In the wake of the original Batushka’s implosion (explosion? violent rupture?), both Krzysztof Drabikowski and Bartłomiej Krysiuk scrambled to seize the momentum and hurriedly announced their own respective sequels to Litourgiya. The first album to surface...

Religious music in the context of heavy metal does not have a very long history. In 1987, Anthrax invented it with their classic rap metal track “I’m The Man,” which married the traditional Jewish song “Hava Nagila” to heavy riffs and lyrics about bodily...