“Do not f*cking buy my album, just save my father’s life. Don’t be a covidiot”: A Christmas message from Nergal

Every day is Christmas for me; I don’t really need a date on a calendar to decide whether I’m going to make a day special. Of course, there are heathen traditions that I could celebrate with rituals, but I’m more just aware of them and cherish them in the heart. And I’m not a lonely planet. I pay attention to what’s happening around me, so maybe I’ll go out with the team behind my beer, or my barbershop team. We might go out and have dinner together and I know they pay more attention to these traditions. I don’t, but as long as I can be with people that I like and respect, that’s fine. As for the past year and looking ahead to the next, I’m quite ambivalent. Behemoth celebrated XXX Years Ov Blasphemy and I could never have im...

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