BehemothBehemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader Vader (band) , Decapitated Decapitated (band) , Vesania and Hate Hate (band) . Until the late 1990s, the band played a traditional black metal style with heathen lyrical content, but soon changed to that of occult and thelemic thelema themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal Adam Darski and Krzysztof Azarewicz. With the 1999 release of Satanica, the band showed their presence in the blackened death metal scene, while retaining their own signature style characterized by the drum work of Inferno Zbigniew Robert Promiński , multi-layered vocals and Nile Nile (band) -style Middle-Eastern Middle East influences. Even though Behemoth has been labeled as death metal, black metal or thrash thrash metal influenced, Nergal has mentioned that he doesn't like the band to be labeled. The label also secured two European tours for the band in support of Deicide Deicide (band) and Satyricon Satyricon (band) respectively. During that period, Behemoth had to go through some ***-up changes and had problems with their ex-Polish label. The new members then were Novy (formerly known from Devilyn, now in Vader Vader (band) , Dies Irae), who handled the bass duties, and Havok, who became the band's guitarist. The new line-up resulted in Behemoth signing with the Polish label Mystic. The follow-up release to Satanica was Thelema.6. Massive guitar parts and precise drumming, with influences from different sources, saw them progress further towards blackened death metal. Thelema.6 was supported by the worldwide press and media, including official releases in Russia and Brazil for the first time. Continuing the support for Thelema.6, Behemoth appeared in several prestigious live events like Wacken Open Air, With Full Force, Inferno Metal Festival, Mystic Festival, and Mind Over Matter Autumn. They started first headlining tour alongside with Carpathian Forest and Khold, followed by festival tour in Poland (Thrash em All Fest. with Vader Vader (band) and Krisiun, among others). In 2001, Behemoth focused on writing new material for a sixth studio album. Meantime, they completed their second headlining tour in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Having completed the recording of their new songs, Behemoth entered Hendrix Studio for the second time, with help of their friend and sound engineer Arkadiusz Malczewski, and produced Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond). In February 2003, the band started their first tour in Norway, playing in cities such as Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger. On March 11, 2003, the American premiere, scheduled by Century Media Records, headlined Behemoth's first appearance in the American continent. The tour started on the 9th of March at the New Jersey's Metalfest and continued with a decent amount of shows across America and Canada, with the company of Deicide Deicide (band) , Revenge Revenge (band) , Vehemence and Amon Amarth. Shortly after doing their first US tour the band was invited to join the Blackest of the Black Tour by Glenn Danzig. The already legendary festival included acts like Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Nile Nile (band) , and Opeth. In the fall of 2003, Behemoth flew over to US to complete their third tour with Six Feet Under Six Feet Under (band) , Skinless and Black Dahlia Murder. The band then played at the Tuska Festival in Finland with Ministry Ministry (band) , Soulfly, among others. At that time, due to some line up difficulties, Nergal parted his ways with Havok and Novy, who decided to focus on activities with their own bands. Eventually, the band resumed touring in the UK and Europe. In 2004, their seventh studio album, Demigod Demigod (album) was released to good critical response. Recorded at the Hendrix Studios, the album debuted at number 15 on the national Polish album charts. Music videos for the songs "Conquer All" and "Slaves Shall Serve" were also shot. In fall 2005 the band headlined the Demigod supremacy Canadian tour 2005 with Necronomicon In 2007, the band toured Europe alongside Napalm Death, Moonspell and Dew-Scented. Behemoth released their eighth studio album The Apostasy in July of that year. It was recorded at Radio Gdańsk studio in December, 2006. Shortly after the release of The Apostasy, the band was featured as one of Ozzfest 2007's second stage headliners, one of the four non-US bands playing that year. In October/November 2007, they played their first US headlining tour alongside Job for a Cowboy, Gojira Gojira (band) , and Beneath the Massacre. In October/November 2007 the band toured Europe alongside Canadian death metal combo Kataklysm and Belgium's Aborted. . In February 