http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.58133&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rssMembers of Burning Witch, OLD and Blind Idiot God came together to form Khanate in the early '00s, taking ideas of tempo and dissonance to previously unimagined extremes. With top-volume guitar strums that sounded more like car crashes (and served as percussion as much as anything), unpredictably minimal but cacophonous drums (more crashing) and the genuinely unsettling screaming of singer Alan Durbin, Khanate became legendary for the intensity and fanatical deliberateness of their music. Between the appearance of their totally awesome self-titled debut for Southern Lord in 2001 and last gasp <i>Capture and Release</i> for Hydra Head in 2005, the band gained a reputation as untouchable vanguards of the avant-garde metal scene. Unfortunately Khanate released just three albums and a handful of singles, EPs and limited-edition DVDs before disintegrating in 2006, at which point guitarist Stephen O'Malley devoted his time solely to his other band, the similarly minded SunnO))). - Mike McGuirkDoom Metalen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:09:29 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.58133&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss Members of Burning Witch, OLD and Blind Idiot God came together to form Khanate in the early '00s, taking ideas of tempo and dissonance to previously unimagined extremes. With top-volume guitar strums that sounded more like car crashes (and served as percussion as much as anything), unpredictably minimal but cacophonous drums (more crashing) and the genuinely unsettling screaming of singer Alan Durbin, Khanate became legendary for the intensity and fanatical deliberateness of their music. Between the appearance of their totally awesome self-titled debut for Southern Lord in 2001 and last gasp <i>Capture and Release</i> for Hydra Head in 2005, the band gained a reputation as untouchable vanguards of the avant-garde metal scene. Unfortunately Khanate released just three albums and a handful of singles, EPs and limited-edition DVDs before disintegrating in 2006, at which point guitarist Stephen O'Malley devoted his time solely to his other band, the similarly minded SunnO))). - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27999160&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Khanate Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.27999160 alb.27999160 Khanate art.58133 3.99 Clean Hands Go Foul alb.27999160 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/6/7/1647699_170x170.jpg 2009-05-26 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27999160&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27999160&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27999193&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Khanate Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.27999193 alb.27999193 Khanate art.58133 1.99 Capture & Release alb.27999193 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/3/7/7/1647730_170x170.jpg 2009-03-05 00:00:00.0 2005-08-23 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27999193&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27999193&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.5153718&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Khanate Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.5153718 alb.5153718 Khanate art.58133 0.0 Things Viral alb.5153718 2003-10-21 00:00:00.0 2003-10-21 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.5153718&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.5153718&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.87928&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Tue, 30 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Khanate Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.87928 alb.87928 Khanate art.58133 0.0 Khanate alb.87928 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/8/6/6/516684_170x170.jpg 2001-10-30 00:00:00.0 2001-10-30 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.87928&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.87928&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Fdiscography.rss