Formed: 1991
From:
Poland
Last Known Status: Active
Background
Mainman Nergal was only 14 when he formed Behemoth back in 1991. The three- piece quickly made a name for themselves in the black metal community with their second demo “From The Pagan Wastelands” (1993) and mini album “And The Forests Dream Eternally” (1994).
Behemoth’s first LP “Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic)” came out through the Polish underground label Pagan Rec. in 1995 and gained a positive response which resulted in a new record deal with the German label Solistitium Rec. Their second album “Grom” saw the light of day in 1996 and remains their most controversial release to date, mainly because of the incorporation of female vocals and acoustic guitars.
The third release “Pandemonic Incantations” saw the addition of the very talented drummer Inferno and marked the band’s vastly improved musicianship and production. In the fall of 1998, after an extensive European tour, Behemoth signed to the Italian label Avantgarde Music. With the highly successful “Satanica” (1999), the group ventured into the realm of death metal by replacing the raspy black metal screeches with a forceful growl. Thanks to this remarkable release and the attention it gained, Behemoth secured two European tours with Deicide and Satyricon.
In the years to follow, Behemoth maintained the same pace by releasing a consistent string of intense album, which further combined their early black metal influences with the ferocity and technicality of death metal. With “Thelema.6” (2000) the band continued to expand musically and lyrically. Vocalist and lyricist Nergal was aided by poet Krzysztof Azarewicz in his efforts to achieve a sophisticated and intimate obscurity. “Thelema.6” was the first of Behemoth’s albums to be released in U.S. through Olympic Records.
Touring opportunities with bands like Nile, Morbid Angel and Carpathian Forest began to pour in. In 2001 the band made its debut at the most prestigious European summer festival- Wacken.
“Zos Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)” was released in 2003 and furthermore established the band’s undeniable potential and creativity. Rave reviews started to flow in and Behemoth made its North American live debut at the New Jersey March Metal Meltdown festival. The several nationwide tours that followed ( with bands like Deicide, Amon Amarth, Danzig and Six Feet Under) and the release of the Conjugation EP, all helped make 2003 a breakthrough year for Behemoth.
In 2004 they released a DVD called Crush.Fukk.Create, followed by their latest studio album “Demigod” ( featuring guest appearance by Nile’s Karl Sanders). Again, it received great praise in the media. In addition, the group’s first video “Conquer All” debuted on Headbandger’s Ball.
In early 2005, Behemoth embarked on an extensive North American tour with Suffocation, King Diamond and Nile.
Latest Behemoth News
Below is our complete Behemoth news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
Displaying records 361 - 380 of 579 1 2 ... 17 18 19 20 21 ... 28 29 Last
Gwar And Korpiklaani Confirmed For Bloodstock
Bloodstock Open Air has confirmed a further two acts for next years festival. After being forced to pull out in 2009, the organizers have confirmed Gwar will be making an appearance. The Grammy-nominated Scumdogs Of The Universe will be flying in from Antarctica to unleash hell on all in attendance. Frontmonster Oderus Urungus warns us of the impending orgy of bodily fluids, nuclear waste and all manner of murder and vulgarity:
"Greetings people of Earth, it is I, ODERUS URUNGUS, lead singer of the Bloodiest band in metal history, the mighty GWAR! And it is with a sense of toe-curling delight and impending DOOM that I announce the addition of the GWAR to the mammoth BLOODSTOCK Open Air Metal Festival to be held this summer in England. Thats right, from the frozen depths of Antarctica, GWAR brings what BLOODSTOCK needs...BLOOD! Prepare yourself for the most colossal, disgusting, and completely politically incorrect show in metal history! We'll bring the swords, you bring the bodies, and together we shall turn the slam-pit into a seething mass of DEATH not seen in Europe since the fall of Berlin! GWAR is playing BLOODSTOCK...and may the Pope choke on it!"
Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani will also be bringing their band of merry metal to Derby this summer for their only UK appearance of 2010. The band commented: More...
