The mighty Behemoth will once again be returning to North American soil in 2010! This is their first tour in the region since their massively successful summer with the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest. Following Mayhem, Behemoth’s Evangelion reached enormous heights, coming in at #56 on the Billboard Top 200, #61 on Canada’s Top 200, and three weeks straight at #1 in Poland before being certified gold in their home country.

The fans have spoken and Behemoth’s return to North America will be a triumphant conquest presented by Revolver Magazine in association with Affliction, ESP Guitars and with on-line media partners KillerTours.com and VampireFreaks.com. Supporting Behemoth on the Evangelia Amerika tour will be Septic Flesh from Greece and Shining from Sweden.

Tickets will go on sale beginning on November 20th with a November 19th pre-sale through Artist Arena here!

BEHEMOTH
Evangelia Amerika tour presented by Revolver
In association w/ Affliction and ESP Guitars
Tour w/ Septic Flesh, Shining
w/ specials guests TBA on select dates
01/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
01/08 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
01/09 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
01/10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
01/11 Tampa, FL State Theatre
01/13 Austin, TX Emo’s
01/15 Tucson, AZ The Rock
01/16 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
01/17 San Francisco, CA Slims
01/18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
01/19 Seattle, WA El Corazon
01/21 Calgary, AB Republik
01/22 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
01/23 Regina, SK The District
01/24 Winnipeg, MB WECC
01/25 St. Paul, MN Station 4
01/26 Chicago, IL House of Blues
01/27 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
01/28 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
01/30 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre

[image: Metal Blade]

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Drummer John Boecklinhas also posted the following update from the road,

“It has been an interesting tour so far. My heels got infected due blisters from my new running shoes so I have been rocking sandals this whole tour and it’s fucking cold outside.

“Dez got sick and actually had to cancel a show in Germany. Mike went down with the flu for about three days.

“Our bus broke down in Scotland and we took vans to the next show. We played in full blown corpse paint provided by BEHEMOTH last night for Halloween.

“We also released a new video which we are really fucking proud of for ‘Fate Stepped In’. It is our best video to date with out a doubt. We have been playing bigger shows than we ever have as a headliner over here and it feels earned. just tell everyone know, we are already writing and finding the new direction for our 5th record, so far its fucking fast. see y’all on the road motherfuckers.”

Check out the video below!

[source: Metal Underground]

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Evangelion’s first week worldwide chart numbers:
Poland: #2
Finland: #17
Austria: #45
Germany: #59
Switzerland: #88
Netherlands: #5 (Indie Charts)

USA:
#56 Billboard Top 200
#5 Billboard Hard Music Albums
#6 Billboard Independent Albums

Canada:
#61 Top 200 Current Albums
#6 Independent Chart
#10 Hard Music Chart

Commented guitarist/vocalist Adam “Nergal” Darski:

“Well…we have never been in this band for awards or charts. It’s always been about the most honest music we can deliver. But I can’t ignore the fact that people DO appreciate our new album. Thank you so much for buying the record and supporting us! It’s sooo much motivating! We owe you! See you all on European tour very soon. You will not be disappointed!”

Buy Evangelion now!

[image: Jason L Nelson/AdMedia/Newscom]

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CD/DVD Digipak Autographed Pre-Order: $12.99 ORDER HERE
**autographed copies only available while supplies last, North American pre-order only **

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

07/30 London, ON London Music Hall not part of tour w/ God Forbid
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
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

[image: Metal Blade Records]

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Evangelion Track List

1. Daimonos
2. Shemaforash
3. Ov Fire And The Void
4. Transmigrating Beyond Realms Ov Amenti
5. He Who Breeds Pestilence
6. The Seed Ov I
7. Alas, Lord Is Upon Me
8. Defiling Morality Ov Black God
9. Lucifer

Information track list and image via Metal Blade Records

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Behemoth

Metal has a reputation for being anti-Christian and bands keep that reputation alive…for some reason. Nothing better to write songs about I guess. It’s a trend in metal that has never died. I guess it’s a way for metal bands to connect with fans. Christians are portrayed as hypocrites, pushing their beliefs on everyone and praying to a “fake” god, whereas Satan promoting bands are doing the same thing.

