Metal Anarchy

Khanate have digitally released a new album titled “To Be Cruel.” The effort, which is set to receive a physical release on June 30, features three lengthy songs including “Like A Poisoned Dog,” “It Wants To Fly,” and the title track.

Drummer Tim Wyskida said the following:

“Stephen [O’Malley] and I had an opportunity to record music together for a Drag City compilation in 2016, it was then that we recognized we wanted to do more together. We booked an incredible studio in Woburn, England to record the guitar and drum parts that would become the basis of To Be Cruel.

We shared those initial recordings with James [Plotkin] and Alan [Dubin], who were as motivated as we were to create new Khanate music. James began arranging the material and developing new ideas as soon as he heard the tracks, and Alan immediately started crafting the lyrics.”

Guitarist Stephen O’Malley continued:

“Orgone, the studio Tim mentioned, is in an isolated area, set in the middle of the fields of a huge royal estate. At one time, during World War II, it was an old radio building that broadcast fake German radio over the English Channel into occupied France.”

Vocalist Alan Dubin added:

“The album viscerally and metaphorically portrays a self-immolating destiny that perhaps ironically blames outside entities. There is a need for revenge but… against who and why?”