Behemoth Announces North American Tour
Polish black metal outfit Behemoth will be heading back to North America in January of next year for a headlining tour in support of their latest album, "Evangelion." Support on the trek will come from Greek natives Septic Flesh and Swedish band, Shining. Tickets will go on sale on November 20th.
The tour dates are as follows (more to follow soon): More...
Behemoth Comments On New Album Going Gold
Behemoth has issued the following announcement about their latest album "Evangelion" going gold in Poland:
"We are extremely proud to announce that the newest Behemoth album, 'Evangelion' turned gold in Poland! The album had its premiere on August, 7th and debuted on the second place on the Polish charts. During the next 3 weeks the album was located at no.1 in Poland."
Nergal also commented: "'Wow… big fuckin’ WOW! What else can I say? This is HUGE day for Behemoth. From the bottom of our hearts we’d like thank all the people who bought the record and made it happen! Also massive thanks go to Mystic Prod. in Poland for giving us so much support and strength! You are more than awesome! Now we are stuck somewhere in Austrian mountains, the tour is doing great even though most of us are battling with the flu. I’m on antibiotics and steroids so I can’t even celebrate tonight with the bottle of Jack D. in my hands… I just hope some of you can do it for me? Haha…Once again, thank You for all the support! Cheerz!"
Behemoth also has the following upcoming tour dates: More...
Behemoth Posts Paris Tour Date Photos
Behemoth has posted a series of photographs online from their recent performance at La Loco in Paris, France. The photos can be found at this location.
Cannibal Corpse Confirmed For Bloodstock 2010
American death metal legends Cannibal Corpse has announced that they will be performing at next years edition of England's Bloodstock Open Air festival. Fans will want to be attending this event as it will be the bands only show in the United Kingdom in 2010. The festival will be taking place between August 13th and August 15th at the Catton Hall in Derbyshire.
Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz stated: "We are extremely excited to be playing Bloodstock! It will be our first ever festival appearance in the UK and we can't wait to tear it up for the masses!"
The lineup for the festival is now as follows: More...
Behemoth Issues Tour Recap
Behemoth have just ended their Polish tour promoting their newest album "Evangelion." Front man Nergal comments: “We came back home several days ago and I still can’t get over after those 11 gigs… That tour had the biggest production and what is more important, the attendance was outstanding! Nobody expected that the clubs in such cities like Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw, Lublin, Katowice or Gdansk will run out of the tickets. We hired the best venues in this country, but it seems that we will look for even bigger ones in the future. There is also another alternative – playing more than one gig in one city. We consider the 'New Evangelion Tour' as one of the biggest and brightest concert events in the whole band history.
"We got such an amazing, fanatic feedback from the polish audience – like never before. As you could see, we prepared something special for you – some new songs, some older stuff, some songs that we’ve never played before, pyros and new stage design. You appreciated our efforts and we thank you for that. Also, on behalf of the whole band I would like to thank everyone who worked for us during this tour: drivers, sound engineers, pyros crew, tech crew, and the tour co-organizers, Mystic Productions. We have never worked together on such a successful event earlier. No mistakes were made and all was on the schedule. We also owe the outstanding atmosphere to the three great bands: Black River, Azarath and Hermh. It’s good to share the stage not only with the excellent musicians, but also with good friends. Thank you! At this moment, we are resting before the next tour – European tour this time. Tired but happy as hell! And pleased. Thank you to EVERY fan who came to the gigs and shared the energy with us. We would like to announce that the next polish tour is being planned to launch in fall, 2010! We are eager for the repeat! Stay who you are and see you all soon!”
Malefice Posts Second Indian Tour Video Online
UK’s Malefice recently returned from their first tour of India. They have posted part two of their video from that country on their MySpace page.
