During their initial run, from 2000 till 2006, New York City’s explosive Khanate helped usher in a new era of experimental heavy metal, setting off an ongoing wave of interest in bands such as ...

Forget indie sleaze – there was something much, much darker and more captivating growing in New York’s underground in the early 2000s. Khanate were stretching doom metal far beyond ...

This was true of Khanate on their previous LPs, but Clean Hands Go Foul--which the band recorded in 2005 before breaking up in 2006-- ups the aggression until it feels like a score for nervous ...

Having broken their decade-plus hiatus in April when they surprise-released their first album in 14 years, To Be Cruel, U.S. avant-doom legends Khanate have been announced as the first act for ...

The series follows widespread celebrations in 2015 to mark the 550th anniversary of the khanate. Both were prompted by a rather unlikely source: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Khanate came up in the early 2000s, when metal, particularly doom metal, and experimental music were engaging with each other in interesting ways. What did you make of the crossover between the two?

Khanate is set to play their first show in 19 years at Roadburn 2024 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. "As a collective, Khanate has been silent during our dormancy, but now we will get loud; very loud ...