BEHEMOTH - New 'Shemhamforash' Song Streaming Online; Nergal Commentary Available
July 22, 2009, 15 years ago
BEHEMOTH's Evangelion will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear Blast. A new song is streaming called 'Shemhamforash' on the band's official MySpace page.
About the lyrics, leader Nergal comments:
"The Shemhamphorasch is an epithet for a 216-letter name of God discovered by medieval kabbalists in the book of Exodus by reading the letters of three verses in a specific order. The name is composed of 72 groups of three letters, each of these triplets being the name of an angel or intelligence. According to the magical tradition, King Solomon evoked 72 demons, confined them in a bronze vessel sealed by magical symbols, and obliged them to work for him. These demons are catalogued in various magical grimoires, most notably in Lemegeton, which gives descriptions of their powers, appearance and manner, as well as instructions for controlling them. These demons are shadows of the 72 angels of shemhamphorasch. Using their names and sigils, we are able to call on the various demons for various favors. Regardless of our opinions on subjectivity or objectivity of such a phenomenon, despite of our interpretative model of their existence, be it ontological (magicko-religious) or epistemological (magicko-scientific), certain things do happen. Demons and angels enable us to categorize life experience and to face it more consciously. Our life and art is not about providing you with ideology and persuade different 'isms.' It is a battle field for opposite forces, pangs of childbirth whose name will be perfection."As previously reported, Evangelion will be released in North America as a digi-pak containing the record as well as a bonus DVD that follows the band throughout the recording process. The footage was shot while the band forged Evangelion between January and May of 2009. Fans can view a sneak preview of this footage right now at this location.
Evangelion was recorded in the band's hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers' chairs. Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, SLIPKNOT, CARCASS, NAPALM DEATH).