MALEFICE tour dates w/ DevilDriver, Behemoth, Suicide Silence, Trigger The Bloodshed are as follows:
10/16 - London, UK The Garage
10/17 - London, UK The Garage
10/18 - Leeds, UK Rios
10/19 - Nottingham, UK Rock City
10/20 - Glasgow, UK Garage
10/21 - Manchester, UK Academy 2
10/23 - Wolverhampton, UK Wulfrun Hall
10/24 - Newcastle, UK Academy
10/25 - Northampton, UK Roadmender
Malfice solo dates:
11/01 - Reading, UK Sub89
11/06 - Birminham, UK NEC
12/11 - Bournemouth, UK Sound Circus
Scar Symmetry Posts Video Intro Of New Singer
Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY have just posted the first of two video trailers to introduce their new singer duo, Lars Palmqvist & Roberth "Robban" Karlsson, whom replaced former lead singer Christian Älvestam.
The first trailer features Lars Palmqvist who is now responsible for the groups clean vocals.
Lars and Robban can be heard on the band's brand new album, "Dark Matter Dimensions," which was released on October 2, 2009 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. The record is schedule for release in North America on October 20th.
The band will also be hitting the road together with BEHEMOTH, DEVILDRIVER and ARSIS at the Neckbreakers Ball Tour. Here are the latest tour dates: More...
More Bands Confirmed For Hellfest
Obscura, Arch Enemy, Seupltura, and Twisted Sister are the latest bands confirmed for next's year's Hellfest, set to take place June 18-20, 2010 in Clisson, France.
The current line up is as follows:
7 SECONDS
AGNOSTIC FRONT
ARCHITECTS
ARCH ENEMY
ATHEIST
BEHEMOTH
BLACK COBRA
BLOODBATH
BORN FROM PAIN
COUNT RAVEN
DARK FUNERAL
DYING FETUS
EARTH CRISIS
FINNTROLL
GENERAL SURGERY
GHOST BRIGADE
GWAR
IMMORTAL
KAMPFAR
NEGURA BUNGET
OBSCURA
RWAKE
SAVIOURS
SECRETS OF THE MOON
SEPULTURA
SUFFOCATION
SWALLOW THE SUN
SWORN ENEMY
TANKARD
TWISTED SISTER
WALLS OF JERICHO
WEEDEATER
Behemoth Confirmed For Bloodstock Open Air 2010
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2010. This will be their only UK Festival exclusive date in 2010.
Behemoth, whose latest album, "Evangelion," was released on August 11th in North America via Metal Blade Records and on August 9th in Europe via Nuclear Blast, was also recently confirmed for the Metal Camp Open Air 2010 festival.
Leaves' Eyes Confirmed For Metal Camp Open Air
Leaves' Eyes is the latest band to be confirmed for the Metal Camp Open Air 2010 festival. The festival will take place from 05.07.-11.07.2010 in Tomin, Slovenia.
The currently confirmed line-up is as follows:
Leaves' Eyes
Behemoth
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Dornenreich
Immortal
Kalmah
Metsatoll
Sabaton
The Devil's Blood
The Exploited
Video Interview Posted Online With Behemoth
Metalinjection.net has posted a new video interview online with Behemoth bassist Orion, in which he discusses the music video for the track "Ov the Fire and The Void." The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Behemoth's "Evangelion" Holds #1 In Poland 3 Weeks
BEHEMOTH is still dominating charts worldwide with their latest full-length release, "Evangelion," which was released on August 11. "Evangelion" has now entered its fourth week in the Polish music charts coming in at the #1 spot three weeks in a row and one week at the #2 spot, just behind Michael Jackson.
Guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski comments; “It's unheard of. Evangelion is storming the charts in Poland and we've been three weeks in row number one selling record in our home country. How insane is that? If someone had told me this few months ago I would have never believed that this conservative country can embrace us so much. Things are changing. And it feels good. I'm grateful and happy that people dig this record so much…again, I want to thank everyone who picked up his copy of Evangelion. It means a lot!”
Evangelion's first week worldwide chart numbers were as follows: More...
