NewsMay 11, 2022 8:29 AM ET3,929 views

Behemoth announce new album 'Opvs Contra Natvram', debut first single

Behemoth

Sylwia Makris and Christian Martin Weiss

Extreme metal veterans Behemoth have announced their twelfth studio album, Opvs Contra Natvram. The new album is set for release on September 16 through Nuclear Blast.

The Zuzanna Plisz-directed music video for lead single "Ov My Herculean Exile" can be viewed here:


Written and recorded over the course of a "very strange year for the globe," Opvs Contra Natvram was produced by Behemoth and mixed by Joe Barresi (Nine Inch Nails, Tool).

Behemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski provided the following insight: "The album title means going against the current. It's the negative of the values and morals and ethics that I stand against. I've seriously been wrestling with destructive tendencies in pop culture — cancel culture, social media, and tools which I feel are very dangerous weapons in the hands of people who are not competent to judge others. That's something which I find very destructive and disturbing — and extremely limiting coming from an artists' perspective. This is my middle finger to that. There's a song on the record called 'Neo-Spartacvs.' Spartacus was one of the most iconic rebels in history who went against the most powerful empire of all time. In the end, it's me screaming, 'I am Spartacus, and so are you!' I want to spark that flame of rebellion. If something seems wrong then stand up to it!"

Opvs Contra Natvram track listing:

01. Post-God Nirvana
02. Malaria Vvlgata
03. The Deathless Sun
04. Ov My Herculean Exile
05. Neo-Spartacvs
06. Disinheritance
07. Off to War!
08. Once Upon a Pale Horse
09. Thy Becoming Eternal
10. Versvs Christvs

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rick_tocchet 5/11/2022 5:52:11 AM

Get Inferno to play more blast beats for Jesus Christ!

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:21:51 AM

Cool. And F' all of those politically correct metal-core bands who love their dishonest politicians.

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:28:09 AM

Behemoth on a horse

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:28:38 AM

I say behoimoth

timelordtwo 5/11/2022 6:28:39 AM

Jesus is king

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:32:35 AM

I remember accidentally seeing these guys at a fest darkest hour was at lol

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:35:43 AM

^ lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:49:04 AM

Legit band, killer song and video. Better than all the "yo yo yo" hardcore fatsos who just regurgitate 25 year old Madball & Hatebreed riffs.

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:53:16 AM

Nergol here- can someone buy me a new keyboard? No seriously, i'm missing the "U" and "F" keys

anonymous 5/11/2022 6:59:04 AM

i'm gonna kill you. your momma. and all her bridge playin friends.

anonymous 5/11/2022 7:01:45 AM

Awesome video

anonymous 5/11/2022 8:03:16 AM

anonymous 1 hour ago I remember accidentally seeing these guys at a fest darkest hour was at lol ^^^ I remember accidentally seeing your mom naked once lol

anonymous 5/11/2022 9:01:54 AM

Single is a grower

anonymous 5/11/2022 9:05:13 AM

Satan does not stand a chance against Jesus

anonymous 5/11/2022 9:51:08 AM

Now they are just making words up

anonymous 5/11/2022 9:59:12 AM

I am the table

anonymous 5/11/2022 10:42:54 AM

Jesus sucks balls and was a commie

anonymous 5/11/2022 10:52:08 AM

anonymous 2 hours ago anonymous 1 hour ago I remember accidentally seeing these guys at a fest darkest hour was at lol ^^^ Darkest Hour is woke trash. Bunch of drunk losers. Slimebaum and Jane Henry are commie shills. Don't support this band

anonymous 5/11/2022 1:02:36 PM

Nick Fuentes here. Me, and my groyper pals are going say a rosary for all the liberal cucks who like this satan rock. Dress like an adult, America First, and Jesus is King!

anonymous 5/11/2022 11:28:57 PM

Isn't satan pro-destruction??? Isn't satan judgmental?? Isn't he the accuser???

anonymous 5/12/2022 9:05:32 PM

nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds nergal n00ds. nudes.

turnstile 5/18/2022 8:04:32 PM

summers almost here start wearing white or your gonna BLACKOUT on stage, oh we wrote a song called "blackout" better than anything you'll put out




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