Artist Info: 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.

The current status of who controls the band is unclear and in legal dispute. In December 2018, both Христофор (Krzysztof Drabikowski [read more...]