Genre(s):
Black Metal/Dark Ambient
Lyrical Theme(s):
Satanism, Blasphemy, Occult, Darkness, Mysticism
Origin:
Finland (Rovaniemi (early), Helsinki (now))
Formed In:
1989
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming (Goat Vulva, The Lord Diabolus, Suuri Shamaani)
Ancient Corpse Desekrator - Guitars (2007-present) (Thy Serpent)
Abyss, Twisted Baptizer - Bass (2007-present) (MMD, Mystification, Chaosweaver)
Sodomatic Slaughter - Drums (1989-1993, 2007-present) (Kadatheron, The Lord Diabolus, Black Crucifixion, Goat Vulva)
Former/Past Member(s):
Kimmo "Sir" Luttinen - Drums (ex-Isänmaa, ex-Legenda, ex-Catamenia, ex-Impaled Nazarene, ex-The Black League)
GoatGoddess of Necrosodomy - Keyboards
Demon Fornication - Bass, vocals (background) (1989-1993) (ex-The Lord Diabolus)
Black Jesus - Bass (1993) (ex-Parade of Souls, ex-Black Crucifixion, ex-Painflow)
Necroperversor - Drums (1993)
Additional notes:
Originally started out under the name Pseudochrist before changing it to Beherit in 1990.
Beherit is Syriac for Satan.
The band was put to rest in 1996, but was resurrected in early 2007.
They also released the demo "Down There..." under the name The Lord Diabolus, because of the previous problem with Turbo Music.
Both H418ov21.C and Electric Doom Synthesis are not metal albums, but rather synthetic ambient "dark ritual music", which NHV released by himself while attempting to put together a full band again in 1994 thru 1996.
Around the same time Beherit started to release ambient albums, NHV had semi-lost his interest in playing metal and started working again as a techno DJ under the name Gamma-G and he even released one compilation CD entitled "(G)raveyard 2001 - The Ultimate Hardrave Massacre".
Despite their relative popularity now, Beherit were generally hated by the black metal community in the early nineties, in fact there was a Scandinavian band made in response to them called "Fuck Beherit" (who released 2 rehearsal tapes in 1992) A bootleg CD-R of these recordings is floating around the web entitled Fuck Beherit: "Total Beherit".
Discography:
Beherit - Seventh Blasphemy [demo] - 1990
Beherit - Morbid Rehearsals [demo] - 1990
Beherit - Demonomancy [demo] - 1990
Beherit - Xmas Rehearsal [demo] - 1990
Beherit - Dawn Of Satan's Millennium [ep] - 1991
Beherit - Unreleased Studio Tracks [demo] - 1991
Beherit & Death Yell - Beherit/Death Yell [split] - 1991
Beherit - The Oath Of Black Blood [compilation] - 1991
Beherit - Promo 1992 [demo] - 1992
Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon [full-length] - 1993
Beherit - Messe Des Morts [ep] - 1993
Beherit - H418ov21.C [full-length] - 1994
Beherit - Electric Doom Synthesis [full-length] - 1996
Beherit & Archgoat - Messe Des Morts/Angelcunt [split] - 1999
Beherit - Beast Of Beherit - Complete Workxxx [compilation] - 1999
Beherit - H418ov21.C/Electric Doom Synthesis [compilation] - 2007
Beherit - Engram [full-length] - 2009
Beherit - At The Devils Studio 1990 [full-length] - 2011
Beherit - Celebrate The Dead [ep] - 2012
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