ZERO TOLERANCE ISSUE 030 – JULY / AUG 2009
by admin ~ July 18th, 2009. Filed under: Journalism.
ZERO TOLERANCE ISSUE 030 – JULY / AUG 2009
“I have no respect for politicians and presidents. They’re such backward-thinking human beings.”
Nergal, Behemoth.
Behemoth frontman Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski speaks in the latest issue of Zero Tolerance Magazine about the conclusion of his recent defamation case against Polish politician Ryszard Nowak, head of the Committee For Defence Against Sects which, similarly to the PMRC in the ’80s, has attempted to have various rock and metal artists – Behemoth included – proscribed in Poland. “In a 20-minute interview, he [Nowak] called me a criminal several times because of what I did,” Nergal relates, referring to a Behemoth show in Poland where he was filmed tearing a bible. “But the fact is that I didn’t do anything that he could consider criminal because I wasn’t sentenced or convicted. It was lawless to call me that. I didn’t feel offended, of course, but I played that I did and I went to court. It was a small YouTube channel and maybe 15,000 people who saw it. I thought, ‘You know what? Maybe this guy, maybe someone’s gotta fucking put him in his place,’… So I’m gonna do it. I invested some money, I brought him to court, and I won everything. He’s got to pay for this homeless dogs’ asylum, pay all the costs in the case, and apologise in the biggest Polish newspaper. I think it’s a fair deal. We have free speech, but y’know, we also have a genetic condition…I don’t know what to say – I have no respect for politicians and presidents. They’re such backward-thinking human beings.”
Turning his attention to Behemoth’s new album Evangelion, Nergal reveals that an epic three-year tour is planned to promote the offering: “I love touring, and I love staying at home. I’ve been at home for months; it feels like forever, and y’know, I’m loving it. I have my regime, my discipline, my training, my work, my home and my hobbies. At the same time, I can’t wait to get my ass on the road and wake up in a different place every day. I’d never change a single thing in my life because this is a good place for me to be – talking about my new record. It gives sense to my life; it defines me as a human being.”
Behemoth aren’t the only Poles to feature in the new issue of Zero Tolerance – this issue also sees the return of the legendary Vader, who talk about the changes extreme music in Poland has undergone during the quarter-century-plus they have been active. And proving that Vader aren’t the only ‘veterans’ with plenty to offer, Suffocation, Obituary and Current 93 all join in the fun, along with Shining, Municipal Waste, Slough Feg, God Dethroned, Anaal Nathrakh, Job For A Cowboy, Man Must Die, Asphyx, Grunt, Death Pact International, Diocletian, Tetianblood and many more!
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Since its inception in 2004, Zero Tolerance has set the agenda for extreme music, representing the sonically unacceptable without compromise, exposing the darkest, most obscure recesses of the musical imagination and celebrating its diversity. From black, death and folk metal through to industrial, noise, power electronics and neofolk, Zero Tolerance has consistently covered the music that other publications simply don’t even know about – and while they play catch-up, ZT remains several steps ahead.
