Black Metal Magazine : The Story of Batushka

Today's Recommendation: BATUSHKA .

Batushka is a Church Slavonic-speaking Polish black metal band. Pronounced "Batyushka", the band's Cyrillic name Батюшка means "father" and is used to address an Eastern Orthodox priest. Their live line-up contains 8 members. Their songs contain lines of liturgical chanting paired with black metal instrumentation.

Batushka's first album Litourgiya was written by Krysztof Drabikowski with a heavy use of Orthodox chants as a base for instrumental and vocals parts, and was recorded by Krysztof (guitars, bass, vocals), Marcin Bielemiuk (drums), and Bartek Krysiuk (lead vocals and choirs).

The current status of who controls the band is unclear and in legal dispute. In December 2018, both Христофор and Варфоломей claimed they kicked the other one out of Batushka and decided to continue the band separately. For now, there are two versions of the band: Христофор's Батюшка and Варфоломей's Batushka.

In spite of claims by others that they may be blasphemous and anti-Christian, the band is ambiguous about whether they are genuinely religious or not. The band "leaves its audience to decide what it is - black or unblack."

The music is extreme, dark and atmospheric, loaded with a lot of references to the ortodox church. The band reached cult status in 2015 after the release of the album LITURGYA.


\The story of the two Batushkas. Black Metal Documentary

Eastern Orthodox Music + BLACK METAL
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