Adam Darski
| Adam Darski | |
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Darski at Empik, 2009
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| Born |
Adam Michał Darski 10 June 1977 Gdynia, Poland |
| Alma mater | University of Gdańsk |
| Occupation | Musician, singer, journalist, writer, television personality, entrepreneur |
| Home town | Gdańsk, Poland |
| Parent(s) | Zenon Darski, Irena Darska |
| Musical career | |
| Also known as | Nergal, Holocausto, Howlin' De Ville |
| Genres | Death metal, blackened death metal, Black metal |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizer, drums, programming |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Associated acts | Behemoth, Mastiphal, Wolverine, Damnation, Me And That Man |
Adam Nergal Darski (born Adam Michał Darski; 10 June 1977 in Gdynia) is a Polish musician and television personality, best known for being the frontman for the black/death metal band Behemoth.
Darski was born Adam Michał Darski in Gdynia, Poland, raised Catholic, and started playing guitar at age eight. He goes by the stage name Nergal (naming himself after a Babylonian deity), and he is the founder, lyricist, main composer, frontman and manager of the band Behemoth, which he started when he was still a teenager. He also plays lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar. For a brief time he used the alias Holocausto, inspired by Beherit leader Nuclear Holocausto. In late 1990s he was a vocalist and guitarist of the Danzig-influenced band, Wolverine, which was showcasing Nergal's capability of clean singing. He is also known for his contributions with the following bands: Hermh, Nile, Damnation, Vader, Sweet Noise, Mastiphal, December's Fire, Mess Age, Corruption, Hangover, Ex Deo, and Hefeystos.
Inspired by Norway's Black Circle, Nergal formed together with Blasphemous (from the band Veles) and Venom (from Xantotol) the Temple of Infernal Fire. Later other bands joined and far-right politics were introduced, and the group renamed the Temple of Fullmoon. Nergal then distanced himself from the group, mainly because he had no interest in politics. This led to remaining members of the Temple of Fullmoon to accuse Behemoth of betrayal and caused tensions between Nergal and Rob Darken, frontman of the Polish NSBM band Graveland, leading to death threats. Several years later, the tensions are gone and Nergal and Darken are in good terms nowadays, or as Nergal said in an interview: "We don't share the same interests but we share a mutual respect."
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