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Behemoth Frontman Nergal May Face Up To Two Years In Jail
Even though he was acquitted of all charges by a judge in 2011 for a similar case, Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski is once again facing jail time for anti-Catholic statements made during a 2007 concert in Poland, including calling the Catholic Church, “the most murderous cult on the planet”. He is also being accused of tearing apart a Bible, calling it “a book of lies”. If found guilty, Darski faces up to two years in prison. The Polish Supreme Court is labeling this a “blasphemy verdict”, according to Reuters.
Conservative former member of the Polish Parliament and lobbyist for Darski’s conviction, Ryszard Nowak exults, “The Supreme Court said clearly that there are limits for artists which cannot be crossed.”
Darski’s lawyer, Jacek Potulski, states “[The decision] is negative and restricts the freedom of speech. The court decided that this is allowed in a democratic system.” However, the legal team has not given up, saying, “We are still arguing that we were dealing with art, which allows more critical and radical statements.”
Below is video footage of the incident in question.
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AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.