http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.58133&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.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 Metalen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:21:27 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.58133&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.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=tra.28013004&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Khanate on Rhapsody Online 28013004 tra.28013004 Khanate art.58133 0.99 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 Every God Damn Thing tra.28013004 1971000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28013004&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28013004&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17848482&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:22:54 -0800 Top Tracks by Khanate on Rhapsody Online 17848482 tra.17848482 Khanate art.58133 0.0 Capture And Release alb.17840109 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/0/0/1170000_170x170.jpg 2005-09-19 00:00:00.0 null false Capture tra.17848482 1093000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17848482&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17848482&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9034934&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Sun, 2 Sep 2007 23:17:10 -0700 Top Tracks by Khanate on Rhapsody Online 9034934 tra.9034934 Khanate art.58133 0.0 Capture & Release alb.9033263 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/4/5/765440_170x170.jpg 2006-01-03 00:00:00.0 null false Capture tra.9034934 1093000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9034934&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9034934&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28013003&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Khanate on Rhapsody Online 28013003 tra.28013003 Khanate art.58133 0.99 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 Wings From Spine tra.28013003 408000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28013003&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28013003&variant=data&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28775966&variant=play&rws=%2Fkhanate%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:39:58 -0700 Top Tracks by Khanate on Rhapsody Online 28775966 tra.28775966 Khanate art.58133 0.99 2XH vs HHR Vol 1 - 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