Pre-order 'Opvs Contra Natvram' on 140g gold vinyl, lmited to 350 copies and exclusive to our stores, HERE.
Behemoth have announced their 12th studio album, Opvs Contra Natvram, due out September 12 via Nuclear Blast (pre-order on limited gold vinyl). They produced the album themselves and Joe Barresi mixed it; see the tracklist below.
"The album title means going against the current," frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski says. "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!"
The first single is "Ov My Herculean Exile," a ripper that's accompanied by a creepy video directed by Zuzanna Plisz. Watch that below.
We've teamed up with the band for a gold vinyl pressing of Opvs Contra Natvram, limited to 350 copies and exclusive to our stores. Pre-order yours HERE while they last.
Behemoth have European festival dates lined up through the summer, followed by a fall tour of the UK and Europe with Arch Enemy, Carcass, and Unto Others. See all dates below.