Behemoth - Christians To The Lions

Pivotal in the establishment of the Polish extreme metal underground, Behemoth is both a popular and controversial band in their native Poland and around the world. Until the late 1990s, the band played traditional black metal with heathen lyrical content. However with the 1999 release of their fourth studio album Satanica, the band showed their presence in the blackened death metal scene by mixing their own signature style characterized by the drum work of Zbigniew Robert Prominski, multi-layered vocals and Nile-style Middle-Eastern influences with occult and thelemic themes. While the band has been categorized into many sub-genres the band's vocalist, Adam Michal Darski, has expressed displeasure in people trying to label the band. Behemoth formed in 1991 as a trio, starting with raw black metal rehearsal tapes with the most significant one being From the Pagan Vastlands showing the growing potential of the then teenage Adam Darski. From the Pagan Vastlands was released by Pagan Records in 1993 and lead to the composition and recording of Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) the first studio album by Behemoth in 1995 by Pagan Records. Their second studio album Grom has been the most discussed release thus far, due to its many different influences and musical styles, using female vocals as well as acoustic guitars and synthesizers. Two years later, the band recorded a third album, titled Pandemonic Incantations. The reactions of their ever-increasing fanbase and metal media set a new standard for them which lead to the successful album Satanica, on which their black metal sound had evolved into blackened death metal. Following albums releases have proven to be high successful and greatly increased their popularity. Behemoth however may at some point become banned from playing in their native country, Poland. In July 2007 the All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects distributed a list of bands that allegedly promote Satanism and murder that should be banned to many Polish officials which Behemoth is on. As of present, the list has not gone into effect, and Behemoth is still allowed to play in Poland freely. However in February 2008 the committee, which cited a bible-tearing incident at a concert in September 2007, had registered an official complaint.

[@burzug]

jews, Christians and muslims to the lions!

[@MontyAndaconda]

paul odell ... Know what, fuck it, midgets to the lions while we're at it. *The sarcasm is running like water*

[@WeaslyBDopefull1]

+Herr Schmidt most women dont even bake anymore :(

[@coolhammas]

Fuckin hell, you made my day xDD

[@unclejoe7373]

and behemoth as well Lucifer shall get crushed down by a holy sword. Stabbed through the back to be sucked into the endless black pit from which they came

[@unclejoe7373]

HAHA your word is futile against me you are trying to discredit my word but your take on it is shit speak no more and may god bless you ever and ever

[@TheNycto]

"Behold the Bastard Son..I am the Evil One." That line just makes me shudder. It's amazing.

[@estradaochoabrandonisrael7247]

Xd

[@anthonyhurley695]

Everything to the lions...the lions to Cthulu. FML

[@alexvepsian9488]

I'a!

[@MrCadillacBlood]

christians, muslims and all the others to the lions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AnubisTheMaster]

LIONS TO THE LIONS!!!

[@michouzable]

best behemoth song !!!!!

[@inublagojevich4285]

couldn't aggree with you more.

[@666Metalbassist]

if only we could still to take the wife and kids down to the stadium and watch Christians get fed to lions. those were simpler times.

[@chestbuster1987]

The comment section...holy crap...

[@ddhale190]

Your deliverance is at hand.

[@deSadetheImpaler]

cheers

[@laertislaer6801]

Relegion wars had more casualities then every kind of war or conquest of the past.

[@bark1actual785]

your precarious grasp upon the English vocabulary will start the next war if you don't use the damn spellchecker

[@laertislaer6801]

+Jimmy Two well I dont give a fuck!

[@bark1actual785]

+Jimmy TwoToes well played mate

[@laertislaer6801]

Thanks mate. No bad fealings for you

[@letthemadnessspeak]

to be honest religion was just excuse, there were always different real reasons ;)

[@KORNBG]

Where angels do not dare to fly Invite to feast of gods And let me drift away Leave flames of infamy And watch me kiss the stars!

[@XXXJ666]

Hail Behemoth!

[@v.justus9782]

I want him!!!!!!

[@JamesBond-pl3ky]

Yep!

[@mtmike09]

dude this blackened death metal is preety kick ass.i like both death metal and black metal bands so this is perfect for me.

