Behemoth vocalist/guitarist Adam “Nergal” Darski has no interest in keeping up with current mainstream metal offerings it would seem. In a new interview with Jaimunji, the 48-year-old blackened death metal vet was frank about his lack of knowledge of the likes of Australian metalcore stars Parkway Drive and masked British alternative metal chart-toppers Sleep Token. Even veteran metalcore turned alternative metal headliners Avenged Sevenfold haven’t managed to make a blip on the Polish metal legend’s radar.
In the above-mentioned interview, Nergal went on to explain that he remains firmly entranced by the old guard. Here’s what he had to say [transcribed by Blabbermouth.net]:
“Every time Guns N’ Roses are in town, I’m up and I always go and check it out. With all those legacy bands, be it Guns, be it AC/DC, be it f*cking Metallica, [Iron] Maiden, in the first place I’m a fan of their music. I collect their records. I’ve always been a fan [of those bands], as far as I remember. And I always tell whoever I talk to, man, just go and see those bands.
Buy tickets and go and see [them play], because the time is flying. And it’s gonna be in a blink of the eye that Metallica is no longer, f*cking Maiden is no longer. You would be, like, ‘Oh, sh*t. I should have gone and gone and seen them.’ Yeah, you f*cking should. So every time those bands come across Poland or wherever I have a chance, [I] fucking go and embrace that because this era is getting to an end.”
“It’s gonna be another few years, hopefully good years for the [afore]mentioned bands and others — there’s more, but there’s lesser and lesser. It’s shrinking, [the list of] big arena rock-star bands that I look up to. I mean, I know Parkway Drive is probably an arena band now, but it doesn’t tell me anything. I don’t know what Parkway Drive is. I don’t know what Avenged Sevenfold is. I don’t know what — who is Sleep Token? It’s not me. It’s not my DNA. I mean, I don’t f*cking get it. It’s probably good music. It’s all well played and big productions and stuff, but once those giants leave the earth, leave the stage, let’s put it that way — I’m lonely. There’s nowhere to go.”
