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NERGAL HAS LEUKEMIA

 Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 10:40am by

Earlier this month, Behemoth announced that Nergal is “seriously ill and waiting for [his] multi-stage treatment,” and that the band consequently had to cancel all their upcoming tour dates. Although the band didn’t specify what sickness was afflicting Nergal, the “multi-stage treatment” part of the statement caused many to speculate that it was cancer.

And, unfortunately, that speculation was correct: According to Metal Underground, a Polish celebrity news site, TVP, has revealed that the Behemoth mastermind has leukemia.

That news would be terrible enough, but, unfortunately, it gets worse. From Metal Underground:

“…the disease has advanced to the point where chemotherapy can no longer be an effective treatment and can only be cured through a bone marrow transplant.

“Within the country of Poland, there are only 100,000 donors out of a population of 38,192,000. Nergal’s fiance Doda has already donated her bone marrow but it’s unknown if her bone marrow will provide a DNA match.”

Apparently benefit concerts are being organized in Poland, although the artists and dates for those concerts have yet to be announced.

This is obviously terrible, terrible news, and there isn’t much to say. We wish all the best for Nergal, his friends, and his family.

-AR

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  • Jason

    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. :(

    • thelump

      Dont 2 out of 3 people die from Leukemia?

      • Foamed

        It totally depends on what kind of leukemia you’re diagnosed with.

        I got diagnosed with leukemia (more specifically CML in blast crisis) two years ago. The doctors told me I had between two to three weeks left to live. I survived.
        I still had to go through months of chemo. This chemo which is given to some leukemia patients are the strongest type which is allowed to be given a human being. You’ have to take about 180 pills a day to kill the sick marrow and also daily bone marrow aspiration or biopsies (they pierce your spine, hip or ribcage with a very large syringe to extract marrow. It’s extremely painful to say the least).

        Even if you get cured from leukemia after a bone marrow transplantation there is a very high risk you’ll acquire GVHD (graft versus host disease). You trade one deadly disease for another very painful one.

        For me I am now almost blind on one eye, have chronic fatigue and my liver is being constantly rejected by my new marrow. But I can’t complain, it’s better than dying of leukemia.

        Fuck cancer, it’s terrible! It’s something absolutely no one should ever have to go through. Because this type of cancer is extremely painful.

        I really hope he recovers and wish him all the best.

        • Utmu

          Sorry to hear about your situation Foamed, hope you feel better and get better soon.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Philthy-Vonhuete/100001289875183 Philthy Vonhuete

          I would NOT fight it.To me life is not worth all that chemo torture.I wish you well.

          • Hetallica

            You say that now, but once you consider some of the reasons why you may wanna stay alive, (e.g. your kids, etc.) you would fight for life.

        • Brendan

          you sir, you sir are metal. thats all i gotta say.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kasper-Maigaard/1027001938 Kasper Maigaard

    FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kasper-Maigaard/1027001938 Kasper Maigaard

      But at least he won’t have to rely on the American healtcare system. That’s gotta count for something.

      • Ben

        That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard.

      • Dubs

        Yeah, it’s a good thing he’ll have to wait in line to get hospital breakfast.

        • dev

          Nergal stated that he is in the hands of the best specialists. Yes, we do have a healthcare system in Poland and it is based on western standards. I think that he wouldn’t get better treatment in other countries. Our oncology implements the most of new therapies and drugs. I think Nergal can afford to be hospitalized and treated in other countries but he is apparently happy with our free-healthcare.

    • http://www.myspace.com/dystrophy1 devin townsend’s lost skullet

      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

      worst way to start today

  • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

    i shall pray to the dark lord satan the cancer runs from his body like christians from burning church. HAIL BEHEMOTH!!

    • Trux

      again you ??… shut the fuck up already !

      • treghet

        He’s been here longer than you have, newb.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Philthy-Vonhuete/100001289875183 Philthy Vonhuete

        Why be rude?

    • http://www.heavystreet.com/ Heavy Street

      Yeah HAIL Behemoth! Saw Behemoth in Vancouver twice, and both times they put on an amazing performance. Spoke to Nergal both times, and the dude is one of the most down to earth musicians I have ever met. The whole band are awesome dudes. Get well Nergal.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Brown/537636633 Keith Brown

    WHAT THE FUCKING HELL, MAN

  • M’kay

    That’s awful. I was diagnosed with Leukemia about ten years ago (when I was seven), and process of treating it between a kid and an adult is completely different, and as the article suggests, being in Poland isn’t helping his case.

    Best wishes to him, friends, and family, I have had this cancer yet only know half of his pain.

    • Vakarm

      do you get chemo as a kid?

      • M’Kay

        Yeah.

  • TonyT

    God damnit this sucks, but if anyone can get thorugh this its fucking Nergal.

