BEHEMOTH, the high priests of extreme metal, have announced their 12th studio album, Opvs Contra Natvram, their most thought-provoking and arresting collection to date. The album is set for release on September 16 via Nuclear Blast. Pre-order or pre-save the album here:
https://behemoth.bfan.link/opvs-contra-natvram

The video for Ov My Herculean Exile has been directed by Zuzanna Plisz. You can watch it here:

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The ten chapters of fury that make up Opvs Contra Natvram were written and recorded over the course of a very strange year for the globe - a situation which only heightened the level of craft seen in these 43 minutes and 15 seconds of searing wrath. As with previous studio outings, Opvs! was produced by BEHEMOTH, with mixing handled by acclaimed studio legend Joe Barresi (Nine Inch Nails, Tool, QOTSA, Alice in Chains).

Renowned for his meticulous attention to detail and absolute creative control of BEHEMOTH's world, frontman and band visionary, Adam "Nergal" Darski reveled in the depressurized environment afforded by the pandemic. It meant that for nearly the first time since the band's inception over 30 years ago, there was no deadline to observe, allowing for a nearly unprecedented level of attention to the process of writing and recording.

Beyond any confines of genre, BEHEMOTH have grown to become nothing less than the personification of rebellion, individuality, and unflinching self-expression informed by a literate worldview and worldliness that's resulted in a locking of horns with everything from the mainstream press to the Polish Catholic church - most notably manifesting in Nergal's trial for blasphemy in 2010 that only served to expose the deep-seated hypocrisies that his music seeks to challenge.

"The album title means going against the current," Nergal states. "It's the negative of the values and morals and ethics that I stand against. I've seriously been wrestling with destructive tendencies in pop culture - cancel culture, social media, and tools which I feel are very dangerous weapons in the hands of people who are not competent to judge others. That's something which I find very destructive and disturbing - and extremely limiting coming from an artists' perspective. This is my middle finger to that. There's a song on the record called 'Neo-Spartacvs.' Spartacus was one of the most iconic rebels in history who went against the most powerful empire of all time. In the end, it's me screaming, 'I Am Spartacus, and so are you!' I want to spark that flame of rebellion. If something seems wrong then stand up to it!"

Opvs Contra Natvram features twin cover art available in both black and white and will be released in the following array of physical formats designed by Bartek Rogalewicz (Lodge.Black), certain to thrill collectors of limited editions:

Jewelcase CD (Black Cover)
Digibook (Black Cover) [limited to 8500 pieces]
Digibook (White Cover) [limited to 8500 pieces]
Earbook Black/Gold Inkspot Vinyl (White Cover) [limited to 500 pieces]
Earbook Gold/Black Corona Vinyl (White Cover) [limited to 500 pieces]
Black Vinyl (Black Cover)
Picture Vinyl (Black Cover) [limited to 3500 pieces]
White/Gold Split Vinyl (White Cover) [limited to 650 pieces]
Vinylbox Mailorder Edition (White Cover) [limited to 1000 pieces]
Earbook (Black Cover)
[band exclusive, limited to 1167 pieces]Gold Vinyl (Black Cover)
[US Indie exclusive, limited to 350 pieces]Crystal Clear/Silver/Gold Inkspot Vinyl (White Cover)
[band exclusive, limited to 666 pieces]White/Black/Gold Splatter Vinyl (White Cover)
[band exclusive, limited to 1167 pieces]Transparent Red Vinyl (Black Cover) [EMP exclusive, limited to 300 pieces]
White Vinyl (White Cover) [Nordics exclusive, limited to 300 pieces]
Clear/Black Splatter Vinyl (Black Cover) [Kings Road Management exclusive, limited to 500 pieces]
Gold/Black Marbled Vinyl (Black Cover)
[UK Eyesore exclusive, limited to 300 pieces]White/Gold Marbled Vinyl (White Cover)
[UK Recordstore exclusive, limited to 300 pieces]Clear/Black Marbled Vinyl (Black Cover) [HMV exclusive, limited to 450 exclusive]

