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Adam “Nergal” Darski, the frontman of Behemoth, was questioned in a recent interview with Norway’s Tons Of Rock festival on the Polish extreme metallers’ limited European tour this summer, as per Blabbermouth.
The thing was that we either choose to do a full summer run or we do a proper headlining, co-headlining tour in the fall. And we chose the latter. It’s already been announced — Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth and Dark Funeral across Europe, 16 dates. So this is the main focus. So in order not to jeopardize that tour, we just decided to do very selected festivals only in June. So nothing in July or August that would just interfere with those October dates. So just four festivals, big festivals, big slots, and then a full-on production, and then three months nothing, and then the final tour. Because beyond that tour, we plan nothing. So, basically, we wrap that October tour, and Behemoth is on hold.
Nergal explained why Behemoth intends to take the majority of 2027 off.
We need to recharge batteries. Basically, we need to rethink rejuvenate, so to say, and for that you need time. So I definitely don’t wanna rush anything. So we’re looking for at least one year off — nothing, no activities. We might be dropping some music. We are releasing a new EP album. It’s 40 minutes of music. So we’re dropping that right before the tour. We’re planning something for the next year as well, some special release. I can’t say much about it now. So there’s gonna be things happening in the Behemoth camp, but there’s gonna be no live activities from us. I have stopped doing interviews for most part as well. So we just wanna chill.
Nergal also discussed Behemoth’s next European tour.
It’s selling great now. It’s amazing. I know it may sound arrogant, but we are aiming for the biggest black metal tour of all times. And I know for a fact that with the previous tour, with Satyricon and Rotting Christ, we set the bar really high. We had the biggest Wrocław [Poland] show, which was 6,000 tickets, and it was a sold-out show. So it was anything between, like, 2,000, 3,000 average, and this one being the biggest, 6,000. So I think there’s quite a chance that we’re gonna surpass those numbers with this fall tour. Plus, we’re good friends with Dark Funeral. We’re good friends with Dimmu Borgir. I’ve been buddies with those guys since early ’90s. And so we have a long history together, and now sharing the stage, doing this again, because we did tour with them in U.S., like, 20 years ago. It feels awesome, and I’m very excited about it.
IN LEAGUE WITH SATAN TOUR 2026
BEHEMOTH + DIMMU BORGIR
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