Who is Batushka?
Batushka (stylized in Cyrillic as БАТЮШКА) is a Polish black metal band based in Białystok, founded by Krzysztof Drabikowski in 2015. Their music and lyrics, which are written exclusively in Church Slavonic language, are inspired by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The band members wear religious habits and Eastern Orthodox schemas during live performances to conceal their identities. In contrast with many other black metal bands, they use eight-string guitars. A dispute between Drabikowski and his band members, mainly Bart Krysiuk, in 2018 led to Krysiuk leading his own version of Batushka with the members of the band. This group released its own recordings and began performing separately from Drabikowski. Drabikowski protested the move and does not consider Krysiuk's band legitimate.
