What rig does it take to withstand the ‘war’ of a Behemoth show? Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski tells all
Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski is as direct as he is charismatic, and we wouldn’t have him any other way. “I’ll be straight-up honest here,” he says, “I’m not really a geek when it comes to equipment. If it works for me, I don’t really fuck around much with it.” Rising up from humble beginnings in Poland to become an ESP signature artist leading one of the world’s most respected extreme metal bands speaks volumes of a man with focus and vision. And he sees his gear as the tools to get the job done. That’s why the switch from the EMGs on his LTD Hex-7 model to the Fishman Fluences on newer his Nergal-6 was no big deal for the Behemoth commander. Back in the day, getting an ESP at all was an achievement… “Growing up in Poland I was poor, you know? To get a proper instrument back then it wasn’t easy. So from 2000 on, I started to get nice instruments. I had Ibanez, BC Rich… I’ve tried most of them and then I came across ESP and it was the best.”
GUITARS
ESP LTD HEX-7
1 “This is the seven-string, my signature Hex model. The first one. I’m using ESP only in Behemoth onstage; in the studio, I fuck around with different guitars. I use ESP as well as other guitars. But when it comes to living axes they are my choice of weapon.
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