Behemoth frontman and current leukaemia suffer, Adam 'Nergal' Darski has given his first full-depth interview since being diagnosed with the serious illness.
In a recent chat with MetalSucks.net, the Polish musician talks in a candid and refreshingly honest manner about his battles with the disease, fondly remembered past tours and also describes how much he "hates" Iron Maiden's most recent album.
"Actually, I’m doing pretty fine, thanks. It’s developing. It’s not like I’m completely healthy or something. But I got new bone marrow and the transplant went totally fine. The new bone marrow is accepted by my organisms. It’s not [fighting] against my organisms, which happens very often in such cases. But in my case, everything is going according to plan," Darski informs about his current condition.
The Behemoth frontman went on to note that recalling past tours got him through tough times and served as motivation to get better.
"Man, when I was in the hospital, I called up Seth [Patryk "Seth" Sztyber, Behemoth guitarist] and told him, “I have this dream again and again about the Demigod tour [in 2004] when we were playing all these shitholes in the U.S. for a hundred or two hundred people; we got paid like $200 and got pizza for dinner. And you know what? I fuckin’ miss that pizza! I miss the smell of the crappy backstage! I would give everything now to be back on stage doing those Demigod songs on that shitty tour," he said.
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Additionally, Nergal muses that, when and if the band writes new material, his personal experiences will reflect and manifest itself into what he believes will be some of Behemoth's best material yet.
"Just wait and see. I’m so fucking excited. I’m so waiting for when I grab my guitar… I mean, I do practice these days, but I don’t really do any metal music. I’m just waiting for the momentum, the right timing. I know when the time comes, I’ll just burst with craziness and all the fucking insane ideas. I just can’t wait to put all these experiences and emotions that I’ve collected throughout this year into the music, and make it so fucking rich and real and serious."
Moreover, health issues aside, the singer/guitarist still displays his forthright opinion, particularly when discussing Iron Maiden's most current album, 'The Final Frontier'.
"Oh, I fucking hate it! Yeah, the last Maiden album… I mean, when I see Steve Harris, I’m going to hit him in the face for what he did….I can’t fucking stand it, honestly. [laughs] It’s one of the worst records of the decade. But hey, it’s all about taste. Everyone has his own taste and I hate this fuckin’ record. [laughs]," Darski said.
Fans can read the full interview here.
