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Behemoth 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, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate.
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 themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal 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, multi-layered vocals and Nile-style Middle-Eastern influences. Regardless that Behemoth has been labeled as death metal, black metal or thrash-influenced, Nergal has mentioned that he does not like the band to be labeled.
Current Members:
Adam "Nergal" Darski – lead vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, programming and bass guitar
Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass guitar, vocals
Zbigniew "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion
Patryk "Seth" Sztyber – guitars, backing vocals
Studio 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 (2005)
The Apostasy (2007)
Evangelion (2009)
The Satanist (2014)
EPs
And the Forests Dream Eternally (1993)
Bewitching the Pomerania (1997)
Antichristian Phenomenon (2001)
Conjuration (2003)
Slaves Shall Serve (2005)
Ezkaton (2008)
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 themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal 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, multi-layered vocals and Nile-style Middle-Eastern influences. Regardless that Behemoth has been labeled as death metal, black metal or thrash-influenced, Nergal has mentioned that he does not like the band to be labeled.
Current Members:
Adam "Nergal" Darski – lead vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, programming and bass guitar
Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass guitar, vocals
Zbigniew "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion
Patryk "Seth" Sztyber – guitars, backing vocals
Studio 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 (2005)
The Apostasy (2007)
Evangelion (2009)
The Satanist (2014)
EPs
And the Forests Dream Eternally (1993)
Bewitching the Pomerania (1997)
Antichristian Phenomenon (2001)
Conjuration (2003)
Slaves Shall Serve (2005)
Ezkaton (2008)