Behemoth's Off to War!

2022-06-15 by Fernando Alves | 59 Comments
Polish blackened death metallers Behemoth have shared another new track, 'Off to War!', from their forthcoming twelfth studio album Opvs Contra Natvram, out September 16th via Nuclear Blast Records. You can stream it below.



The official music video will premiere today at 5 pm [GMT].


Created by Påhl Sundström & Erik Sundström

Opvs Contra Natvram was produced by the band with mixing handled by Joe Barresi (Nine Inch Nails, Tool, QOTSA, Alice in Chains).

Tracklist:
1. Post-God Nirvana
2. Malaria Vvlgata
3. The Deathless Sun
4. Ov My Herculean Exile
5. Neo-Spartacvs
6. Disinheritance
7. Off to War!
8. Once upon a Pale Horse
9. Thy Becoming Eternal
10. Versvs Christvs

Pre-order at: https://behemoth.bfan.link/opvs-contra-natvram

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EphemeralEternity
June 15th 2022
4937 Comments


Stick a fork in em they're done

Flugmorph
June 15th 2022
35411 Comments


neat

Aluktodolo
June 15th 2022
582 Comments


Pretty dreadful. Awful mixing, too.

Pon
Emeritus
June 15th 2022
6187 Comments


Wow this is bad. Nergal's vox are shot too but I guess the guy is 45 after all.

garas
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2022
8427 Comments


Wow this is bad. [2]
Please, disband already.

pengui
June 15th 2022
200 Comments


Better than the first song. Not what I expected. Pretty messy towards the back end of the song.

Pikazilla
June 15th 2022
32373 Comments


Wow this is bad. [3]

Shiranui
June 15th 2022
1106 Comments


I'm pretty sure 81% of songs that use exclamation marks in their title are wiener. And yeah, the mixing takes away from some of this.

BigPleb
June 15th 2022
65808 Comments


Sounds like a band running out of steam/ideas, shame.

Eakflanderyof
June 15th 2022
6635 Comments


Yeah exclamation points really do always make me feel like I'm about to listen to a turd

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
June 15th 2022
12091 Comments


Mediocre for sure.

Anthracks
June 15th 2022
8385 Comments


yes the singles for this are not good at all, but i would never demand that a band breakup because i don't like their music. lol

alamo
June 15th 2022
5969 Comments


Tracklist:
1. Post-God Nirvana feat. Demi Lovato

EphemeralEternity
June 15th 2022
4937 Comments


The riffs on this and the other single besides being dull just don’t work. I don’t know how else to word it but they sound as if they were the result of a free jam session and they just mashed them together and slapped a title on it.

I assume they’re still invested in writing music so I guess that’s what happens when a band is scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas.




SputnikSweetheart
June 15th 2022
369 Comments


Giving me "ecclesia diabolica catholica" vibes (the chorus from the song and the main riff in the first part) then some other song I can't place... Love the build up.. love the slower parts. Slightly less convincing than the first single but this album should be very good

InFlamesWeThrash666
June 15th 2022
10623 Comments


If you told an AI to write Behemoth songs, the results would sound like these two singles. The riffs are about as generic as Behemoth riffs can get.

That said, i still don't find it that bad. It's pretty alright

ThyCrossAwaits
June 15th 2022
4560 Comments


Always find it hilarious when huge bands turn off YouTube comments. In Flames did it too. Scared of people thinking your new stuff is trash? Maybe don’t write trash.

InFlamesWeThrash666
June 15th 2022
10623 Comments


It's just the youtube algorithm lol

The comments are always disabled by those auto uploads

garas
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2022
8427 Comments


> but i would never demand that a band breakup because i don't like their music
Not exactly my point. More like: "quit when on top, don't wait until becoming a self-parody".
Behemoth has nothing to say anymore. When their music videos are more enjoyable than the music, then idk what else should I say.

twlight
June 15th 2022
10641 Comments


yeah this is just not very good. band has always been overrated imo

comes off as trying to be too edgy/evil where is starts sounding cheesy

JayEnder
June 15th 2022
22692 Comments


They fell off after Satanist imo

EphemeralEternity
June 15th 2022
4937 Comments


At a certain point I think a self respecting band should consider writing under a new moniker to sort of preserve the legacy of their project but of course they might be blind to the drop in the quality of the music they’re writing and it’s easier to capitalise on the existing fan base and merchandise and all. I guess if there isn’t really a stylistic shift besides just getting shitter it wouldn’t really make sense either.

twlight
June 15th 2022
10641 Comments


fair enough, i actually need to revisit that album... thanks for the reminder Jay!

twlight
June 15th 2022
10641 Comments


EE - $$$

TheSpirit
Emeritus
June 15th 2022
30304 Comments


These guys released 2 albums were good enough to fool everyone into believing they were a decent band when it reality all they have ever had was those 2 good albums lol

Eakflanderyof
June 15th 2022
6635 Comments


"band has always been overrated imo"

Yep. Band has always been boring. I've tried several times but just can't get into them at all

Rowhaus
June 15th 2022
7137 Comments


I'm really not digging this new "artsy" direction they're going. It just feels so stale and lacks that intensity they used to have. Oh well *throws on Demigod*

