Watch: BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Performs Entire 'Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic)' Album At 2026 HELLSINKI METAL FESTIVAL

Adam "Nergal" Darski of BEHEMOTH has joined forces with Icelandic black metal band MISÞYRMING for an exclusive 2026 live project. They are performing BEHEMOTH's 1995 debut album, "Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic)", in its entirety live as a full conceptual work for the first time to mark the record's 30th anniversary.

Fan-filmed video of Nergal's August 8 appearance with MISÞYRMING at the Hellsinki Metal Festival in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below.

BEHEMOTH is a Polish extreme metal band formed in 1991 by Darski. Initially rooted in black metal, the band later incorporated death metal influences, crafting a signature blend of blistering speed, intricate compositions, and occult themes. BEHEMOTH gained international recognition with albums like "Demigod" (2004),"The Apostasy" (2007) and "Evangelion" (2009). Their 2014 album "The Satanist" received critical acclaim, pushing artistic and conceptual boundaries with its raw intensity.

BEHEMOTH's latest album, "The Shit Ov God", came out in May 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Regarding the LP's title, Nergal told Kerrang! magazine: "It's like me at the age of 15, when I turned the cross upside-down. It's the simplest, most fucking atavistic reaction of disagreement, of rebellion. It's primitive, it's primal, it's vulgar. You invert the cross, so I used the same semantic tool here. I took this acronym that is probably the most sacred for all the Christians, but I just turned it upside-down. And there's some existential philosophy there, too. If there is a God, then we are the excrement. But being the lesser being is not a reason to mourn or to be depressed. We're gonna wear it as a badge of honor."

Nergal added of the album title: "Some people said it's too simple. But then we did 'The Satanist', everyone said that was as well. They said it was not creative. Well, it came over 30 years into extreme metal history, and nobody had used it yet. I think that's pretty brilliant of me, actually."

BEHEMOTH meticulously chose the audiovisual artists involved on the album. Production on the album was helmed by the inimitable Jens Bogren of Fascination Street Studios (EMPEROR, ENSLAVED, KREATOR, ROTTING CHRIST et al.). Working closely with the band, Bogren's deft hand underscored the band's natural sound while sacrificing none of the mayhem and ferocity which permeates the band's essence. As is always the case with BEHEMOTH, the visuals were as carefully constructed as the sound. The band tapped long-time collaborator and partner in crime Bartek Rogalewicz (BLACK.LODGE.IS.NOW) as well as Dark Sigil Workshop to make the beautifully ominous and unique cover art.