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 Years active: 1991 (as Baphomet), 1991-present 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 ...