Batushka announce new album ‘Hospodi’
BATUSHKA have announced a new album!
Titled Hospodi, the upcoming album from the Polish black metallers is scheduled to be released in July this year.
Named after an Old Church Slavonic word for “God,” Hospodi enhances all the unique qualities that made the band such an instant phenomenon, while offering an entirely distinct and fresh sensory experience. The album boasts the most ferocious and bewitching songs the band have penned to date — along with a newfound sense of rock swagger.
Speaking about the album, the band comments, “the whole album is a concept based on the Liturgy of Death, the prayers for the dead, and Orthodox funeral rites and dirges,” said the band. “It’s all about a ritual that involves the dead and the mourners. We also used a lot of old folk songs and elegies from our homeland. These are sung during the wake, around the casket, in the deceased person’s home. Nowadays only a few older people know them and still sing them accordingly in our region. We decided to cherish that tradition and I’m glad that with our album these songs and rites will survive.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first song taken from the upcoming album; Polunoszcznica.
Watch the official music video for Polunoszcznica here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:
Track List:
- Wozglas
- Dziewiatyj Czas
- Wieczernia
- Powieczerje
- Polunosznica
- Utrenia
- Pierwyj Czas
- Tretij Czas
- Szestoj Czas
- Liturgiya
Hospodi is set for release on July 12th via Metal Blade Records.
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