History & Biography This project featured members of other groups, but did not publicize its membership. Poland’s black and doom metal band had an album called Litourgiya through Witching Hour Production. Барфоломей/Bart is the label’s owner. Oddly, the singer and guitarist began a feud about band name and copyright ownership culminating in two bands with the same name. One was called Батюшка.
Hate and an iteration of Batushka were touring Canada and the USA together in September and October 2022. The band was playing at Hard Rock Laager festival in Estonia opening for Hypocrisy, alongside Carpathian Forest, Deceitome and more in 2024. Poland-based Batushka was changing its name to Patriarkh following a December 2024 concert in Melbourne, Australia. Two versions of the band had been in litigation and this version, featuring singer Bartłomiej “Варфоломей” Krysiuk, was to use the new name and tour using the Prophecy as the trek’s name. The band was booked for Incineration Festival in the UK in 2025.
The monicker translates to ‘father’ or ‘priest.’
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