Little needs to be said
at this point about Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski’s struggles with
leukemia which led to such a lengthy delay between 2009’s Evangelion and 2014’s
The Satanist. All that’s necessary to say is, “Nergal, welcome back.”
Everything is just as you left it; not a single pentagram left without a
severed goat’s head attached, nor a cross not properly inverted. And with the
return of such a notorious, controversial, and brutally heavy band, we’re
offered a noticeable stylistic shift from previous releases. This time,
Behemoth roll back on the death metal and add in some old, fermented black
metal ingredients into their metallic recipe for heavy, savory sonic
satisfaction.
