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 traditional black metal 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. Even though Behemoth has been labeled as death metal, black metal or thrash influenced, Nergal has mentioned that he doesn’t like the band to be labeled[
Commented BEHEMOTH mainman Adam “Nergal” Darski: “Here we finally come with our brand new video…surprised? I fuckin’ hope so. I’m still blown away by the effect myself. Why? ‘Coz it looks like NOTHING I’ve ever seen in the metal genre. Lately it felt like we’ve pretty much explored every territory in the world of music videos, especially with our last clip for ‘At The Left Hand Ov God‘. This time we took completely opposite artistic approach…we went black and white, absolutely no effects, analogue film tape…and something we’re doing for the first time ever: acting. I truly believe this bizarre video will show you a little bit different aspect of BEHEMOTH’s complex nature. Watch and enjoy!”
October 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
[...] “Inner Sanctum“, the new video from Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH, can be viewed here. The clip was directed by Mateusz “Mania” Winkiel. [...]