Guitarist/vocalist Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH has been named one of the most valuable Polish stars by the Polish edition of Forbes magazine.

Commented Nergal: “That’s quite unexpected, I must say. Excuse my ignorance, but to be honest I’ve never been a Forbes reader, and I’m not sure what this is all about… I reckon it’s quite an awarding affair, though. Anyway, I really hope I’m the first extreme metal musician that has ever appeared in the pages of this elite magazine. Am I?”

Darski is putting the finishing touches on his autobiography, “Sacrum Profanum”, for an October release. The book, whicih was previously described by Nergal as “a really long in-depth interview,” will initially only be made available in Polish, but “depending on interest, we might be translating this into English,” he says.

The “Sacrum Profanum” cover photo was taken by Ivo Ledwozyw, with post-production by Seth Siro Anton (PARADISE LOST, KAMELOT, MOONSPELL, SOILWORK, EXODUS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, DECAPITATED, VADER).

In addition to publishing the book, Nergal will be working with Polish producers Grupa 13, with whom he had previously collaborated on the BEHEMOTH videos “At The Left Hand Ov God” and “Ov Fire And The Void”, on several promotional clips.

“We’re shooting some trailers to support it,” Nergal told Terrorizer magazine. “The episodes will be little portraits of certain chapters of the book.”

In December 2010, Darski underwent a bone marrow transplant procedure after being diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia.

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Guitarist/vocalist Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH has revealed to Terrorizer magazine that he has finally started writing material for the band’s next album.

“I’m planning to sit down on my arse this summer, in a few weeks, and start collecting more riffs,” he said. “We’ve written so many [riffs] already and we’ve got four or five songs that aren’t completed but we have the skeletons of what just needs to be jammed out with band before going on the next record.”

He continued, “We’ve changed our attitude with this album. We’ve cut down all the analyzing and thinking about the music. This album will be very instinct-driven and whatever comes out of our system will come out naturally on the record.”

In an April 2012 interview with Metal Blast, Nergal stated about BEHEMOTH‘s next album, “We want to take our time and not rush ourselves in any way. . . It looks like it might be the most important album in our career. I want to make the most honest record and I won’t be bending to anyone’s rules or expectations, including [BEHEMOTH‘s record labels] Metal Blade or Nuclear Blast. Every next BEHEMOTH album is a surprise and is never the same. . . We don’t want to stress ourselves because the music business and the direction it takes is not as I would like it to be. That means we will be going against the current again and just do as we will and please. Whatever we do is going to be BEHEMOTH, 100%. It is the state of our will and nobody can deny it. I can tell you that we aren’t going to come out with a reggae or country album; it’s going to be BEHEMOTH, it’s going to be extreme. But don’t be surprised if people listened to it and said, ‘Fuck, they did it. It’s so amazing.’ [Laughs] That’s what I like to say when I listen to my own music. I love to surprise myself. I hate things that are predictable. I want to surprise myself and surprise other people, as well. . . Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge AC/DC fan and I expect AC/DC to be AC/DC, but don’t expect BEHEMOTH to put out another ‘The Apostasy’, ‘Demigod’ or ‘Evangelion’ album, because that will not happen.”

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Quality fan-filmed video footage of BEHEMOTH‘s May 6 performance at the Tracadero in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as part of the inaugural “Decibel Magazine Tour” can be seen below.

In a recent interview with Turbo from RSU Radio and the Metal Meltdown, BEHEMOTH vocalist/guitarist Adam “Nergal” Darski was asked how long fans will have to wait for a new BEHEMOTH studio album. “I’ve got plenty of stuff written down — not completely finished lyrics, but a lot of ideas and verses here and there and some choruses here and there,” Nergal replied. “It’s a slow process. I’m screwing around with some riffs here and there at the backstage of the venue or the back lounge [of the bus], I’m just jamming out. I think there’s plenty of ideas, but sometimes it takes me weeks to realize or to come up with something that I consider, myself, ‘Wow, this is it. This is the stuff that should be on the next BEHEMOTH record.’ It looks like, with the tenth record, it’s worse and worse for me to come up with something I will feel that is great.

He added, “I’ve always said that… Right now we’re good musicians, and we could easily fabricate anything. Metal Blade would have the record fucking in three months — if we want that — but it wouldn’t be honest. It wouldn’t be ‘us.’ I just tear out a piece of my heart and soul and my skin and I just fucking put it into my art. Otherwise it makes no sense to me. So this process sometimes takes time and energy and experience, and I’m collecting these experiences by now. But you can be sure that the next BEHEMOTH album is coming out next year; that’s for sure. I just can’t say if it’s before or after summer, but we [will] start working [on it] intensively this summer.”

The inaugural “Decibel Magazine Tour” kicked off on April 11 at Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.

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