Black River (band)

Black River
Black River, 2008 (From left: Wróblewski, Wtulich, and Kempa)
Background information
Origin	Poland
Genres	Heavy metal, stoner rock
Years active	2008–2010
Labels	Mystic Production, Armoury/Eagle Rock
Associated acts	Behemoth Dimmu Borgir Rootwater UnSun Vader
Members	Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski Piotr "Kay" Wtulich Artur "Art." Kempa Maciej Taff

Black River was a Polish stoner rock/heavy metal band.^[1] They were formed in 2008 by Tomasz Wróblewski (bass), Dariusz Brzozowski (drums), Piotr "Kay" Wtulich (guitar), Artur "Art." Kempa (guitar), and Maciej Taff (vocals).

In 2009 band was nominated to Fryderyk, an annual award in Polish music.^[2]

According to an interview on February 9, 2014, Wróblewski revealed the band's hiatus was permanent due to problems with vocalist Taff's health.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [4]
Black River	Released: May 19, 2008[5] Label: Mystic Formats: CD	–
Black'N'Roll	Released: September 21, 2009[6] Label: Mystic, Armoury/Eagle Rock Formats: CD, digital download[7]	20
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
Trash	Released: December 6, 2010[8] Label: Mystic Formats: CD

Music videos

Title	Director(s)	Album	Year
"Free Man"	Roman Przylipiak[9][5][10]	Black River	2008
"Punky Blonde"
"Silence"
"Black'n'Roll"		Black'n'Roll	2009
"Lucky in Hell"			2010

References

1. "Black River - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
2. "Fryderyki: Metalowe nominacje". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
3. "IMPACT - Behemoth interview, Amsterdam 2014 February". youtube.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
4. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLIS. 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
5. "wieść: Black River: premiera "Black'n'Roll" on-line". rockmetal.pl. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
6. "wieść: Black River: "Black'n'Roll" już we wrześniu". rockmetal.pl. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
7. "iTunes - Music - Black 'n Roll by Black River". Itunes.apple.com. 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
8. "Aktualności - BLACK RIVER grzebie w śmietniku! - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
9. "Magda Cielecka – Lucky in Hell | przylipiak roman". Przylipiak.com. 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20100530094617/http://muzyka.onet.pl/0,2176505,newsy.html. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Black River Official web site