Behemoth hasn’t rehearsed as a band since Nergal was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2010. Since then, Nergal has undergone chemo therapy and a bone marrow transplant. Now, for the first time in over a year, Behemoth is back in the rehearsal space working on old and new songs.

Vocalist/guitarist Nergal has issued the following update: “Sooo, first rehearsals after the transplant are under our belts! I didn’t want to get overexcited at first, just wanted to see how things would go, but I have to tell you…the second rehearsal we fuckin’ nailed “Ov Fire And The Void”, “Lucifer”, “Conquer All” or “Antichristian Phenomenon” flawlessly! One of us even asked: ‘Did we really take a year off from each other?’ Ha ha… it was good times in great company! But the biggest surprise were the songs we NEVER played live ever and planning to do on the upcoming “Phoenix Rising Tour”. I won’t reveal any names yet, let it be a mystery til we hit the stage, all right?”

“In other news, I started jamming out some NEW shit too…too early to give any further comments but it sounds VERY disturbing and eerie. Can’t fuckin wait to unleash those ideas to my friends…”

Many plans are in the works in the Behemoth camp, so stay up to date at behemoth.pl and metalblade.com for updates.

Behemoth’s latest releases are available now at Indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords: The Abyssus Abyssum Invocat 2 disc digipak combines the Conjuration and Slaves Shall Serve EPs, along with live bonus tracks, and the Evangelia Heretika 2 DVD plus live CD contains two live shows from Europe as well as a tour documentary that takes fans behind the scenes with Behemoth on tour.