Christians are called “sheep” and Satanists and a lot of metal-heads call the existence of God a lie. Well if God is a lie, then Satan is too. Where else is Satan mentioned in history? In the bible, that’s where. So if you say “Hail Satan”, and call the bible a “book of lies” then you’re a hypocrite too. You are just as much a bunch of sheep as are the Christians that you scrutinize. They call Christians “pussies” and “hypocrites” and then glorify Satan as some great, evil being that promotes living free and all this other grand stuff. How do they know what Lucifer was or what he portrayed. They only know what folklore, what the bible and what other books say about him. You don’t call the bible a book of lies and then turn around and use it or other books as reference to Satan.

Back to the story. Nergal wants a public apology from Nowak and $1000, which he says will go to an animal charity. Nowak refuses, saying that “this would give all musicians worshiping Satan the green light to do as they please while performing on stage — to burn crosses, destroy the Bible or just offend Christians.“. Everyone and everything offends everyone these days. People of different faith get offended when Christians try to press their values on them and Christians get offended by the thought of Satanism and people promoting it, among many other things.

I said it before that there are a lot of good Christian values. As with all religions, groups and races, you have bad individuals. However; You don’t have to be a Christian to have good morale values and practice them. You just have to be a good person. Faith goes beyond a book but Christians will be offended by a symbol of their faith being torn apart just as we metal fans get offended by people crucifying the genre.

Nergal said during a controversial concert “they call it the Holy Book, I call this the book of lies. Fuck the shit, fuck the hypocrisy.”. Wow, dude…that’s really original. I bet he was the first person to ever say that. Has metal become so redundant that bands have to do stuff like this in order to stay relevant and connect with fans? We’re beating a dead horse here. I don’t feel that Nowak should be calling him a criminal for ripping up a book, but I don’t think he really owes him a big apology. I guess it all depends on the laws of Poland.

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Way Too Loud

WTL: Well, since the first new thing I’m noticing is the handle bar mustache, you’ve got to explain that. It’s huge! You look like a Hell’s Angel!

Jordan: (Laughs) I was growing a beard in December, and then we had a photo shoot for DW ( the drum company), and I didn’t want a beard for that, so I shaved it into a moustache just for fun, and it just kind of grew on me for a couple of days. They were digging it, so I was like “Sweet!” Then they said they wanted me to do a commercial too! It’s been cool because it’s getting me work!

WTL: The video for “Nothing Left” debuted recently. What’s it like shooting a video, especially from the position of the drummer? And does Tim scream or lip-sync?

Jordan: Sometimes he screams, sometimes he doesn’t. We’ve got to run through the song so many times that he’ll blow out his voice if he screams the whole time. Usually you just play along with the track, nothing is miked, and no sound is coming out. As far as I’m concerned, I could not shoot another video, ever! If I could do that, I’d be happy! I just don’t like shooting videos, I like the end result product, because it looks really cool. I have to play the song so many times, and I get so exhausted after the 15th run-through. Being the drummer, I’m always in the background, even if they’re doing a close-up of the guitar player or the singer, I’m always in the background while everyone else gets to take a break, because even if no one else is in the shot, I’m always in the background. Those are my cranky days. I’m usually in pretty good spirits most days. I might not like it, but I’m not going to complain about it too much!

WTL: You’ve toured with Satanic bands before, more specially Behemoth twice, and I’ve heard you’ve had a good time hanging out with them, and they even put you on the thank you list in the back of one of their albums (more specifically in “Demigod”). Do you think you’re sending a different kind of message, a good message, by touring with bands who have such different religious views?

Jordan: Yeah! I think we’re sending the right message, whether or not it’s different from what other bands have said, I don’t know. I think there’s a portion of the Christian community that’s very un-accepting to that kind of stuff. They’ll say don’t touch it, don’t get near it, don’t be involve with it, don’t affiliate yourself with it , but as a band and as Christians, it doesn’t matter to us. They’re a band, whether they’re a Christian band or a Satanic band, it doesn’t matter to us. We want to play with those bands, we want to become friends with those bands. If we happen to create a friendship, that’s awesome!

Me personally, I’ve had several very good conversations about Christianity, and what they believe, an anti-Christian viewpoint from Nergal. We’ve talked a lot, and as far as philosophies of religion and life go, I don’t think there was much progress on either of our ends, but we were able to understand each other, and where we were coming from. I understand his viewpoint a lot more, and I understand where he comes from, and at the end of the conversation, we still had a mutual respect for one another. We come from opposite ends of the spectrum, but we still have respect for each other, and we still want to play music with each other.