2008 Behemoth toured Europe headlining over Suicide Silence. In April/May 2008 the band toured North America as part of "The Invaluable Darkness" tour with Keep of Kalessin and headliner Dimmu Borgir. Behemoth spent the summer playing a number of prominent festivals all over Europe. In October 2008, Behemoth released their first live album, At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy. Also, an EP called Ezkaton was released featuring a re-recorded version of Chant for Eschaton 2000, one new song, two covers, and three live songs. The EP has been released in North America on November 11. In March 2009, the band suggested that the new album, due in the summer, would be produced by British producer Colin Richardson. Behemoth released its 9th full length album entitled "Evangelion" on August 9 via Nuclear Blast in Europe and August 11 via Metal Blade in US. In July and August 2009, Behemoth participated in the Rockstar Mayhem Festival alongside Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium Trivium (band) , Cannibal Corpse, All That Remains All That Remains (band) , Job For a Cowboy and more. In September 2009 Behemoth headlines the "New Evangelion" Polish tour alongside Azarath Azarath (band) , Black River Black River (band) and Hermh Hermh (band) . The North American Tour for Evangelion will start in January 2010. For the beginning of 2010 Behemoth has confirmed to attend the Summer Breeze Open Air metal music festival.In July 2007 the All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects distributed a list of bands that allegedly promote Satanism and murder to many Polish officials. Critics of this policy primarily see this as a violation of free speech, with the most scathing criticism generally emanating from within the metal community. As of present, the list has not gone into effect, and Behemoth is still allowed to play in Poland freely.Behemoth broadly refers to symbols of anti-Christianity, occult and mythology of the Middle East. During concerts, as part of the scenography, the band uses the Thelemic Unicursal Hexagram Thelema from Aleister Crowley. The symbol shows the macrocosm, the six arms correspond to Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, the sun and the moon. The logo for New Aeon Musick combines the Symbol of Chaos and an upside-down crucifix. The cover of The Apostasy features the Hindu goddess Kali. On this CD also appears Pazuzu Pazuzu (demon) , the demon of Sumerian mythology. The band played for a short time named after the anti-Christian god Baphomet. This figure appears on the cover of the album Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond). Current members in 2009. From left to right: Zbigniew Promiński, Tomasz Wróblewski and Adam Darski. *Adam "Nergal" Darski Adam Darski / vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, programming (1991 / present) bass guitar (1991–1992, 1993–1997, 1999 / present) *Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski Tomasz Wróblewski / bass guitar, backing vocals (2004 / present) *Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński Zbigniew Robert Promiński / drums and percussion (1997 / present) *Patryk "Seth" Sztyber Patryk Dominik Sztyber / guitars, backing vocals (2004 / present) Former members ;Guitar * Leszek "L.Kaos" Dziegielewski (1995 / 1996, 1998 / 1999) * Adam "Desecrator" Malinowski (1991 / 1992) * Mateusz "Havoc" Smierzchalski (2000 / 2004) ;Bass * Rafał "Frost / Browar" Brauer (1992 / 1993) * Mefisto ( / 1998) * Orcus (1993) * Marcin "Novy" Nowak Marcin Nowak (2000 / 2003) ;Drums * Adam "Baal" Ravenlock" Muraszko Adam Muraszko (1991 / 1997) ;Session keyboard * Piotr Weltrowski * Maciej Niedzielski * Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali (1992 / 1994);Studio albums *Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) (1995) *Grom Grom (album) (1996) *Pandemonic Incantations (1998) *Satanica (1999) *Thelema.6 (2000) *Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) (2002) *Demigod Demigod (album) (2004) *The Apostasy (2007) *Evangelion Evangelion (album) (2009) ;EPs *And the Forests Dream Eternally (1993) *Bewitching the Pomerania (1997) *Antichristian Phenomenon (2001) *Conjuration Conjuration (album) (2003) *Slaves Shall Serve (2005) *Ezkaton (2008) ;Live albums *At the Arena ov Aion: Live Apostasy At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy (2008) ;Box set *Chaotica - The Essence of The Underworld (1999) *Historica (2003) *Demonica (2006) ;Demos *Endless Damnation (1992) *The Return of the Northern Moon (1992) *…From the Pagan Vastlands (1993) ;DVDs *Live Eschaton: The Art of Rebellion (2000) *Crush.Fukk.Create: Requiem for Generation Armageddon (2004)|} |}
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