Behexen

Article summary

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.

Key claims

1. date of formation: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376790005