Having broken their decade-plus hiatus in April when they surprise-released their first album in 14 years, To Be Cruel, U.S. avant-doom legends Khanate have been announced as the first act for Roadburn 2024. The band – featuring Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) and Burning Witch – last played together in 2003. In a surprise to absolutely nobody, they promise that their return to the stage next April will involve a lot of volume. “As a collective, Khanate has been silent during our dormancy, but now we will get loud; very loud,” they say. “We’ll be returning to the stage to explore tension and the elasticity of time – at Roadburn 2024. Get dead.” “We are incredibly proud that we can announce the return of Khanate as the starting point of Roadburn 2024,...