[@JakeFarhang]

theyre in their late 30's and the singer just battled Leukemia, i think theyre had more life experiences than surfing...

[@Rlomeli27]

One might be asked "How can you prove that a god does not exist?" One can only reply that it is scarcely necessary to disprove what has never been proven." - David A. Spitz

[@lantosjonatan9617]

more music to the Behemoth songs

[@esteban7740]

Religion to the lions!

[@vandalking8341]

Lions are cute. They are like big cats and... *I WAS WRONG RUUUUUN!!!*

[@Arni121986]

Behemoth. Z Polska :]

[@jacob__1993]

humans to the lions

[@vandalking8341]

So nature can regenerate from humans!

[@BokMETAL]

this another great FUCKING song from BEHEMOTH!!!

[@sglasspool]

@Tcutie98 Quoting Grandma's Boy. Clever and topical.

[@666MalodorousCast666]

You `ve so right bro

[@Greatsaint2000]

CHILDREN TO THE BEARS.....

[@htennekipanac1993]

Behold bastard son! I'am the evil one!

[@CriticBelarus]

Behemoth To The Lions

[@TheHonorabull]

Best fucking reply I've seen for a while!! haha

[@slipknotmaggot3860]

Behold bastard son I am the evil one

[@xxDISEMBOWLMENTxx]

DDEEEAAATTTHHH!!!!!!!!!! AWWW YEAHH BEHEMOTH! \m/

[@ChildoftheKing23]

Better get used to acknowledging that He is there, because you will kneel before Him one day and give account...You can be as the goat that is place on His left at the White Throne judgement, or His sheep on His right...He gave His only Son for you, and loves you dearly.....Turn your heart to Him today....His love for you is beyond your comprehension....

[@Atamus17]

watch the angels falling from the sky! kick ass lyrics! behemoth is fuckin amazing

[@ih8makinusernames]

@Lauxin666 well they really arn't that mainstream now are they?

[@Drax113]

Great Polish band! I'm proud to be polish! I bet you know also Vader and Hate, but i recommend you also the bands like Kat, Christ Agony, Devilish Impressions, Blaze of Perdition, Graveland and from lighter heavy metal stuff Turbo, TSA and Hunter. Greetings from Poland. Stay fucking metal!

[@danieloliver5710]

Looking back at older Behemoth, I can say one thing for sure; I do not miss the triggered toms.

[@trebballin318]

From 24 to 25 , can someone please explain to me what he did ! It sound like the crazy part in Raining Blood by Slayer .

[@signofsatan]

@TerrorZoneDarkness good analogy.

[@xXvolhvXx]

@spilledinsanity Were you looking for an explanation why Crowley had repeatedly and uncontextually used the phrase?

[@Wafflewarrior7]

WATCH THE ANGELS FALLING FROM THE SKY! so epic...

[@BehappyBhairava]

solo small but fuck i meen wo! that owned me

[@Asilaygaming]

Due to the fact that Christianity is a true I will promise you that it will be here forever no matter what crappy black metal bands are formed to destroy it.

[@Nighthound75]

It's funny a was listening to this other Behemoth song and ppl were commenting that they were Christian and still like the band.... Wonder if thy like this lmfao but dam this band blows my fucking mind everytime I hear them

[@soulflytribe94]

@Marleen1407 call it what u want, its art

[@StreeboStuddly]

@lalablablaification rock on brotha

[@Twilight902101701]

I like Brutal Legend bettr :)

[@Astarti9]

I'd like Behemoth to the lions lol

[@666CthulhuIsMyBitch]

TheChildlikeheart to the lions!

[@abrahamharris310]

My personal favourite to post on "I heart Jesus" pages is God Gives Head In Heaven by Aeon.

[@nicko806]

Jajaja NICE

[@oblidetothedead]

HAMMER SMASHED FACE... :3

[@thegeno64]

@foxxxyhottie LOL I do not know what the letters R and U doing there.

