Behemoth (band)
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Poland  |
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| Genre(s) | Black metal (early) Blackened death metal |
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| Years active | 1991 – present | |
| Label(s) | Pagan Records Avant-garde Music Regain Records Century Media |
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| Website | http://www.behemoth.pl/ | |
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| Adam Darski Tomasz Wróblewski Zbigniew Robert Promiński Patryk Dominik Sztyber |
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| Leszek "Les L.Kaos" Adam "Desecrator" Malinowski Rafał "Frost Browar" Brauer "Mafisto" "Orcus" Marcin "Novy" Nowak Mateusz Maurycy "Havok" Śmierzchalski Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko |
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Behemoth is an influential Polish blackened death metal band. They are considered to have played one of the most important roles in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside Vader, Graveland, and Sacrilegium. Until the early 2000s, the band played classic black metal with heathen lyrical content, but soon changed to that of occult and thelemic themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal and Krzysztof Azarewicz. This coincided with an increase in musical craftsmanship that allowed them to expand out of the black metal underground and garnered them with some international recognition. With the 2004 release of Demigod, they had fully embraced brutal technical death metal, while retaining their own signature style characterized by the staggering drumwork of Inferno, multi-layered vocals and Nile-style Middle-Eastern influence. They have become respected in the modern death metal scene, often mentioned alongside other bands such as Nile (with whom they have collaborated and toured).
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[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Adam "Nergal" Darski - vocals, guitars, synth, programming
- Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski - bass, backing vocals
- Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński - drums & percussion
- Patryk "Seth" Sztyber - rhythm, lead and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
[edit] Former members
- Leszek "Les L.Kaos" Dziegielwski - guitar, bass
- Adam "Desecrator" Malinowski - guitar, bass
- Rafał "Frost / Browar" Brauer - bass
- "Mafisto" - bass
- "Orcus" - bass
- Marcin "Novy" Nowak - bass
- Mateusz Maurycy "Havok" Śmierzchalski - guitar
- Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko - drums
- Patryk "Seth" Sztyber - guitar
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) (1995)
- Grom (1996)
- Pandemonic Incantations (1998)
- Satanica (1999)
- Thelema.6 (2000)
- Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) (2002)
- Demigod (2004)
- Demonica (compilation boxset) (2006)
- The Apostasy (upcoming album) (2007)
[edit] EPs
- And the Forests Dream Eternally (1993)
- Bewitching the Pomerania (1997)
- Antichristian Phenomenon (2001)
- Conjuration (2003)
- Slaves Shall Serve (2006)
[edit] Demos
- Endless Damnation (1992)
- The Return of the Northern Moon (1992)
- ...From the Pagan Vastlands (1993)
[edit] Videos
- As Above So Below
- Conquer All
- Decade of Therion
- Slaves Shall Serve
- Christians To the Lions
[edit] DVDs
- The Art of Rebellion (2002)
- Crush Fukk Create (2004)
[edit] External links
