Hi there! My name is Markov Soroka, I'm a Ukrainian-born-American immigrant. I’ve had monochromatic synesthesia of music for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been documenting this feeling in lore-driven concept albums since I was 12 years old.
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My discography of mostly-solo-albums so far, most of which appear in the video on this page:
Eternium - Aura Titian (2012)
Eternium - Repelling A Solar Giant (2013)
Aureole - Alunar (2014)
Aureole / Mare Cognitum - Resonance: Crimson Void (2015)
Aureole - Aurora Borealis (2016)
Aureole - Alunarian Bellmaw (2020)
Aureole - Alunarian Bellmaster (2024)
Drown - Unsleep (2014)
Drown - Subaqueous (2020)
Tchornobog - Tchornobog (2017)
Tchornobog - Tchornobog/Abyssal Split (2022)
Krukh - Безглуздість! (2018)
Krukh - Чёрный свет (2019)
Markovsoroka - Kobza Bizarre's Travel Loops of Static Broken Dialogues (2024)
Markovsoroka -The Tzerkalocvyt Bandura of Kosmos (2024)
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Synesthesia is a phenomenon where one’s senses can be “mixed up” in the neural pathways of the skull. Mine happens to be that I’ve always vividly seen colors when I listen to music, and this gradually evolved into shapes, architectures, characters, and worlds as I’ve gotten older.
To put it another way, art and audio is my life. I see myself as a mad scientist trying out different things in the aural/visual field who is restless in their quest to make the stories real in whatever imaginative capacity they can. I have had many, many vehicles of creative outlet for expressing these stories such as painting, videogame design, and soundcapture, but I am primarily known as the musician and creative lead behind the black/doom metal projects Drown, Eternium/Tchornobog, and Aureole. Lately, I have also extended myself into the worlds of post-punk, ambient, and videogame soundtrack commissions as well and don’t see the horizon shrinking anytime soon.
My first demo, (Eternium’s ‘Aura Titian’) which came out when I was 15, was entirely self-produced and performed. At the time of writing, I am now gratefully 26 years old, and I have had the opportunity to exhaustively express myself on nearly a dozen albums that span over 5 different intertwining worlds in their own colorful universes, with 9 or so being released on long-play vinyl records.
My first album was released on Bandcamp in 2013, around the same time the platform had really started, and it has been my main place of sharing this stuff with everyone. I decided to always keep my albums Name-Your-Price, being extremely curious and passionate about knowing that people would support me only when they wanted to, hoping one day that I could work on nothing but what drives me the most -- music and story-telling, and so far, it’s worked and your support has driven me quite a lot. As times get darker and darker around us, I'm humbly asking for your support again, if you can spare it.
A while ago, Bandcamp rolled out this subscription service and I always knew I wanted to use this tool as a method to not only share, but to be even more transparent and collaborative than I have been with how anyone who chooses can support my endeavors, but couldn’t exactly think of a way to expand my story-telling while having people support me. After some time and a pretty cheesy-but-fun video-full-of-easter-eggs-and-secrets (see the top right), I’ve decided to finally launch my ideas.
If you have some money, would be interested in seeing me survive, I’d like to continue sharing my lore and stories with you!
- Every now and then, I'll post exclusive subscriber releases and demos, singles, unreleased albums, commission works etc...
- If I have extra/special merch for anyone (Think Black Libation Complete Vinyl Artset from Tchornobog, Tribute Cetacean painting 2xLP vinyl for Drown, limited run shirts etc) -- subscribers would get first dibs as a thank you for the support.
- An extra 10% off merchandise as a thank you for your help, which hopefully makes the $6 worth it in the first place!
I’ll have more ideas as I realize them, of course too, and would love to hear any ideas you have as well!
My extreme appreciation for everyone and anyone’s support over the last decade since I started releasing my music. I’ve grown up with a lot of you, many of you have changed me for the better, dragging me out of some dark places, and I genuinely wouldn’t be here without you. The last few years have been incredibly difficult, but I do as I always do, try to press on, grateful that I have something that matters to me.
THANK YOU!
You will find me between the cracks and crevices...
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Markov Soroka
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Here’s what you get:
- All the new music I make streaming instantly on your mobile device via the free Bandcamp app, and also available as a high-quality download.*
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These back-catalog and subscriber-only releases:
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Unforgiving Heatwaves of Psychosis and Deforestation Kryatjurr of Desert Ahd -
Kobza Bizarre's Travel Loops of Static Broken Dialogues & The Tzerkalocvyt Bandura of Kosmos Markovsoroka -
Alunarian Bellmaster (Deluxe Edition) AUREOLE -
Alunarian Bellmaster AUREOLE -
Underestimate Climate Systems and Suffer Incomprehensible Losses Kryatjurr of Desert Ahd -
Deadly Floods of Hurricana Humiliate our Higher Grounds Kryatjurr of Desert Ahd -
Deafening Supercells of Thunder and Death Kryatjurr of Desert Ahd -
Tchornobog / Abyssal Tchornobog
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- A 10% discount on all my merchandise.
- The satisfaction of knowing you’re supporting me in a sustainable way.
![Cadaver Examines The Unafraid [Original Themes for Peculiar Paranormal] cover art](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2831705026_9.jpg)
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For $6/month, you get everything above.
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For $36.66/month, you get everything above, plus:
If you have unlimited amounts of money, please feel free to share it! I promise to use it for good things! (I'm addicted to hiring album artwork cover artists)
I'll also personally remember to thank you on any albums I release, and I'll send you a physical lore-card in the mail every so often. Thanks for considering so!You’re a subscriberThank you! -
For $266.66/month, you get everything above, plus:
It's the same as the other perks in the other tiers, but this one is for people who just have unlimited amounts of money. I think If I had 4 of you doing this I'd be able to do this full time, which is wild. Thanks for even considering it!
I'll send you a picture of my finger calluses getting worse and worse from playing guitar every month.You’re a subscriberThank you!
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