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Behemoth
Background information
Origin	Gdańsk, Poland
Genre(s)	Black metal (early)[1][2] Death metal (later)[2][3]
Years active	1991–present
Label(s)	Pagan, Avant-Garde, Regain, Century Media
Website	behemoth.pl
Members
Adam "Nergal" Darski Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber
Former members
Leszek "Les L.Kaos" Adam "Desecrator" Malinowski Rafał "Frost Browar" Brauer "Mafisto" "Orcus" Marcin "Novy" Nowak Mateusz Maurycy "Havok" Śmierzchalski Adam Muraszko

Behemoth (pronunciation (help· info)) is a Polish "death metal" band. They first started as a black metal act in 1992 but slowly evolved into death metal. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, along-side bands such as Vader, Graveland, and Sacrilegium.^{[attribution needed]} Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOVD Articles that have been linked to this page are the subject of an NPOV dispute (NPOV stands for Neutral Point Of View; see below). ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Behemothband. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... For alternative meanings of GdaÅ„sk and Danzig, see GdaÅ„sk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (No rashness, no timidness) Coordinates: , Country Voivodeship Powiat city county Gmina GdaÅ„sk Established 10th century City Rights 1263 Government  - Mayor PaweÅ‚ Adamowicz Area  - City 262 km²  (101. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Pagan Records is a independent extreme metal record label. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Regain Records is a Swedish based record label. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Adam MichaÅ‚ Darski (born June 10, 1977), stage name Nergal, is a Polish metal musician for the blackened death metal band Behemoth. ... T. Wróblewski, 2005 Tomasz Wróblewski (b. ... Z. PromiÅ„ski, 2003 Zbigniew Robert PromiÅ„ski (b. ... Seth performing on stage. ... Marcin Nowak, stage name Novy, is a Polish heavy metal musician. ... Adam Muraszko (b. ... Image File history File links Pronunciation-Behemoth. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a variety of heavy metal subgenres developed since the 1980s. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Graveland is a Polish black metal band which was formed in 1992 by Rob Darken (born Robert Fudali). ...

Until the early 2000s, the band played traditional black metal with heathen lyrical contents, but soon changed to that of an occult and thelemic themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal and Krzysztof Azarewicz. With the 2004 release of Demigod, the band showed their presence in the pure Death Metal scene, while retaining their own signature style characterized by the drumwork of Inferno, multi-layered vocals and Nile-style Middle-Eastern influence.^{[citation needed]} Even though that Behemoth has been labeled as death metal, black metal or thrash influenced, Adam has mentioned that he doesn't like the band to be labeled. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the musical genre. ... For other uses, see Occult (disambiguation). ... Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun : will, from the verb θέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... Adam Michał Darski (born June 10, 1977), stage name Nergal, is a Polish metal musician for the blackened death metal band Behemoth. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Demigod is an album released in 2004 by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Z. Promiński, 2003 Zbigniew Robert Promiński (b. ... Nile is a brutal / technical death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, USA assembled in 1993. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its signature high speed and aggression. ...

Band history

Behemoth started with raw and primitive black metal rehearsal tapes (Endless Damnation) and demos (The Return of the Northern Moon), the most significant of which was the second one—...From the Pagan Vastlands (1993)—showing the growing potential of the then 16-year-old Nergal. This article is about the musical genre. ... Endless Damnation is the first demo by Polish band Behemoth. ... The Return of the Northern Moon is the second demo by Polish band Behemoth. ... ...From the Pagan Vastlands is the third demo by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. ...

This tape was released by Polish label Pagan Records and later on by the American Wild Rags. Signing with a little-known Italian company Entropy Records, the band had the opportunity to record their debut release, an EP album entitled And the Forests Dream Eternally (1994), followed by the full-length Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) that gained extremely positive responses worldwide and eventually saw the band moving on to a new record deal with German label Solistitium Records. The latter record established Behemoth as one of the very few black metal bands from mid-eastern Europe with enormous potential. Consequently, stepping forward, the band (as the three piece with Nergal, Baal, and Les) recorded their second album Grom. Pagan Records is a independent extreme metal record label. ... And the Forests Dream Eternally is an EP released in 1993 by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth on the Italian label Enthopy Records. ... Cover of Sventevith Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic) is an album released in 1995 by Polish black metal group Behemoth. ... Grom is the second album released in 1996 by Polish band Behemoth. ...

Grom has been the most controversial release so far, due to its many different influences and musical styles, using female vocals as well as acoustic guitars and synthesizers. At the same time, Behemoth finally got a chance to play live shows in their native country and finally tour around Europe, gaining stage experience as well as positive feedback from the crowds. Two years later, the band recorded a third album, titled Pandemonic Incantations which was a "breakthrough moment" in Behemoth's short career. Reactions of their ever-increasing fanbase and metal media set the new quality standards for them. However, due to a lack of promotion, the album was not very well received. After another extensive tour, Behemoth signed a two-album-deal with Italian Avantgarde Music in the fall of 1998. The first output of this new collaboration was the highly successful album Satanica, on which their black metal sound had evolved into blackened death metal. Pandemonic Incantations is the third album from the Polish Black/Death metal band Behemoth. ... Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label focusing on black and doom metal artists. ... Satanica is an album released in 1999 by Polish heavy metal band Behemoth. ... Blackened death metal also called death/black metal or black/death metal (depending on which styles is dominant) is a fusion genre of extreme metal utilising elements of death metal and black metal with bands usually hailing from Europe. ...

