“I TAKE MY SHIRT OFF AND MY PANTS OFF. I SHOW THAT THIS IS ME, NO MASK, NO HORNS – JUST ME” ME AND THAT MAN
The man in black metal gets a little bit country
When you’ve made a name in extreme metal, it’s typically a one-way street. Particularly, when you’ve got a predilection for horny masks, tearing up bibles and legally changing your name to that of a destructive Mesopotamian deity. Nergal, best known as front man of Polish black metallers Behemoth, is out to challenge that assumption.
His new band, Me And That Man, is a collaboration with British-born, Polish-dwelling songwriter John Porter that has more in common with Nick Cave, late Johnny Cash and Springsteen’s darkest, bluesiest moments.
“When you listen to Muddy Waters or Robert…