Khanate (band)

Khanate (band)
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Khanate
Left-Right: Stephen O'Malley, James Plotkin, Tim Wyskida, Alan Dubin
Background information
Origin	New York City, New York, USA
Genre(s)	Experimental Drone doom Doom metal
Years active	2001–2006
Label(s)	Southern Lord Records Hydra Head Records Load Records
Website	Khanate label page
Members
Alan Dubin James Plotkin Stephen O'Malley Tim Wyskida

Khanate was an extreme doom metal supergroup that brought together James Plotkin and Alan Dubin, two members of the defunct band OLD, as well as Tim Wyskida (of Blind Idiot God and Manbyrd) and Stephen O'Malley (of Burning Witch and Sunn O))) fame).

Keeping some similarity to O'Malley's previous band Burning Witch, Khanate produced songs that usually exceeded the 10 minute mark, characterised by extremely slow tempos, harsh layers of feedback and vocalist Alan Dubin's torturous shrieking.

One of the most original and innovative bands in the field of doom metal, Khanate took fundamental elements of doom and took them to an almost abstract extreme, creating tension with dissonance, timing, and Plotkin's electronic effects.

They took their name from the area controlled by a khan.

As of September 24, 2006, Khanate is no more, with Plotkin stating that the "lack of commitment from certain members" led to the split.^[1]