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Batushka or Patriarkh, the Art of the Choice!

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The conflicted and neverending tale of Batushka is on our mutual minds yet again. Exactly. None other than these guys. This here crew covered the machinations around this act until around the end of 2019. That was the time when both accusers headed to court in earnest. And boy, do the legal mills run slowly back in Poland. It has taken both iterations of Batushka and their angry, fearless leaders eons to find some closure. If one can call that closure at all, that is.

But as far as we know today, by the second half of 2024, the Batushka… [...] Click to raid more!

Corona @ Batushka: Confined!

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RockmusicRaider - Batushka - Confined

Throughout 2019 and beyond, the RMR crew followed the Batushka controversy closely. It’s indeed a pretty interesting case study. All those things that can happen when two parties cease to understand each other. We even enjoyed a trailer of one contestant threatening to expose themselves in the name of truth. Albeit with no return whatsoever to date. At all.

Now remember, this is the band that offered us Litourgyia in 2015. One Black Metal masterpiece that wandered straight onto our top 10 lists. And we don’t really want to lose all that goodness, because of attacks of grandeur.

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Batushka: Hospodi or Panihida? A controversy made in Black Metal Hell!

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Batushka: Hospodi or Panihida? A controversy made in Black Metal Hell!

What a sad pickle.

At the very end of 2015, RockmusicRaider covered this unknown band called Batushka. A new star on the Black Metal horizon serving us Litourgyia on a platter of mightily sepulchral orthodox chanting.

Apparently from Poland, but very secretive at first, they unloaded their unholy wares on the unsuspecting metal crowd. With an unprecedented success to boot. Specialists and critics gushed over the record as if there was no tomorrow. Finally, a band emerged that could slake that blinding thirst for some real Black Metal in a dry desert populated by posers and wannabe satanists.

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Batushka and Bartłomiej Krysiuk seek The Truth.

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RockmusicRaider - Batushka Controversy - The Truth by Bartłomiej Krysiuk

The saga of the two Batushkas continues, and the controversy with it. This time with a teaser of an upcoming video from Bart’s camp. One that should whisk all doubts about the trve story of Batushka to fairyland. And provide us with the genuine narrative of this convoluted affair.

Supposedly.

It is indeed true that Bartłomiej Krysiuk was not all that vocal about the ongoing Batushka controversy. A silence of the lambs of sorts. One probably brought about by the legal eagles of the mighty Metal Blade Records. The gold givers and enablers of posh touring and lavish … [...] Click to raid more!