Behemoth frontman Nergal isn’t afraid of a little controversy. For years he’s been stirring things up with his outspoken opinions on religion or ‘disrespecting’ his home country of Poland’s coat of arms, landing him in hot water with the Catholic Church. His latest action to spark outrage wasn’t amongst ecumenical circles, but amongst left-wing metal fans. Posting on his Instagram stories, Nergal shared a photo of a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Black metal against antifa’ on the front and ‘Kill them. Show no mercy. Fuck antifa!’ on the back. This was always going to cause outrage and controversy, which it turns out was the desired response. But why? We caught up with the Behemoth vocalist to talk about the headline-grabbing photo...
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