You don’t necessarily have to agree with someone to be their friend and accept them. As a Christian as well, what good does it do to preach to the choir? And the same thing with them. If they were to go around and play for instance, only in Satanic churches every day, what good would their message be? They’re passionate about what they do, so they want to go play to a different audience, where they can express what they believe to that audience. It’s up to the audience to whether or not they look into what their beliefs are, and the same thing with us. They’re looking for opportunities to look out for what they believe in and share what they believe in, and they’re passionate about it, the same way we are.

That’s kind of a long answer!

Read the rest of this interview here.

Image Source: Newscom.com

And yes, I know the picture is not Jordan Mancino, but it was the best pic I could find that I can legally use.

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Behemoth Return To The States With Dimmu Borgir

Much like Into Eternity and Arch Enemy, BEHEMOTH will be saying goodbye to their most recent release with a stateside tour that rolled out the red carpet in Toronto last week. They’re direct support to Nuclear Blast’s Dimmu Borgir with Keep of Kalessin opening shows. This will be the third and last time BEHEMOTH will be touring in support of their final album on Century Media, The Apostasy.

Nergal (vocals, guitars) had a few words to preview the tour: “This is our third and final run in North America for this record. We toured like hell after Demigod and we’ve also been touring like crazy to support The Apostasy, but it feels like it’s time to slow down and live our lives a little bit. So it’s about time we stay home for awhile, get inspired and write another monstrous record. Anyway, this Dimmu Borgir tour is our top priority now, it seems like U.S. hasn’t witnessed a package this evil in a long time. Rest assured BEHEMOTH is a well oiled machine and ready to prove its might.”
Since releasing The Apostasy and touring as a featured act on last year’s groundbreaking (read: free) Ozzfest, BEHEMOTH has been on a roll. MTV2’s Headbangers Ball is airing a series of interviews in the coming weeks to cover this past fall’s Radio Rebellion Tour that the band was a part of along with Job For A Cowboy and Gojira. Tune in to Headbangers Ball the next few Saturdays to catch the feature before it ends.

BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART Announce Massive Summer Festival

Break out the Aqua Net and Bedazzle your leather jacket – BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART are touring this summer! The Canadian metallers have announced plans for the Scream the Prayer Tour with Sleeping Giant, Impending Doom, My Children My Bride, War of Ages, Before Their Eyes, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Soul Embraced, Here I Come Falling & Agraceful. So get your tickets and ‘Move Your Body’ to the nearest venue – this will be one hell of a tour!

06/13 The Dome – Bakersfield, CA

06/14 Soma – San Diego, CA

06/15 The Hudson Theatre – San Bernardino, CA

06/16 Vertical Venue – Scottsdale, AZ

06/17 Revolution – El Paso, TX

06/19 The Otherside – Tulsa, OK

06/20 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX

06/21 Java Jazz – Houston, TX

06/22 Fat Daddy’s – Dallas, TX

06/24 The Red Door – Pensacola, FL

06/25 The Cuban Club – Tampa, FL

06/26 The Haven – Orlando, FL

06/27 Life Pointe Church – Miami, FL

06/28 Hill Theatre – Jacksonville, FL

06/29 The 7 Venue – Douglasville, GA

06/30 Vintage 21 – Raleigh, NC

07/01 Rockettown – Nashville, TN

07/02 The Attic Club – Dayton, OH

07/05 Barfly – Minneapolis, MN

07/06 Judson College – Elgin, IL (w/Demon Hunter & Living Sacrifice)

07/07 Magic Stick – Detroit, MI

07/08 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

07/09 The Aquifer – Clinton, NJ

07/10 The Palladium – Worcester, MA

07/11 Riva Trace Baptist Church – Baltimore, MD

07/12 Club Relevant – Virginia Beach, VA

07/13 Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA

07/16 The Foundry – Joplin, MO

07/18 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO

07/19 The Outer Rim – Salt Lake City, UT

07/23 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

07/24 Service Station – Spokane, WA

07/26 Club Retro – Sacramento, CA

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Also, Tickets for the upcoming “The Invaluable Darkness Tour – Part 2: Legions of The Chosen Few” featuring DIMMU BORGIR, Behemoth, and Keep of Kalessin are available to purchase now!

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