Polish Metal Group Batushka Announce Australian Tour

Batushka have announced their heading to Australia in late-2019. 

The Polish black metal group will be bringing their Pilgrimage tour Down Under throughout October and November. The tour is in celebration of the group's latest album, Hospodi. 

"The whole album is a concept based on the Liturgy of Death, the prayers for the dead, and Orthodox funeral rites and dirges. It's all about a ritual that involves the dead and the mourners," says the band of the album.

"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."

The tour will kick off at Amplifier Bar in Perth on 27 October before heading to Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne, before wrapping up in Sydney on 3 November. 

Tickets for the shows are on sale now, head to theGuide for all the info on dates and venues.