Behemoth's New Album Hits #1 In Poland
Behemoth has issued the following announcement about their latest album "Evangelion" hitting #1 in Poland:
"We are proud to announce that the newest Behemoth album, 'Evangelion' is the best selling record in Poland! It got the first spot on the best selling records in Poland charts - OLIS. 'Evangelion' had its premiere on August 7th in Poland (Mystic Prod.), August the 9th in Europe (Nuclear Blast Records) and on August 11th in the USA (Metal Blade Records)."
Behemoth's "Evangelion" Charts At No. 56 In USA
"Evangelion," the ninth full-length studio album from Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH, sold 8,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 56 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Evangelion" first-week chart positions include:
Poland: #2
Finland: #17
Austria: #45
USA: #56
Germany: #59
Switzerland: #88
Netherlands: #5 (Indie Charts)
Commented guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski: "Well... we have never been in this band for awards or charts. It's always been about the most honest music we can deliver. But I can't ignore the fact that people DO appreciate our new album. Thank you so much for buying the record and voting for us! It's sooo much motivating! We owe you! See you all on European tour very soon. You will not be disappointed!"
Behemoth “Ov Fire And The Void” Video Banned
From Metal Blade Records:
"The irreverent and thought provoking new video from one of the world's most extreme music acts, Behemoth, has been pulled from Youtube. The uncensored version of "Ov Fire And The Void" is now available for viewing on http://www.metalblade.com/behemoth. An alternate version of the video is also available for viewing on YouTube."
You can now watch the "clean" alternate version below. More...
Behemoth Debuts "Ov Fire And The Void" Video
The irreverent and thought provoking new video from one of the world’s most extreme music acts, Behemoth, is finally ready for its world premiere. "Ov Fire And The Void," the making of which was chronicled and viewed by thousands on Behemoth’s youtube channel is now available for viewing. You can check it out below.
"Ov Fire And The Void" was filmed by Grupa 13 in Poland, the same people behind Behemoth’s last video, "At The Left Hand Ov God." Nergal comments on the video, “We are proud and we are satisfied. This is our life’s work and we are happy to finally get it out to people. Watch and enjoy!”
"Evangelion," the band’s ninth full length album, was recorded in the band's hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers' chairs. Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Carcass, Napalm Death) and will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear blast. More...
Exclusive
Metalunderground.com Premieres New Behemoth Clip
Metal Underground.com has obtained an exclusive premiere of a short video clip from the bonus DVD from the digipack edition of Behemoth's upcoming new album, “Evangelion.”
“Evangelion” will be released in North America as a digi-pak containing the record as well as a bonus DVD that follows Behemoth throughout the recording process. The footage was shot while the band forged “Evangelion” between January and May of 2009. You can view a sneak preview of this footage below.
Evangelion was recorded in the band's hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers' chairs. Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Carcass, Napalm Death) and will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear blast.
Behemoth is currently on tour with the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, featuring Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel. The remaining tour dates are as follows: More...
Behemoth Streaming Entire New Album Online
Polish death metallers Behemoth are currently streaming their entire new album "Evangelion" online at their MySpace page. "Evangelion" is currently set for release on August 7th in Europe and August 11th in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast.
Behemoth Posts "Ov Fire And The Void" Teaser
Behemoth has issued the following announcement about posting a teaser trailer online for the video of their song "Ov Fire and the Void:"
"The trailer for Ov Fire And The Void can now be viewed below. The video was filmed by Grupa 13 in Poland, the same group who helmed the creation of the previous video, At The Left Hand Ov God. The trailer offers a glimpse into the theme of the incredibly powerful and gripping video. Full video coming soon…
"Behemoth’s Evangelion will be released in North America as a digi-pak containing the record as well as a bonus DVD that follows Behemoth throughout the recording process. The footage was shot while the band forged Evangelion between January and May of 2009.
"Evangelion was recorded in the band's hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers' chairs. Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Carcass, Napalm Death) and will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear blast." More...
Displaying records 361 - 380 of 579 1 2 ... 17 18 19 20 21 ... 28 29 Last