Confessions Of A Heretic: The Sacred And The Profane: Behemoth And Beyond

by Adam Nergal Darski

  Nergal was interested in everything as a child!

  The family Darski, with Nergal’s grandfather Klemens—who once showed his grandson how to strum a guitar—shown in the foreground.

  Proud parents and son after a Behemoth concert in Gdansk.

  In a Metallica T-shirt, with a Venom badge on the guitar!

  A few minutes after taking these pictures, Nergal transformed into a human torch.

  Celina, Nergal, Mira, and Polish guitarist Jacek Kubiak after a Paradise Lost concert in 1996.

  With metal legend King Diamond backstage at the Masquerade, Atlanta, in 2005.

  Photo by Damian Kramski.

  Nergal at an Egyptian pagan temple in 2009. Photo by Agnieszka Krysiuk.

  With a young Behemoth fan in Buenos Aires. Photo by Martin Darksoul.

  ‘Do you think they’ll let me on this bus?’ In London for a photo shoot for Terrorizer magazine.

  Filming the final scenes for the ’Slaves Shall Serve’ video.

  The event known as ’chicken party’. Those who know, know.

  Great jacket! Signing for a young Behemoth fan. Photo by Charlene Tupper.

  Signing for fans at Metalfest in Leipzig. Photo by Natalia Kempin.

  Born to ride. Photo by Ivo Ledwożyw.

  With Gus G. of Ozzy Osbourne’s band at the Frankfurt Music Fair. Photo by Natalia Kempin.

  Behemoth receiving a platinum award for the Evangelica Heretika DVD, released in November 2010. Photo by Agnieszka Krysiuk.

  ‘Yes, it’s my face!’ Reading in hospital.

  Enjoying three types of kebab at a restaurant in Gliwice after months of a diet of liver.

  Agnieszka Piekarska taking care of Nergal during one of her hospital visits.

  ‘This is my stigmata.’ Inserting the stent during chemotherapy.

  Shining like gods. New body. New Blood.

  With Kinga Dubicka from the DKMS foundation. A good friend during tough times.

  Playing at the MusicCollective. Photo by Rafał Szyjer.

  Behemoth backstage. Photo by Krzysztof Wiktor.

  ‘Artists don’t like admitting they did something for the money.’ Nergal as a judge on The Voice. Photo by Jan Bogacz TNP SA.

  ‘I’m looking for a healer.’ The fan who approached me after the concert in Torun. Photo by Agnieszka Krysiuk.

  Visiting a memorial for Oscar Wilde in London.

  Exploring the world.

  I made leukemia my bitch! Photo by Charlene Tupper.

  Stretching before a concert in Seattle in 2012. Photo by Mike Savoya.