Beheth. Interview with Mahmud

Interview by Jay Parker

Hi this is Jay reporting from Bogota Colombia... Today I’ll be talking to Beheth, from Bangladesh, rising stars of Asian black Metal and a band that is certainly getting a lot of attention...

1) Tell us about Beheth... who is in the current line up?

- Beheth is a threeman band from northern part of Bangladesh formed in 2020.

- Sixsixtysix (Guitar/Bass)

- Butcher (Drums)

- Xic (Vocals)

- Zylo (Band Manager)

2) Why, where and when was Beheth formed?

- Back in 2020, Sixsixtysix & Butcher planned to form a black metal act in the northern side of the country. Well! It’s pretty difficult to do the black metal genre in the middle of all these believers’. In fact, it’s kinda hard to play extreme metal here. Still someone should break the boundaries right? After that butcher suggested Xic for the vocals. And Xic was the perfect one for Beheth. That’s how the journey started.

3) What is the inspiration behind your music?

- Seeing all the elder bands of our country smashing the stage, is a great inspiration for us.

4) Who writes the tracks and what is the process?

- Sixsixtysix comes with guitars and bass lines. While Butcher puts the drums and Xic gets the vocals parts with the lyrics.

5) Tell us about the lyrical content... you’re pretty big on blasphemy... War and Blasphemy is a cracking track... My personal favourite (so far).

- Really happy to hear that you enjoyed this track. The main view of this track is against all the false activities from religion that creating false information in people’s mind about the darkside if not followed! An old shaman summoning war as the doom of all those mislead beings that destroying the world peace.

6) Where do you record? What equipment do you use?

- We have a home studio for our band here. And basically we don’t have premium equipment’s here just because it’s really difficult to afford expensive musical gears in our country but still we have whatever is necessary to record and play black metal.

7) Tell us about your album which is due out in 2022 and eagerly awaited...

- Right now! We are planning to release an EP at the end of this year. Which is already we are working on. Currently just going to hit the stage and spread the blasphemy everywhere haha.

8) When did you guys first get into black metal and who introduced you to it?

- All of us separately got in to black metal genre. With 3 different life stories but if I want to explain in very short, this is completely self-taught and exploring every single day for more and more.

9) What are your favorite bands and who has been your biggest influence, musically?

- Some of our favorite bands are Bathory, Dissection, Mortuary Drape, Tribulation and among them we are mostly influenced by Bathory and Dissection.

10) Tell us about the metal scene there in Bangladesh… recommend some local bands for our readers to check out...

- There are so many fucking insane extreme metal bands are here in our country. Such as Orator, Eternal Armageddon, Burial Dust, Jahiliyyah and more great bands.

There are many extreme metal communities are here. Every month communities are organizing extreme metal gigs with various genre bands.

11) Tell us about your plans for 2022 and ahead… after the album, are you planning to play live and perhaps tour outside Bangladesh?

- Right now we are just going to play live gigs and that’s all. Already we have released our new debut single with merchandise. And hopefully we are going to complete an EP within 2022. If we get any chance to play outside of our country with opportunities, then definitely we are willing to do some live gigs outside of Bangladesh.

12) What is your opinion of the current Black Metal scene and newer bands? How do you think it will develop in the next few years?

- I guess all the bands are already developing on their own way. Seeing new releases of lots of old and new bands, which is completely amazing for the current black metal scene.

13) Would you like to add anything for our readers?

- Cheers to all the readers out there. Would love to get some support and keep listing to black fuckin metal.

Hopefully we can see it publish as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Mahmud