Play games with Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski and you might just find yourself without a conscience or a soul. The Polish prince of black and metal is charming and friendly, but his heart pulses with a hatred for religion and contempt for the mainstream. And his music mirrors his beliefs (or lack thereof), echoing with infernal song structures and cries of absolute torment. Behemoth’s videos aren’t much cheerier, as demonstrated by their latest offering, “At the Left Hand Ov God.”
It’s our most epic song so far,” Nergal says. “We decided to go with something more sophisticated and demanding this time. It’s not very often that bands pick up five minute long songs for their videos. In opposition to current tendencies, we decided to build something more complex and intriguing.”
Also unlike many other extreme bands, Behemoth based the video around a concrete story.
“‘At the Left Hand Ov Hod’ has a very provocative yet symbolic and multi-dimensional massage, so we took a lot of time to write a decent script, so it’s not just a band performance,” Nergal says. “We wanted to expose the theatrical side of the band, but the point was to still keep it disturbing and dangerous. There’s definitely too many gimmicks and clichés in metal these days. I believe that our new video represents serious attitude. With ‘At the Left Hand Ov God,’ we are bringing evil back. You have been forewarned.”
The video was directed by Polish TV and Film production company Grupa13. “They have a lot of experience, but it was first time they worked with metal band,” Nergal says. “They did an amazing job. I’m still blown away by how much effort they put into this video. I hope together we accomplished not only the most impressive of all Behemoth’s videos but one of the most memorable and outstanding metal videos in the genre.”
Click “more” to watch Behemoth’s “At the Left Hand Ov God” video. Then see it on the big screen on Saturday’s Headbangers Ball.
Beautiful,
im impressed once more
keep producing music for the sake ov truth
after tivo-ing headbangers ball and then having to fast forward through all the metalcore and deathcore, and finding no decent videos except probabaly nile- papyrus containing the spell,etc-i founf headbangersball had no metal. but noe hopefully, ny fav. band,behemoth can annihalte those #%*$#$% metalcore ~%%$ ~#?#?%@ mutherfuckers. stay true.
what is it about religion that you hate, even God doesn/t like religion, because it a practice;ritual, God wants us to live by the holy spirit….God is not religion…it is believing in the power of faith….and standing for truth in such a dark and cold world…..i am 25 yrs. old…i love music, it is such a deep part of today’s culture….i really like your style of music…..you could really be a great example for the youth of this country…make a stand….someday if not already you will have children, and you will want the best for them….keep it true
-april
@NarrowSouls:
“then goes on to basically make a video that looks exactly like something Dimmu Borgir or Satyricon would do. ”
That’s interesting, since when Satyricon has done any corny oh-we-love-satan music video? All I heard was gibberish there. Satyricon at least still produces solid rock with black metal vibe. Unlike Dimmu Borgir that never were black metal to begin with.
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Damn, can´t see the video cause i live outside the US… well guess i´ll have to wait a little longer. telling from the most of the replies here i guess it will be worth the wait.
Support bacteria, it´s the only culture some people have!
Definitely Behemoth’s best video, excellent stuff
A good song to pick for a music video.
schäbiger kakkpfogel eyyyy
The best Blackened Death Metal video ever!!
Well Narrow Souls, It looks like (so far) the forum is against you position, diplomatically speaking. Perhaps it isn’t evil enough for your entertainment pleasure?
What are you guys talking about? That was terrible. I can’t believe Nergal says that “There’s definitely too many gimmicks and clichés in metal these days,” but then goes on to basically make a video that looks exactly like something Dimmu Borgir or Satyricon would do. And then he even says “we are bringing evil back.” How more cliche can you get?
Then there is also the ?%*#~$%% hype this website and its corporate master are creating for Behemoth: “The Polish prince of black and metal is charming and friendly, but his heart pulses with a hatred for religion and contempt for the mainstream.” Yeah right! That’s why he has a video on MTV, because he hates the mainstream!
And by the way, Behemoth isn’t playing black metal. They are playing death metal now. That music you hear, it’s death metal, and it’s not even all that great. It just sounds like a watered-down version of Nile.
Being an American 40 year old metalhead, I’ve seen it all. However, Behemoth are refreshing over the norm of what Europe has to offer in terms of Black Metal. The visuals in this video are emotionally stirring. I actually had the hair the back of my neck stand up and I applaude them. I hope to see them continue as commited as ever and continue to produce such beautiful gems such as this.
That was an epic video. So beautiful! Behemoth never ceases to amaze me!
this video was absolutly amazing probably by far 1 of the best Behemoth vids ive ever seen… well done behemoth another fantasic video \m/ hailz
Well made video, but that song just sucks… %*$@ Behemoth..
This only proves that Nergal is God. ~?##%$# awesome video!
Stay Brutal!
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BEHEMOTH ! May the Devil be with you…and also with us!
Seen them a few times and each time they DESTROY!
now on to more important things:
…realize we must LEGALIZE,
@rt
F*cking amazing video!!!! best one so far, i have also been waiting since i heard of the production, im pleased!!
keep it brutal!!!
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HELL YEAH!!!
behemoth has once again owned all that is metal
real $@*?$?~ art, i love the song, i love what it’s about, i love the power Behemoth displays through Thelema, this is my favorite video ever
this video is $###%@ amazing, everything about it is perfect. it seems like it has a slightly religious feeling to it, yet it’s extremely demonic. Nergal is GOD!!!
nergal is a #~#%$?$ god
This video is @%$@%@@ godly, I’ve been waiting for this to be released since I first heard of it’s production. A long wait but hell, amazing production quality and everything. They really outdid themselves on it.