An amalgamation of orchestral warm-up and the gateway to hell opening, the death riders known as Behemoth crawl out of the depths… “Hear the word of the lord!” he cries… the Dark Lord.
God I love Behemoth. Their ninth studio release Evangelion will be released upon the world August 11th and as I sit with it now, I imagine it will be one of 2009’s finest black metal achievements. (Although we apparently have a new Immortal album to look forward to – we’ll see who takes the reigns!) I’m a little thrown by the beginning of the first track, “Daimonos,” because it reminds me, a little too closely, of Misery Index’s “Ghosts of Catalonia.” However, as soon as the straight kicks, well, kick in, it turns right back into Behemoth.
I am a sucker for a slow, dark march, so “Ov Fire And The Void” is definitely one of the standout tracks. Behemoth have created a video for that song which will be released as part of a digi-pak that also includes a DVD of the trio in the studio working on Evangelion. I’m going to have to get my hands on that one…
“Transmigrating Beyond Realms Ov Amenti” is a typical Behemoth track, could have been found on The Apostasy. “He Who Breeds Pestilence,” “The Seed Ov I” and “Alas, Lord Is Upon Me” seem to swim together as a story-line trilogy. Of course, I can’t understand all of Nergal’s lyrics and since the Satan nerds don’t have access to the record yet to interpret and post them online, this is merely a feeling the three songs give to me. Of course, the last track on the record is “Lucifer” an 8-minute epic piece, full of slow, swelling guitar lines, sung entirely, I believe, in Polish. Well, at least it’s not English…
The doom and despair dispelled by Behemoth beckons me and once inside, I’m blanketed, like a fog taking over a great city… they make the darkness, the hidden-away-from-God places, seem romantic. Definitely powerful.
BEHEMOTH
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheate
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
08/16 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
I am hungry for angel feathers
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