The label also secured the band with two European tours in support to Deicide and Satyricon. During that period, Behemoth had to go through some line up changes and problems with their ex-polish label. The new members then were Novy (formerly known from Devilyn, now in Vader, Dies Irae) who handled the bass duties and Havok who became the band's guitarist. The new line-up resulted in Behemoth signing with Mystic, a well-known label. The next follow-up release to Satanica was Thelema.6. Massive guitar parts and precise drumming, with influences from different sources, showed that Behemoth were there to offer something really varied and innovative once again, complete with characteristic fierce brutality and speed. Arrangements and technical invention on individual compositions made the album an ultimate one for the blackened death metal genre. Lyrically, Nergal and his partner Krzysztof Azarewicz offered something of a very sophisticated, intimate and profound obscurity. Deicide is an American death metal band. ... This article is about the band. ... Cover of Devilyns album XI Devilyn is death metal band from Poland. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Cover of Behemoth album Thelema. ... Blackened death metal also called death/black metal or black/death metal (depending on which styles is dominant) is a fusion genre of extreme metal utilising elements of death metal and black metal with bands usually hailing from Europe. ...

Thelema.6 has been massively supported in the press and media all over the world, including having their album being officially released in Russia and Brazil for the first time in their career. 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 and Krisiun, among others). For the German town, see Wacken (town). ... With Full Force is a metal, hardcore and punk festival held annually in Löbnitz near Leipzig, Germany since 1994. ... Inferno Metal Festival is an annual extreme-metal festival in Oslo, Norway. ... Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990. ... Formed in 2000 from the ashes of Tulus, Khold signed to Moonfog shortly after and released two critically acclaimed albums - Masterpiss Of Pain in 2001 and Phantom in 2002. ...

In 2001, Behemoth focused on writing new material for their sixth studio album. Meantime, they did 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 long time friend and sound engineer Arkadiusz Malczewski, and produced Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond). The result was impressively massive and overwhelming for their detractors who thought that the band couldn't heighten since Thelema.6. Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) is an album released in 2002 by Polish heavy metal band Behemoth. ...

Behemoth live in 2007

In February 2003, the band started their first tour in Norway, playing in cities as Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger. On March 11, 2003, the American premiere, scheduled by Century Media Records, headlined Behemoth's first appearance in the US continent. The tour started on the 9th of March at the New Jersey's Metalfest and continued with decent amount of shows across America and Canada, with the company of Deicide, Revenge, and Amon Amarth. Shortly after doing their first US tour the band was invited to join the Blackest of the Black Festival by Glenn Danzig. The already legendary festival included acts like Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Nile, and Opeth. In the fall of 2003, Behemoth flew over to US to complete their third tour with Six Feet Under and Skinless. The band did their Finnish debut appearance on the famous Tuska Festival with Ministry, 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Behemothband. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Behemothband. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2006) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... This article is about the capital of Norway. ... County District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (1995-) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... For the Middle-Earth location commonly known as Mount Doom, see Orodruin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Superjoint Ritual was a New Orleans Sludge/Crossover Thrash band formed by Phil Anselmo, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower in the early 1990s, later to be joined by Hank Williams III, and Kevin Bond. ... Nile is a brutal / technical death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, USA assembled in 1993. ... Opeth is a Progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Six Feet Under (often abbreviated as SFU) A side project band started by Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse and Allen West of Obituary. ... Skinless is a deathgrind band formed in 1992. ... Ministry is an influential, Grammy-nominated American industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. ... Soulfly is a heavy metal band started by Max Cavalera in 1997 after his decision to leave Sepultura. ...

The seventh studio album, Demigod, was released in 2004, followed by The Apostasy in July 2007. 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.^[4] Demigod is an album released in 2004 by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. ... The Apostasy is the eighth full-length album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. ... Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal, Hardcore and Nu Metal groups. ...

Band members

Current members

• Adam "Nergal" Darski - vocals, lead/rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, programming
• Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński - drums, percussion
• Patryk "Seth" Sztyber - (session and live) lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals

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Former members

• Leszek "Les L.Kaos" Dziegielwski - guitar, bass guitar
• Adam "Desecrator" Malinowski - guitar, bass guitar
• Rafał "Frost / Browar" Brauer - bass guitar
• "Mafisto" - bass guitar
• "Orcus" - bass guitar
• Marcin "Novy" Nowak - bass guitar
• Mateusz Maurycy "Havok" Śmierzchalski - guitar
• Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko - drums

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Discography

Albums

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EPs

And the Forests Dream Eternally is an EP released in 1993 by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth on the Italian label Enthopy Records. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Bewitching The Pomerania is an EP released in 1997 by Polish band Behemoth. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Antichristian Phenomenon is an EP released in 2001 by Polish band Behemoth. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label focusing on black and doom metal artists. ... Conjuration is an EP released in 2003 by Polish band Behemoth. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regain Records is a Swedish based record label. ... Slaves Shall Serve is an EP released in 2005 by Polish band Behemoth. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “UK” redirects here. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Regain Records is a Swedish based record label. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Demos

Endless Damnation is the first demo by Polish band Behemoth. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Return of the Northern Moon is the second demo by Polish band Behemoth. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Pagan Records is a independent extreme metal record label. ... ...From the Pagan Vastlands is the third demo by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Pagan Records is a independent extreme metal record label. ...

DVDs

Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Compilations

• Czarne Zastepy - A Tribute to Kat 1996 Contributing the song "Ostatni Tabor"
• Originators of the northern darkness - A tribute to Mayhem 2000 Contributing the song "Carnage"
• Tyrants from the abyss - A tribute to Morbid Angel 2002 Contributing the song "Day of suffering"

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Music Videos

• As Above So Below
• Conquer All
• Decade of Therion
• Slaves Shall Serve
• Christians to the Lions
• Prometherion

References

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External links

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