Behemoth vocalist and guitarist Adam “Nergal” Darski is making it no secret that he’s not exactly “up” on what’s popular these days. In a new interview with Jaimunji, Nergal admitted that he’s still way big on the classic bands in rock and metal, and sees all of ’em every chance he gets.
“Every time Guns N’ Roses are in town, I’m up and I always go and check it out. With all those legacy bands, be it Guns, be it AC/DC, be it fucking Metallica, [Iron] Maiden, in the first place I’m a fan of their music. I collect their records. I’ve always been a fan [of those bands], as far as I remember. And I always tell whoever I talk to, man, just go and see those bands.
“Buy tickets and go and see [them play], because the time is flying. And it’s gonna be in a blink of the eye that Metallica is no longer, fucking Maiden is no longer. You would be, like, ‘Oh, shit. I should have gone and gone and seen them.’ Yeah, you fucking should. So every time those bands come across Poland or wherever I have a chance, [I] fucking go and embrace that because this era is getting to an end.”
Nergal then touched on the future of rock and metal headliners, saying he feels that pool is shrinking. Which is interesting, because then a few sentences later he says he’s not super into a lot of new stuff.
“It’s gonna be another few years, hopefully good years for the [afore]mentioned bands and others — there’s more, but there’s lesser and lesser. It’s shrinking, [the list of] big arena rock-star bands that I look up to. I mean, I know Parkway Drive is probably an arena band now, but it doesn’t tell me anything.
“I don’t know what Parkway Drive is. I don’t know what Avenged Sevenfold is. I don’t know what — who is Sleep Token? It’s not me. It’s not my DNA. I mean, I don’t fucking get it. It’s probably good music. It’s all well played and big productions and stuff, but once those giants leave the earth, leave the stage, let’s put it that way — I’m lonely. There’s nowhere to go.”
Behemoth and Dimmu Borgir will embark on the In League With Satan co-headlining tour in Europe come October 2026 alongside openers Dark Funeral. Get your tickets here.
10/9 Zurich, Switzerland Halle 622
10/10 Zwickau, Germany Sparkassen-Arena Zwickau
10/11 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal
10/13 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
10/14 Munich, Germany Zenith
10/16 Paris, France Zenith
10/18 Den Bosch, Netherlands Mainstage
10/20 Cologne, Germany Palladium
10/22 Hamburg, Germany Inselpark Arena
10/23 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
10/24 Brno, Czech Republic Hala Vodova
10/27 Helsinki, Finland Ice Hall
10/29 Stockholm, Sweden B-K
10/30 Copenhagen, Denmark K.B. Hallen
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