence of singles, demos and EPs in 2017–2018, where Quinthate sketched out its core language: distant, reverb-drenched guitars, hypnotic tremolo lines, and a cold, space-oriented atmosphere. Releases like “The Force of Nature”, “The Edge of Death”, the “Dreamcatcher” series and the “Darkness” demo introduced recurring motifs and titles that would later be expanded and reworked on longer records, suggesting a deliberately serialized, evolving universe rather than isolated tracks. This period culminated in the split with Naamath and Polusvet and the first full-length, “Solora”, which stitched together multiple “Darkness” and “Solora” movements into an 80‑minute odyssey of shifting dynamics and mood. MetalMusicArchives.com
“Solora” (2018) stands as a key statement: a sprawling digital album that alternates between the “Darkness” and “Solora” cycles, building a sense of cosmic drift and existential weight through repetition, gradual development and subtle melodic variations. The record’s length and structure position it closer to an atmospheric black metal epic than a conventional debut, with the “Darkness” pieces often leaning into more oppressive, droning passages while the “Solora” tracks open up into more luminous, expansive territories. Though largely under the radar of mainstream metal press, the album has been quietly appreciated in underground circles for its ambition and cohesion, and it laid the groundwork for the more focused, psychologically charged material that followed. MetalMusicArchives.com Rate Your Music
With “Ingnoth” (2021), Quinthate sharpened its vision into what has been described as “an existential dive into the depths of the subconscious—strange, frightening, but everything is not what it seems.” The album refines the project’s atmospheric black metal core with clearer song structures and a stronger narrative arc, moving from the confrontational opener “Greetings bullshitter” through tracks like “Hard Labor”, “Fear upon Fear” and “Abandoned Kingdom” to the expansive title track. The music balances harshness and melancholy, using dissonant riffs, mid-paced blasts and melancholic leads to evoke inner conflict, fatigue and the struggle for self-reclamation, as suggested by titles such as “Taking Myself Back”. Underground listeners have received the album positively, noting its emotional depth and the way it connects personal psychological themes with the vast, cosmic ambience that has always defined Quinthate. Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives quinthate.bandcamp.com Rate Your Music
Between these major pillars, Quinthate has continued to expand its universe through EPs and singles like “Iridiam”, “Storm”, “Your Sacrifice”, “The Newborn Universe”, “Interstellar Represser”, “Warrior Dash” and “Inner Me”, often revisiting earlier concepts such as “The Edge of Death” and the “Dreamcatcher” cycle in new forms. This ongoing reworking of themes and titles reinforces the sense of a single, evolving narrative—one that moves from natural forces and cosmic birth toward inner war, sacrifice and psychological transformation. Remaining independent and self-released, Quinthate operates firmly within the underground, but its body of work forms a coherent, deeply personal cosmos that rewards attentive, long-form listening. quinthate.bandcamp.com MetalArea
Members past and current
Current
Vyacheslav Dementyev – all instruments, composition, programming (studio mastermind; also active in На Грани Мечты, V/Dementjev, ФĐĐť)
Past
Evgeny Silin – role unspecified
Discography
Darkness – Demo, 2017
The Force of Nature – Single, 2017
The Edge of Death – EP, 2017
Dreamcatcher – EP, 2017
Another Edge – EP, 2018
Quinthate / Naamath / Polusvet – Split, 2018
Solora – Full-length, 2018
Dreamcatcher III – Single, 2018
Iridiam – EP, 2019
Storm – Single, 2019
Your Sacrifice – Single, 2019
Dreamcatcher IV – Single, 2020
The Newborn Universe – EP, 2020
Ingnoth – Full-length, 2021
Interstellar Represser – Single, 2021
Warrior Dash – Single, 2021
Inner Me – Single, 2021