Behemoth
Country of origin:Poland
Location:Gdańsk, Pomorskie
Status:Active
Formed in:1991
Genre:Black Metal (early); Black/Death Metal (later)
Lyrical themes:Paganism (early); Satanism, Luciferianism, Thelema, History (later)
Current label:New Aeon Musick
Nergal (Holocausto) and Baal Ravenlock (Sodomizer) initially called their band Baphomet, but quickly changed the name to Behemoth due to there being too many other bands with that name at that time.
Krzysztof Azarewicz wrote many of the lyrics on the following albums: Satanica, Thelema.6, Zos Kia Cultus, Conjuration, Demigod, The Apostasy, and Evangelion.
In July 2007, the All-Polish Committee for Defence 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 now, the list has not gone into effect and the band is still allowed to play in Poland freely.
In 2012 Łukasz Dunaj published a book titled Konkwistadorzy Diabła ("Devil's Conquistadors"), which is Behemoth's biography.
Metal Mind Records has pressed a number of releases with the Behemoth logo on them, but these were never authorized by the band. They are: Historica box-set, the DVD edition of Live Eschaton, and the Live in Toulouse EP.
Compilation appearances:
- "Ostatni Tabor" on Czarne Zastępy - w hołdzie KAT (Pagan Records, 1998).
- "Carnage" on Originators of the Northern Darkness - Tribute to Mayhem (Avantgarde Music, 2001).
- "Day of Suffering" on Tyrants from the Abyss - Tribute to Morbid Angel (Hellspawn Records, 2002).
- "Slaves Shall Serve" on Century Media Bonus CD Sampler (found as a bonus disc in Strapping Young Lad's "The New Black" album) (Century Media Records, 2006).
- "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" on Monsters of Metal (The Ultimate Metal Compilation Vol. 10) (Nuclear Blast, 2016).
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