Trouble has been brewing in the Batushka camp for several days now as guitarist Krzysztof Drabikowski and vocalist Bartłomiej Krysiuk (Bartek) spar over who owns the rights to the band’s name. The ...

More than a month after a Polish court ruled that Krzysztof “Derph” Drabikowski’s version of Batushka was the only legally valid one, it’s looking like Bartłomiej Krysiuk is potentially giving up on ...

As you may know, there is a lot of controversy in the world of Polish black metal band Batushka, who splintered off into two competing bands, one led by Kryzstof “Derph” Drabikowski who released a new ...

The sound of sensational Polish band Batushka melds black metal with the grand, eerie chants of the Eastern Orthodox litany. They more or less play it straight, though they’re not a religious band.

Polish black metallers Batushka have replaced Dimmu Borgir at this weekend's Bloodstock festival. Dimmu Borgir were scheduled to play the main stage this Sunday (August 11), but have had to cancel ...

Poland’s Batushka are another one of those bands that underwent an acrimonious schism that resulted in two different groups using the same name. So, for the record, the Batushka that’s coming here is ...

The split between Batushka guitarist and founder Krzysztof Drabikowski and vocalist Bartłomiej Krysiuk has been going on for about two years now. The Krysiuk-led version has since signed to Metal ...

The Batushka drama lives on! For those unfamiliar, Batushka released a phenomenal debut record titled Litourgiya in 2015. At the time, Batushka was multi-instrumentalist Kryzstof “Derph” Drabikowski ...

Black metal has been twisted into some weird and wonderful shapes over the decades. That feral aggression at the core of the genre has been whipped up to dramatic symphonic highs by the likes of Dimmu ...

Polish black metal band Batushka — not to be confused with Batushka — will visit North America before the year is over, in support of Hospodi, their new album out now on Metal Blade. The band is ...