Interview with Khanate

Khanate and their new record were one of the biggest surprises in 2023, simply dropping their fifth full-length without any official hints, promotion or anything on May 19. Everyone's feed was dominated by the news and everyone automatically went ahead to listen to it. The record has now had time to settle in and people were able to dive into To Be Cruel and as we are sure that there are still things that need clarification and explanation! Hence we were happy to get together with drummer Tim Wyskida to talk about the record and loads of things related to it!
Khanate is a supergroup consisting of band members with myriads of merits in their respective biography and a long history of releasing great stuff on famous labels. To Be Cruel is now released via Sacred Bones and fits perfectly into their body of work even though it might be a bit more "classical" in a specific way, as the way the band works is surely not by jamming all together but putting layer upon layer. The record is mesmerizing and haunting at the same time and always awe-inducing. We talked about all of that and much more. Enjoy the interview!

[@drpibisback7680]

Khanate rule, I'm so glad they're back.

[@thorstenschaeben208]

You gonna come to Roadburn to see them?

[@fuckcensorship69]

holy shit. Had NO IDEA they idea a new record. I was lucky enough to share the stage with them once.

[@simonh9987]

No way!!! I didnt know they were back together!!!

[@thorstenschaeben208]

Was such a surprise back in May when they published the record over night basically. Hope you like the interview? we also got a review up on our website, do you need a link for that?

[@visionsfrombeyondthegrave]

Amazing insight - thanks for doing this interview. Love the new album.

[@tinyupwardrockets]

hell yeah! what a treat

[@thorstenschaeben208]

Record or interview? Or both?

[@attilarza]

My last name is Khanzade, which means, Khan-Born. I think that's the reason I dig em

[@bobsbigboy_]

its KHAAAAA NEJT.

[@bobsbigboy_]

the title is obviously a reference to Swans

[@bobsbigboy_]

torching korokiev is 4 minutes, bro doesnt know his own music

[@thorstenschaeben208]

You do better?!? 😅

[@baloghcsaba88726]

It's more of an interlude than an actual song.

[@1nfinitehorizons]

still unbelievable to me that they reunited and put out a new album. one of my favorite bands of all time. now we just need ISIS to get back together... thanks for this interview, great insight!