Polish Anti-sect Organization Attempts To Ban Behemoth
Band Photo: Behemoth (?)
Behemoth is in the cross hairs of the Polish anti-sect organization for supposedly promoting Satanic acts, including animal sacrifice. The anti-sect organization dubbed "The All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects" released a list of artists it claims "promote Satanism" or "encourage murder and animal sacrifice" with their music. The group plans to distribute the list to a number of Polish politicians next month, in hopes that the officials will ban said artists from performing in the Central European nation. The list also includes Slayer and Marilyn Manson among others.
Adam "Nergal" Darski, Behemoth's frontman, said he questions the motives of the APCFDAS and thinks the attempt to ban his band from performing in his native land is ridiculous.
"You have these politicians who, for some reason — probably just for self-promotion — want to fight this kind of stuff," he explained. "This is music. This is art. This is some kind of expression, and this is our expression. For some reason, they think it has a negative influence on kids, so they want to stop it. So they made this list that's going to come out next month, and Behemoth is #1. ... I'm not sure if they'll [be able to enforce it], because it's a violation of the most basic democratic rules. It's very extreme and very dangerous."
"Extreme" and "dangerous" — two words Nergal often uses to describe Behemoth, but obviously with different connotations. Regardless, the threat of a potential Polish ban hasn't put the fear of God in Behemoth. In fact, the band has booked a handful of Poland dates, which it intends on playing immediately following Ozzfest's August 30 finish in West Palm Beach, Florida. It's all part of Behemoth's campaign to spread the word about The Apostasy, their seventh full-length album and follow-up to 2004's Demigod that lands in stores July 17 — less than a week after Ozzfest's Seattle launch.
Source: MTV.com
What's Next?
- Previous Article:
Sonata Arctica Announce Full US Tour Dates - Next Article:
Threat Signal, Bloodjin, Year of Desolation Tour
5 Comments on "Polish Organization Attempts To Ban Behemoth"
Member
Supporter
3. writes:
Music is not the enemy (especially music this good). And to comment on the above post, I am pretty sure that Poland already had a less than pleasurable experience with Nazism. They are extremely conservative when it comes to government and religion, but I dont see National Socialism becoming a nationwide practice there especially when bands like Antigama, and Behemoth continue expose younger generations to the different ways of thinking.
To minimize comment spam/abuse, you cannot post comments on articles over a month old.
1. DeathInEye writes:
I'm not entirely sure the words "Extreme" and "Dangerous" are used in a different way when referring to his band than when referring to the list. Only difference I see is that one he supports (his band obviously) and one he opposes. Granted, that is a big difference, but it's also a double-standard. I agree the list is bullsh1t though. I just think different words should've been used somewhere.