Behexen

Behexen is a Finnish black metal band founded in 1994¹. They adopted a traditional black metal approach by incorporating raw characteristics. Their first album, Rituale Satanum, was released in 2000¹, and followed by By the Blessing of Satan in 2004. They released a split with Horna (12-inch LP limited to 500 and CD 1000¹ copies) and a 3-vinyl set From the Devil's Chalice (limited to 666 copies). Behexen toured Europe in 2005, supporting Archgoat. Behexen played old-school black metal until 2012’s Nightside Emanations, which was a stylistic shift. The vocals are now mostly lower-pitched death-like growls as opposed to the earlier high-pitched shrieks, though they use elements of the earlier black metal sound, such as blastbeats and tremolo picking, resulting in a blackened death metal sound.

Behexen is a Finnish black metal band founded in 1994. They adopted a traditional black metal approach by incorporating raw characteristics. Their first album, Rituale Satanum, was released in 2000, and followed by By the Blessing of Satan in 2004. They released a split with Horna (12-inch LP limited to 500 and CD 1000 copies) and a 3-vinyl set From the Devil's Chalice (limited to 666 copies). Behexen toured Europe in 2005, supporting Archgoat. Behexen played old-school black metal until 2012’s Nightside Emanations, which was a stylistic shift. The vocals are now mostly lower-pitched death-like growls as opposed to the earlier high-pitched shrieks, though they use elements of the earlier black metal sound, such as blastbeats and tremolo picking, resulting in a blackened death metal sound. ==Satanic ideology and influences== Behexen adopts satanic lyrics and imagery. Vocalist and lyricist Hoath Torog identifies himself as a satanist. Torog explained in an interview following the release of their album Nightside Emanations, "Behexen is a magical tool and channel formed in 1995¹, which brings the voices of our gods to be heard, and works as an intermediary for their destructive emanations on this world. Our journey has taken nearly twenty years, and has included many phases, but today our temple shines the light of our lord brighter than ever before." Regarding Behexen's influences, Hoath stated that everything "esoteric and exoteric that surrounds us can inspire us. Books, religions, magic, death, music...All the things that we hear, see and experience can feed our inspiration. I get influences from my own life and experiences amongst the occult. Black magic is a comprehensive part of my life, so it's natural that my inspiration comes from there." Behexen's original name, Lords of the Left Hand, was inspired by a Samhain song of the same name. ===Timeline=== ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:15 PlotArea = left:120 bottom:120 top:10 right:20 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1996 till:01/01/2019 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:1 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1996 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1997 Colors= id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitars id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums,_percussion id:Keys value:purple legend:Keyboards,_piano id:Lines1 value:black legend:Studio_releases id:Lines2 value:gray(0.5) legend:Others_releases LineData= at:03/01/1997 color:Lines2 layer:back at:04/01/1998 color:Lines2 layer:back at:02/01/1999 color:Lines2 layer:back at:07/01/2000 color:black layer:back at:03/15/2004 color:black layer:back at:07/15/2004 color:Lines2 layer:back at:02/23/2008 color:Lines2 layer:back at:10/17/2008 color:black layer:back at:09/21/2012 color:black layer:back at:05/27/2016 color:black layer:back BarData = bar:T text:"Hoath Torog" bar:R text:"Reaper" bar:G text:"Gargantum" bar:V text:"Veilroth" bar:I text:"Infection" bar:W text:"Wraath" bar:L text:"Lunatic" bar:Sh text:"Shatraug" bar:S text:"Sargofagian" bar:E text:"Evisc" bar:H text:"Horns" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:T from:start till:end color:Vocals bar:R from:start till:06/01/1999 color:Guitar bar:R from:start till:06/01/1999 color:Bass width:3 bar:G from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2009 color:Guitar bar:V from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2004 color:Guitar bar:R from:06/01/2004 till:06/01/2009 color:Guitar bar:R from:06/01/2004 till:09/01/2004 color:Bass width:3 bar:I from:06/01/2009 till:12/01/2009 color:Guitar bar:W from:12/01/2009 till:end color:Guitar bar:I from:01/01/2016 till:end color:Guitar bar:L from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2004 color:Bass bar:Sh from:09/01/2004 till:06/01/2008 color:Bass bar:Sh from:06/01/2009 till:12/31/2015 color:Guitar bar:Sh from:12/01/2009 till:12/31/2015 color:Bass width:3 bar:S from:06/01/2009 till:12/01/2009 color:Bass bar:E from:01/01/2016 till:end color:Bass bar:H from:start till:end color:Drums bar:H from:start till:12/01/1997 color:Keys width:3 bar:H from:06/01/2008 till:06/01/2009 color:Bass width:3 ==References== ==External links==

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