The tracklist reads as follows:
Post-God Nirvana
Malaria Vvlgata
The Deathless Sun
Ov My Herculean Exile
Neo-Spartacvs
Disinheritance
Off To War!
Once Upon A Pale Horse
Thy Becoming Eternal
Versvs Christvs

BEHEMOTH EU Summer Festivals

24.06. DE Hockenheim ' Hockenheimring - Download Germany
22.07. BU Plovdiv - Hills Of Rock
07.08. RO Rasnov - Rockstadt Extreme Fest
12.08. UK Walton on Trent ' Bloodstock Open Air
13.08. BE Kortrijk - Alcatraz
21.08. FR Saint Nolff - Motorcultor

BEHEMOTH, ARCH ENEMY + CARCASS + UNTO OTHERS
The European Siege Tour
27.09. UK Dublin ' 3Olympia Theatre
29.09. UK Glasgow ' O2 Academy
30.09. UK Manchester ' O2 Apollo
01.10. UK Birmingham ' O2 Academy
02.10. UK London ' O2 Academy Brixton
04.10. FR Paris ' Zenith
05.10. FR Ramonville-st-agne, Le Bikini
07.10. PT Lisboa ' Coliseu dos Recreios
08.10. ES Madrid ' Palacio Vistalegre
09.10. ES Barcelona ' Palau Sant Jordi
11.10. FR Caluire-et-cuire ' Radiant-Bellevue
12.10. IT Milan ' Alcatraz
14.10. DE Berlin ' Columbiahalle
15.10 CZ Pardubice ' Tipsport Arena
16.10. HU Budapest ' Barba Negra
18.10. AT Wien ' Gasometer
19.10. PL Katowice - Spodek
21.10. D Ludwigsburg ' MHP Arena
22.10. NL 's-herogemnosch ' Mainstage Brabanthallen
23.10. BE Brussels ' Forest National
25.10. CH Zürich ' Samsung Hall
26.10. DE Frankfurt am Main ' Jahrhunderthalle
28.10. DE Munich ' Zenith
29.10. DE Düsseldorf ' Mitsubishi Electric Halle
30.10. DE Hamburg ' edel-optics.de Arena
31.10. SE Partille ' Partille Arena
02.11. FI Helsinki ' Helsinki Ice Hall
04.11. SE Stockholm ' Annexet
05.11. DK Frederiksberg ' Forum Black Box
06.11. NO Oslo ' Spetrum Scene

ABOUT BEHEMOTH:
In the annals of metal, there is no band more synonymous with an unswerving commitment to the single-minded defiance of expectation than BEHEMOTH. Over the course of their remarkable 31-year career, these Polish hellraisers - spearheaded by Adam Darski, aka Nergal - are more than just the architects of their country's legendary extreme metal scene. Over the course of three decades and previous 11 albums, Nergal's singular vision has forged BEHEMOTH into something far more than a mere blackened death metal band. Beyond any confines of genre, they have grown to become no less than the personification of rebellion, individuality, and unflinching self-expression informed by a literate worldview and worldliness that's resulted in a locking of horns with everything from the mainstream press to the Polish Catholic church - most notably manifesting in Nergal's trial for blasphemy in 2010 that only served to expose the deep-seated hypocrisies that his music seeks to challenge. It also highlighted the distinct lack of fucks that he has to give. Now world-renowned and yet exuberantly underground in their convictions, BEHEMOTH are perhaps the unlikeliest of success stories, but if their stratospheric ascent and hard-won commercial achievement can be attributed to anything, it's a cast iron unwillingness to compromise.

BEHEMOTH is:
Adam 'Nergal' Darski ' Lead vocals, Guitar
Zbigniew 'Inferno' Promiński - Drums, Percussion
Tomasz 'Orion' Wróblewski - Bass, Backing vocals
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Patryk 'Seth' Sztyber - Guitar, Backing vocals

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