来自波兰的著名黑金属乐队。波兰帝王级黑金乐队。Behemoth这个词出自圣经旧约，在希伯来文中称בהמות（Behemot/B'hemot），意为“群兽”，暗指它形体庞大，群兽相合才能与其并论。 Country of origin: Poland Location: Gdańsk, Pomorskie Status: Active Formed in: 1991 Genre: Black Metal (early); Black/Death Metal (later) Lyrical themes: Paganism (early); Satanism, Luciferianism, Thelema, History (later) Current label: New Aeon Musick Years active: 1991 (as Baphomet), 1991-present Nergal (Holocausto) and Baal Ravenlock (Sodomizer) initially called their band Baphomet, but quickly changed the name to Behemoth due to there being too many other bands with that name at that time. Krzysztof Azarewicz wrote many of the lyrics on the following albums: Satanica, Thelema.6, Zos Kia Cultus, Conjuration, Demigod, The Apostasy, and Evangelion. In July 2007, the All-Polish Committee for Defence Against Sects distributed a list of bands that allegedly promote Satanism and murder to many Polish officials. Critics of this policy primarily see this as a violation of free speech, with the most scathing criticism generally emanating from within the metal community. As of now, the list has not gone into effect and the band is still allowed to play in Poland freely. In 2012 Łukasz Dunaj published a book titled Konkwistadorzy Diabła ("Devil's Conquistadors"), which is Behemoth's biography.