New York, New York, U.S.A. based drone, doom metal warriors KHANATE, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "TO BE CRUEL", unleashed 5/19/2023 via SACRED BONES RECORDS.
FROM KHANATE:
KHANATE. Our brand new album “To Be Cruel” is announced and available today. The creation period began late 2017, and finished late last year.
What were the odds? If you put money down on this happening you’re doing very well today. Surprise.
TBC is, without question, the heaviest and most exquisite music KHANATE has ever created. It will tear you apart. Ambition takes time.
Label copy : To Be Cruel, the new Khanate album, is out now via Sacred Bones. 3 songs, 60 minutes available to stream and download immediately.
2xLP and CD versions, alongside official merchandise, can be pre-ordered now. To Be Cruel will be in stores June 30th except Japan where street date is July 5th via Daymare.
Like a Poisoned Dog
It Wants to Fly
To Be Cruel
Alan Dubin (Vocals)
Stephen O’Malley (Guitar, feedback)
James Plotkin (Bass guitar, synthesis)
Tim Wyskida (Drums, percussion)
Music composed & produced by Khanate
Lyrics by Alan Dubin
Guitar & drums recorded at Orgone Studios, Woburn, UK by Jaime Gomez Arellano assisted by Christian Jameson.
Bass, vocals & percussion recorded at Thousand Caves Studio, Queens, NY by Colin Marston.
Synthesis recorded at Plotkinworks by James Plotkin.
Mixed at Circular Ruin Studio, Brooklyn, NY by Randall Dunn, James Plotkin & Stephen O’Malley.
Mastered at West Side Music, Cornwall on Hudson, NY by Alan Douches & James Plotkin.
Art direction by Stephen O'Malley
Painted film stills by Karl Lemieux
Portrait photography by Ebru Yildiz
KHANATE: NEW RELEASE "TO BE CRUEL" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF SACRED BONES RECORDS):
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-