BEHEMOTH - I Loved You At Your Darkest (5 octobre 2018)

Pietro a écrit:Le groupe a posté cette photo, peut être une annonce de nouvel album bientôt ?

Bingo (c'est du polonais) !



Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will release their new album, "I Loved You At Your Darkest", on October 5 via Nuclear Blast. While it certainly seems an unlikely title for a black metal band, its origin might surprise fans even more than the words themselves. "It's a verse from the Bible," frontman Nergal reveals. "It's actually a quote from Jesus Christ himself. For BEHEMOTH to use it as the basis of our record, it's sacrilege to the extreme."

As a foretaste for what to expect on the new album, BEHEMOTH has released a video for the first single, "God = Dog", that can be viewed below. The clip was directed by BEHEMOTH's longtime visual collaborators Grupa 13.

Of course, BEHEMOTH is no stranger to blasphemy. Over the course of the last 27 years, they've pushed the boundaries of black metal and heresy alike. While anti-Christian sentiment might seem like stale bread where most metal bands are concerned, for BEHEMOTH such ideas represent a very real threat to their physical freedom. Time and again, the government of their native Poland has charged them with various "crimes" such as tearing up a bible onstage in 2007 and using the Polish coat of arms on a BEHEMOTH t-shirt in 2017. "Obviously, stuff like that can piss you off. But I think it's good to be pissed off," Nergal says with a laugh. "Anger can be a massive driving force, especially when you make extreme music. But politically and socially, Poland is a very disparate country. You can never feel totally safe here. That makes it easier for me to get inspiration. If I lived in Holland or Australia, I don't think I'd be doing what I do now. You can do or be anything you want there. I'm a huge fan of that kind of freedom, but I don't really have it here. Struggling with that on a daily basis makes me who I am, and fuels my passion for this music."

Nergal and his bandmates — Orion (bass) and Inferno (drums) — have channeled that passion into "I Loved You At Your Darkest". A crushing salvo of black metal majesty replete with hellish riffs, thundering drum cannonades and soaring liturgical choirs reminiscent of classic horror cinema, the album is also bejeweled with nimble-fingered rock guitar solos on songs like "God = Dog", "Ecclesia Diabolica Catholica" and "Sabbath Mater".

"I really wanted to redefine ourselves with this record," Nergal explains. "'I Loved You At Your Darkest' is a more dynamic record. It's extreme and radical on one hand, but it's also more rock-oriented than any other BEHEMOTH record."

Nergal doesn't view the heightened rock influence as a conscious creative decision so much as a renewed interest in the historical origins of the music he makes. "We don't give consideration to musical direction, we simply create what naturally comes to us," he says. "But 15 years ago, if you had asked me who I thought was the best band on the planet, I probably would have said MAYHEM or MORBID ANGEL. Today if you asked me, I'd say AC/DC. That should give you a clear indication of why this album is more rock-based. It all comes down to the songwriting."

Lyrically, "I Loved You At Your Darkest" revels in the kind of religious provocation that BEHEMOTH do best. "It's very religion-driven, maybe more than anything we've done before," Nergal offers. "But it's not just cheap goading. I believe this is some deeper metal language. It's art."

Unlike "The Satanist", which was primarily recorded in one studio, "I Loved You At Your Darkest" saw its production spread across Poland and the United States. It was produced by the bandmembers themselves, with drum co-production by Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES), mixing by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, CHILDREN OF BODOM) and mastering by Tom Baker (NINE INCH NAILS, MARILYN MANSON). Which is to say nothing of the 17-piece Polish orchestra arranged by Jan Stoklosa and engineered by Tomasz Budkiewicz. Or as Nergal sums it up: "Pretty much every instrument was recorded in a different studio, and a lot of amazing people were involved."

"I Loved You At Your Darkest" track listing:

01. Solve
02. Wolves Ov Siberia
03. God = Dog
04. Ecclesia Diabolica Catholica
05. Bartzabel
06. If Crucifixion Was Not Enough...
07. Angelvs XIII
08. Sabbath Mater
09. Havohej Pantocrator
10. Rom 5:8
11. We Are The Next 1000 Years
12. Coagvla

Photo credit: Grzegorz Gołębiowski





Et le 1er extrait:

Le sens de l'éthétique de ce groupe. Musicalement, j'ai l'impression qu'ils se bonifient, aussi. Vu de loin, comme ça.
Ce morceau est énorme.

Pas mal du tout oué. J'ai l'impression que ça me parle plus que The Satanist.

Trois dates chez nous avec avec AT THE GATES et WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM:

17/01/2019 – Le Transbordeur- Lyon
21/01/2019 – Le Bikini – Toulouse
22/01/2019 – Le Bataclan – Paris

C'est prévu de mon côté à Toulouse!
avec At The Gates en plus!

La dernière fois Behemoth était passé à Strasbourg (avec Mgla), c'était forcément mieux : http://www.leseternels.net/live_report.aspx?id=991

Ils évoluent comme Rotting Christ époque Sanctus Diavolos et après.
Moins violent sur les blast, plus intelligent, bien plus noir au final.
Plutôt content que le virage The Satanist se poursuive

Ce titre est moins violent que le premier extrait, mais demeure sympa.

Bon, j'ai hâte d'en entendre plus...

Ce qui est un bon point.

Attendons.

Dites, j'aime bien encore. Va falloir se pencher sur l'album.

Ils font leur Eonian, eux aussi? ^^

C'est vachement mieux qu'Eonian.
Et y a des meufs à poil.

Des meufs censurées ouais...

Y a aussi une version non censurée, coquinou.

Ouf!
Tu as sauvé ma journée.

Je suis en train de l'écouter (vive les oui bus c'est moins cher que le train et ça donne du temps) et bein je suis surpris, j'aime beaucoup. Le titre Ecclesia diabolica catholica, est juste énorme !

Écouté deux fois depuis vendredi.
Ils ont bien calmé le jeu.
Peut-être trop de passage mélodique à mon goût.
Ils semblent en effet être plus mainstream qu'auparavant (et je ne parle pas du black de leurs débuts).

Oui c'est à la fois plus accessible, un peu comme le dernier Dimmu, et dans la lignée de The Satanist je trouve. A creuser.


Arte diffuse leur concert de l'Alcatraz Fest:

Il faut que je le choppe celui-là. Plus accessible tout en restant dans la lignée de The Satanist, miam!

Beren a écrit:Il faut que je le choppe celui-là. Plus accessible tout en restant dans la lignée de The Satanist, miam!

Pareil. Mais pas miam...

J'ai pourtant beaucoup aimé le précédent. Là, il est évident qu'ils cherchent à élargir leur auditoire. Ça manque souvent d'inspiration. Bref, pas un album clivant. Certains adoreront, j'en suis certain. Et Nergal continuera à partager l'affiche avec les plus gros noms de la scène metôl.

Le "virage" mélodique devrait faire de moi un bon client mais après deux écoutes, je ne retiens pas.grand chose. Les compos ne sont pas géniales, non ?

Même ces deux là n'ont pas attiré ton attention?
04. Ecclesia Diabolica Catholica
05. Bartzabel

Je réécouterai.

Shamash a écrit: Là, il est évident qu'ils cherchent à élargir leur auditoire.

Ouais, et pour moi ça a clairement marché.
Je me suis penché un peu sur leur discographie, du coup, et pour le moment, il n'y a que les deux derniers qui m'accrochent réellement (avec une petite préférence pour le dernier).