Description
.. incantations / orange vinyl
Artist
Extreme metal band formed in 1991 in Gdańsk, Poland.
Began as a Black Metal band and transitioned into a Black / Death Metal band.
It was in 1991 that Behemoth was formed (initially as Baphomet) by frontman Nergal (Holocausto at that time). They released a few demos, "Endless Damnation" (1992), "The Return Of The Northern Moon" (1993) and "From The Pagan Vastlands" (1993). "From The Pagan Vastlands" being the demo that really showed what they wanted. They signed with an Italian company called Entropy Rec., and released their debut mini-album entitled "And the forests dream eternally" in 1994. A year later they recorded their first full-length "Sventevith (storming near the Baltic)". The album gave them the attention they wanted and they got a deal with the German Solistitium Rec., where they also recorded and released their second album "Grom," a very experimental album, which included female vocals, synths and acoustic guitar. They also finally did a European tour where they gained stage experience and a good reputation.
In 1997 they did a split with Damnation, re-released "The Return Of The Northern Moon" and recorded their third album "Pandemonic Incantations," which featured a new drummer, Inferno.
In 1998 they got a two album record deal with Italian Avantgarde Music. They released "Satanica" 1999 and it was a huge success and secured the band tour support to Deicide and Satyricon.
In 2001 they released "Thelema.6" which gained them even more fame and led them to the European tour X-Mass Festivals, Wacken Open Air, With Full Force, Inferno Festival, Mystic Festival, Mind Over Matter etc....
In 2002 they started work on their 6th album. They gave it the title "Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)". One of their most impressive albums to date (the band had spent almost 700 hours making it). And again, a lot of tours followed. In 2003 they released the EP "Conjuration".
The music style on Thelema.6 and Zos Kia Cultus can be characterized as death metal with industrial unfluences.
In 2007 band released "The Apostasy," which showed the further evolution of Behemoth's music style, and established the band's "visit card" - famous "blackened death metal" style.
In 2009 band released "Evangelion," which was heavily supported with massive worldwide touring.
In 2014 Behemoth released their 10th full-length album "The Satanist," which is also supported with worldwide touring, including the scandal-famous Russian Satanist tour.
Current line-up:
Adam "Nergal" Darski (guitars, vocals)
Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński (drums, percussion)
Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski (bass)
Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber (guitar)
Tracks
A1
Diableria (The Great Introduction)
A2
The Thousend Plagues I Witness
A3
Satan's Sword (I Have Become)
A4
In Thy Pandemaeternum
A5
Driven By The Five-Winged Star
B1
The Past Is Like A Funeral
B2
The Entrance To The Spheres Of Mars
B3
With Spell Of Inferno (Mefisto)
B4
Chwała Mordercom Wojciecha (997-1997 Dziesięć Wieków Hańby)
Releases
Formats
CD, Cassette, Vinyl, CDr
Labels
Moon Records , CD-Maximum, Back On Black, Metal Mind Records, Avantgarde Music, Solistitium Records, Not On Label (Behemoth (3)), Solistitium Records , Novum Vox Mortis
Countries
Germany, Italy, Poland, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
years
1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2018
Members
Maciej Niedzielski,
Baal Ravenlock,
Marcin Nowak,
Orcus (4),Adam Darski,
Mateusz Śmierzchalski,Patryk Dominik Sztyber,Zbigniew Robert Prominski,
Adam Malinowski,Tomasz Wróblewski (2),
Mefisto (7),
Leszek Dzięgielewski,
Rafał Brauer
