Extreme metal bands are no stranger to gloomy forests. To steal from a meme, 75 per cent of a Scandinavian park ranger’s job is rescuing black metal bands that get lost in the woods shooting album covers. Ah, but there is something undeniably atmospheric about a primal piece of woodland and Behemoth’s latest video – for their stunning cover of A Forest by gothic rock progenitors The Cure – makes full use of that fact. The song is the centrepiece of the band’s new EP featuring two brand new tracks. Frontman Nergal has said that he’s been working on more new Behemoth material during lockdown, but it’s A Forest that really grabs the imagination. It’s a great cover, taking the brooding pulse of the original and adding an extreme metal wash of aggression, with added help from Shining...
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