Polish black metallers BEHEMOTH have just completed their tour of Poland, promoting their newest album, Evangelion. They played 11 gigs in 11 of the biggest Polish cities. The tour turned out to be a great success on all fronts and most of the shows were sold out.

Frontman Nergal comments: "We came back home several days ago and I still can't get over after those 11 gigs... That tour had the biggest production and what is more important, the attendance was outstanding!

Nobody expected that the clubs in such cities like Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw, Lublin, Katowice or Gdansk will run out of the tickets. We hired the best venues in this country, but it seems that we will look for even bigger ones in the future. There is also another alternative - playing more than one gig in one city.

We consider the New Evangelion Tour as one of the biggest and brightest concert events in the whole band history. We got such an amazing, fanatic feedback from the polish audience - like never before. As you could see, we prepared something special for you - some new songs, some older stuff, some songs that we've never played before, pyros and new stage design. You appreciated our efforts and we thank you for that.

Also, on behalf of the whole band I would like to thank everyone who worked for us during this tour: drivers, sound engineers, pyros crew, tech crew, and the tour co-organizers, Mystic Productions. We have never worked together on such a successful event earlier. No mistakes were made and all was on the schedule.

We also owe the outstanding atmosphere to the three great bands: BLACK RIVER, AZARATH and HERMH. It's good to share the stage not only with the excellent musicians, but also with good friends. Thank you!

At this moment, we are resting before the next tour - European tour this time. Tired but happy as hell! And pleased. Thank you to EVERY fan who came to the gigs and shared the energy with us. We would like to announce that the next Polish tour is being planned to launch in fall, 2010! We are eager for the repeat! Stay who you are and see you all soon!"

Behemoth are headlining the Neckbreakers Ball European Tour which will run until late October. Other acts on the bill include DEVILDRIVER, SCAR SYMMETRY and ARSIS. A MySpace page for the tour has been launched at this location.

A tour trailer can be viewed below:

Neckbreakers Ball European Tour dates:

October

27 - Paris, France - La Locomotive
28 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik
29 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
30 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
31 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
01 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Hof Ter Loo
03 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
04 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Romein
05 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
06 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
07 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
08 - Prague, Czech Republic - Abaton
09 - Nürnberg, Germany - Hirsch
10 - Graz, Austria - Seifenfabrik
11 - Innsbruck, Austria - Hafen
12 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
13 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
14 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
15 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
17 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Traedgarn
18 - Malmoe, Sweden - KB
19 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
20 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
21 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club