[@DeathMetalRullz]

^be nice

[@behemothFAN987654321]

43 dislikes? Nice try Jesus

[@Matthewblackheartqaq]

BEHOLD BASTARD SON I AM THE EVIL ONE!! one of there best songs so kick ass

[@xXvolhvXx]

@spilledinsanity Thelema dosn't have to be anti-Chistian, provided that it is non-exoteric Christianity that we are speaking of, but you should understand that the generally known Christianity is a religion of the old Aeon of Osiris, and Thelema a religin of the new Aeon of Horus. The early phase of transition from the former to the latter is marked by this rebellion. Aleister Crowley, presumably the main developer of Thelema, wasn't any less anti-Christian than Nietzsche and Shelley.

[@syndrome666]

They're not satanists. A message to all "christian" listeners, don't listen to their music if you get offended by their song titles. I personally met the band a few times, they just a bunch of chilled out dudes who like to play their instruments more than anything.

[@laguillotinalitografia6894]

HAMMER SMASHED FAAACCCEEEE!!!.......sorry wrong video

[@slwstr1]

@Nighthound75 Say true: this band blows your fucking ass everytime you hear them.

[@suffocation26]

What album is this from?

[@Rome_Plows]

@SupaMetalYo What's wrong with Odin...? :P

[@AlexxanderrII]

@Panzerschrecktheband Praise the flame! I kill thy God my will is done. Thou art lord!

[@LilReaper608]

what album is this off?

[@user-eu4wz9xt5s]

Бегемот-круть......

[@axelrussell1739]

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

[@omfgbobsaget]

@seaofmadness21 that shit is far from timeless, absolutely horrendous.

[@Beauweir]

I love the environmental practicality of this band. There are a lot of Christians and relatively few lions. Solution? Simple; The Lions take their body and Hell take their souls!!!!

[@axelrussell1739]

matthew 7.21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

[@StealerAG]

@Vlad667 They'll need a Maalox.

[@666MalodorousCast666]

Where in hell did you got that from?

[@NotStoked1]

i thought it said christmas to the lions at first ha

[@TheMaggot1994]

He likes to punish animals! Иосиф Лагендокский to the lions!

[@TeamFail12]

@MrBongo43 Ignorance is a hell of a drug.

[@GATITOLUTEUFEL]

Christians, Catholics, Jews, muslims TO THE LIONS \m/ \m/

[@segamwkaikles]

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[@Samhainmisfit123]

@TerrorZoneDarkness At the end of a sword.

[@666MalodorousCast666]

If one should fall can everyboy else do that too

[@Dziendzia]

@Hitchhikeroftheyear i couldn't have said this better lol

[@Tstrat42]

@koechiaki777 What religion are you?

[@wickeddemonoid69]

so much better live.

[@BUZZUBUZZU]

certa gente sta male..

[@avamp69]

ALEISTER

[@courtney4391]

hahahah that good

[@haGoodluckwiththat]

@furyfigueroa1753 greed as well, can't forget greed.

[@Godisfuntoplaywith]

42 pages filled with arguments about god.So much fun to read!!! ^ ^

[@mattce988]

buddhists to the lions! DESIRE! MATERIAL DESIRE! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@666MalodorousCast666]

Polish music distribution is beneath contempt!

[@americannihilst]

@koechiaki777 for with proof there is no need for faith. you killed god good job i've been trying to manage that for a while now.

[@Illnathftfw]

BEHOLD BASTARD SON, I AM THE EVIL ONE!!

[@MrDarkSanity]

@TerrorZoneDarkness hell?

[@Samhainmisfit123]

@Laurannah101 Wow, you really don't get this band at all do you?

[@Brk40]

Zeus loves you

[@DarkLordGothmog]

Your mother to the lions...

[@VigilanteSigma]

PWNED!!!!!!!!!

[@gnawoffmyarm]

@AotearoaSoldier17 TO THE LIONS WITH YOU! Maybe you should consider the chance that the name is symbolic? and they dont actually believe in it.

[@sombremetal]

Christian drama here is funny. Anyway Hailz Behemoth!

[@Lucitaur]

I don't know what do you want to achieve with that because they would eat the lions.

[@azaz776]

tohle nemá melodii videl ses !!,mmmmmm

[@singsam271]

@Xtremecinephile thata absolutley right. also it was used to justify slavery for long time. and it spurs extremism