Faraudo
June 15th 2022
5389 Comments


So basically Nergal is having a midlife crisis

EphemeralEternity
June 15th 2022
4937 Comments


They legitimately put more effort into their music videos than their music these days

twlight
June 15th 2022
10641 Comments


Demigod is dope i will say, true

however overall they've had more misses than hits in their discography

EphemeralEternity
June 15th 2022
4937 Comments


I get the criticism of them being boring though.
Even demigod with its thunderous production and monstrous vocals and the satanist with it’s more unique blackened sound and profane lyrics something about it all still feels a bit sterile and limp dicked, almost like it’s a corporate take on satanic Black Death metal. I enjoy a lot of their music but admit even their best stuff can feel a bit flat and lifeless.

Lichtbringer
June 15th 2022
1270 Comments


That last riff there has probably been in about 700 other songs at this point. Like, how fkn lazy and creatively bankrupt could your writing possibly be? Maybe recycle a good riff?
Oh, and huge +1 to this band being overrated af.

FearThyEvil
June 15th 2022
19391 Comments


I hope that was just youtube for how bad the production was but at the same time, I agree with everyone here, this song is really bad.

twlight
June 15th 2022
10641 Comments


nah its not youtube, its just a bad song

JoeTex
June 15th 2022
1192 Comments


"band has always been overrated imo"

nah

FearThyEvil
June 16th 2022
19391 Comments


"nah its not youtube, its just a bad song"

In fairness I did say the song was bad still, just hoping the production was just youtube and the rest of the album is at least better.

Laen
June 16th 2022
928 Comments


God damn, I feel weird for liking this, oh well. Demigod was one of the first albums to get me into death metal too.

SIMBOLIC
June 16th 2022
6743 Comments


Damn I thought they were joining the Ukrainian foreign legion

Cowards

dachstheangry
June 16th 2022
324 Comments


Like the last single, not bad, but super uninspired. I'm very worried about the album.

JeremiahBullfrog
June 16th 2022
1690 Comments


Belphegor >>> Behemoth

garas
Staff Reviewer
June 16th 2022
8427 Comments


Behexen >> (their latest is also a black-death blend)

JeremiahBullfrog
June 16th 2022
1690 Comments


Behexen >>>>>>

FR33L0RD
June 16th 2022
6400 Comments


Hoping for a rebound from them, maybe i am just being naively fool, idk. For me, they have done enough good work to selectively dig it. So be it. m/

Pikazilla
June 16th 2022
32373 Comments


Demigod is fucking lame, stop lying to yourselves

Eons
June 16th 2022
3778 Comments


i don't really see how this is offensive in anyway or what the big deal is with the song, how can you hate it? like it isn't trash at all. if anything it's average

Eakflanderyof
June 16th 2022
6635 Comments


Demigod is fucking lame, stop lying to yourselves

[2]

Eakflanderyof
June 16th 2022
6635 Comments


One look at the cover art for demigod is all you need really

dogdaysunrise1
June 17th 2022
74 Comments


Riff sounds like Sodom

Nikkolae
June 17th 2022
6909 Comments


"band has always been overrated imo"

idk man that stretch from evangelion to I loved You... was pretty neat

SIMBOLIC
June 17th 2022
6743 Comments


Demigod isn’t lame, but gets way too overhyped by journalists who jack off to it because it’s accessible but extreme enough that they can tell themselves they’re hardcore for liking it.

ToSmokMuzyki
June 17th 2022
14946 Comments


so theyre a rock band now

SteavisButthead
June 17th 2022
41 Comments


"so they're a rock band now".

Yeah, I bet this will be on the Rock charts. Sounds so much like Imagine Dragons... Damn them for trying new things!

Eons
June 17th 2022
3778 Comments


i really like the early stuff a lot and the folky-ish pagan metal stuff but seems nobody ever talks about that stuff, sadly.

ToSmokMuzyki
June 18th 2022
14946 Comments


>Yeah, I bet this will be on the Rock charts. Sounds so much like Imagine Dragons... Damn them for trying new things!

this but unironically

ToSmokMuzyki
June 18th 2022
14946 Comments


off to war for rock band 5 confirmed

https://www.giantbomb.com/rock-band/3025-567/games/

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
June 19th 2022
11970 Comments


Yeah this is also kinda boring sadly
Nergals vocals I think are actually still holding ~fairly~ strong considering his age but man these riffs sound like they were created by a Behemoth bot program.

EphemeralEternity
June 20th 2022
4937 Comments


Have they been huffing their own farts? I know when a riff I came up with is shit, surely they would too.

g40st
June 20th 2022
917 Comments


They have at least 4 great albums so anything else is just cherry at this point.

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
June 20th 2022
11970 Comments


Tbh nothing ever was close to The Satanist imo
Nergals stint with Leukemia definitely brought him to some creative revelations but aside from that they've always been, at best, a handful of fun albeit slightly overbearing br00tals.
Demigod is kinda good and I still really enjoy Evangelion but tbh everything else is kinda sporadic.




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