Origin:	New York, New York, USA
Genres:	Doom Metal

Last update/review:	June 8, 2023

Khanate

This bizarre project brings together noted doom guitarist Stephen O'Malley (Burning Witch, Sunn O)))) and the duo of Alan Dubin and Jimmy Plotkin, once the core of another oddity, Old. Khanate is a tortured band at work, featuring long, droning tracks of stark, unbearably slow, feedback-laden doom, with Dubin's trademark shrieks and howls adding to the misery. There's really very little as far as standard song structure here, as most of the "songs" are rather aimless feedback exercises. There is a market for this kind of noise, but it is a small market indeed, as even many standard doom fans will likely find this just too much to handle. But to those able to handle something truly bleak and intense, Khanate can be quite rewarding indeed. They initially broke up in September 2006, with Plotkin and drummer Tim Wyskida forming a somewhat similar group in Khlyst, but they rather low-key reformed around 2017 and released a new album in 2023.