1914 - UKRAINE

Eschatology Of War – 2015 – Archaic Sound
The Blind Leading The Blind – 2018 - Archaic Sound
Where Fear And Weapons Meet – 2021 - Napalm
Viribus Unitis - 2025 - Napalm

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Members
Vocals
Toctep, Люстры Чижевского, Ratbite, Johny B Gut, Stalag 328>>CAPT. JOHN B. KUMAR (K COMPANY 307TH INFANTRY REGIMENT) [DMYTRO TERNUSHCHAK]>>Ratbite, Stalag 328

Guitar
Johny B Gut>>Sgt. Andrew Knifeman (157th Field Artillery Regiment40th Infantry Div.)>>Misty Gates – Disentrail, Skinhate>>PVT. LIAM FISSEN (A COMPANY 308TH INFANTRY REGIMENT) [OLEKSA FISYUK] - Orthodox>>5.Division, Ulanen-Regiment Nr.3, Sergeanten - Basil Lagenndorf [Vasyl Lahodiuk] - ForceOut>>VITALIS WINKELHOCK [VITALIY VYGOVSKYY]

Bass
Sanitarium, Donna Rykalu, Drunk Diver, Dogma, Ambivalence>>PVT. ARMEN BLECKLEY (K COMPANY 160TH INFANTRY REGIMENT) [ARMEN OHANESIAN]>>Donna Rykalu, Ambivalence

Drum
Zgard, Kruk, Kroda, Kaosophia, Mørkt Tre, Disbalance, Atra Mors Kvlt>>1lt. Serge Russell (C Company 306th Machine Gun Battalion)>>Zgard, Kroda, Kaosophia, Mørkt Tre, Disbalance, Atra Mors Kvlt, Colotyphus, Torqverem, Ulvdalir - - Mass Massacre>>33.Div., 7.Thueringisches Inf.-Reg't. Nr.96, Gefreite [Rusty Potoplacht] - Blame, Crucify Me Gently, Sectorial>>REICH [IGOR KOVALENKO]>>Sectorial




History & Biography
The death/doom metal band was issued in 2014 (the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I) and quickly issued songs with names like Caught In The Crossfire and Zeppelin Raids. A debut came in 2015. The year after brought a split with Minenwerfer. Ukraine-based 1914 was working on a full-length album called The Blind Leading The Blind in 2018, which was dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of World War I’s end (1918). It was scheduled to see the light of day on November 11th, 2018. 1914’s The Blind Leading The Blind was out through Archaic Sound. The 2021 album was on Napalm Records. There was a video for the song … And A Cross Marks His Place. Live@Electric Meadow 2015 was issued independently in 2022. Where Fear And Weapons Meet Bonus LP was an odds and ends demo in 2023. The band was touring Europe with Left To Die in 2024 and reporting that it was donating money to the Ukrainian military. Drummer Rostyslav Potoplyak left in 2024.

1914 was in the studio to begin 2025 working on the successor to 2021's Where Fear And Weapons Meet. 1914 returned with a studio album, Viribus Unitis, through Napalm Records in November of 2025. There was a video for the song 1914 will return with their fourth studio album, Viribus Unitis, on November 14th 2025 via Napalm Records. Alongside the album announcement, the band also revealed their first single, entitled "1916 (The Südtirol Offensive) 1916 (The Südtirol Offensive). This album featured drummer Reich.

The band’s imagery and lyrics references historical war. It was unclear why the band could not spell out words like ‘captain’ or ‘sergeant’ however.


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