More trauma
There is definitely a difference in my mind between Khanate and Sunn O)) along with other more droney Earth-worshippers.
SunnO)), following in the wake of Earth, has this very reductionist aesthetic, playing very long, very repetitive songs that seem to place the emphasis on exploring all the possible sounds a resonating, distorted power chord can make, while inducing a slo-mo metal trance in the listener. Khanate seems to utilize some of the same sounds for a totally different experience. Khanate’s music is actually terrifying and often jarring. You don’t space out listening to a Khanate record.
And although I love Earth and ambivalently enjoy Sunn O)) I think there is a lot more room for expansion in Khanate’s traumatic doom than Sunn O))/Earth’s sleepy doom. How many Earths do we really need?