  • katie

    This fucking sucks

  • Spanky

    This sucks ass :(

  • Matt

    This is very sad. I wish the best for him!

  • http://raiseyerfists.wordpress.com raiseyerfists

    Damn this is terrible news

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Reagan/520958920 Mike Reagan

    Damn……………hopefully it works out

  • cougar party

    Tough break.

  • Johnny

    Fucking terrible. I hope he recovers and starts to slay faces again.

  • Holy Diver

    This is horrible news, I love Behemoth. They should make a Behemoth “Fuck Cancer” T-shirt like the ones I saw at Mayhem Fest this year with all of the proceeds going towards Nergal’s medical bills. Get well soon Nergal.

  • Dingas McCloud

    No bueno. Let’s hope they find a donor

  • http://www.theblacklaser.net Joe The Wizard

    Get well soon, Nergies!

  • http://twitter.com/fantasyoosh fantasyh

    TVP is not a celebrity gossip site. The full name is “Telewizja Polska” which basically means Polish Television. It’s the main, goverment subsidized (or run) television network in Poland. It’s like our BBC.
    Also – this blows.

    • Peter

      Just waited for someone to point that out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Sterner/1335958279 Andrew Sterner

    No………that’s horrible.

  • orbital

    Shit news. Hope he recovers.

  • Shinaain

    While I imagine Nergal wishes to maintain some modicum of privacy at this time, I wonder what can be done to galvanize people to help. I don’t know anything about this disease or the logistics involved in treatment [in Poland or anywhere else, for that matter (WebMD, here I come)], but I wonder what education and mobilization could do to help the guy. Surely expanding the donor base would be a good place to start? Raising money is usually helpful, but throwing money at the problem won’t help if he can’t find a suitable donor.

    I feel goofy and naive even typing that. I just wish there were something we could do to help.

    • Gecko

      Leukemia is a form of cancer. Basically, the treatment depends on donors, money, technology, and facility. All of the factors need to be in play for successful treatment, which technically can be done. I’m not totally sure how Polish healthcare works, but under the assumption that he has some type of universal or government care program that Europe tends to abide by, the procedure may be covered (at least partially) by that. However, as with the case for all universal systems, it may be months or years before he is able to have an operation, as universal systems tend to be first-come-first-served, and wait times for procedures are staggering. It also means they may or may not have the tecnology available, as opposed to a for-profit system, like in America, where technology is always created and updated and modern, because the companies make a ton of cash from it.

      If he has private insurance (and since he’s a musician, I’m sure he doesn’t), he could line up donors and have a procedure immediately, assuming the donors were a match for him, and insurance would cover the expenses. However, on a private insurance, if he has donors, but no insurance, he’ll need to raise a shitpile of money for the procedure.

      Pretty much all anyone can do is hope he can find his donors, gather some money up, and get somehow get himself taken care of. Now that I’ve given a brief education of the insurance system (and I work in the healthcare industry, so I actually am not bullshitting on how any of this works), I wish him a speedy recovery, and hope he gets back out on the road ASAP.

      • Jesse

        @ Gecko

        I both work in the healthcare industry here in the States (specifically in medical billing), and have received healthcare in New Zealand, which has universal healthcare, and I can say, while you may not be “bullshitting”, you’re uninformed, and your ideas about how private insurance works in regards to procedures are laughable. I see insurance company denials every day for everything from physical therapy, to EMGs, to lab work, and most private insurers require pre-authorization, especially when you get into more expensive procedures. I spend a lot of my day online and on the phone with insurance company reps, I know what it’s like. Also, I have Cystic Fibrosis, so I have a hell of a lot of experience as a patient in both our healthcare system, and overseas.

      • Edika

        I don’t want to turn the bad news about Nergal’s health in a debate about health care but things don’t work that way in Europe. If you need immediate medical attention and your situation is urgent nobody is going to tell you to wait in line and die. As everywhere else a health problem is identified and according to the severity it is treated. Only in countries with a more corrupt medical system they will “postpone” a procedure to force you t pay money under the table. But in the case of private systems this extortion is just legal. I have worked in a private insurance company for several years and have seen how the system works. If it is something simple and not to expensive everything is fine. If something is more serious then you just have to sell everything you own to get through because if and when you get the money back from the company it will be months after. If on the other hand you are able to pay premium insurance packages and are quite rich then no problem!

        And to the subject:

        Get well soon Nergal, we need another Behemoth album!

  • Wardo

    fuck cancer..

    • CrusherDestroyer

      1

  • http://www.schenkeltown.com Schenkeltown

    2010 has been a really shitty year for some metal’s finest musicians. get well soon.

    horns held high…

  • UnrealInsanityX

    :(

  • http://www.myspace.com/thestarsthrewdowntheirspears Tim

    Terrible news. I have to wonder how he would feel if he knew a Christian was praying for him, being so vocally against us.

    • Cisco

      I was just thinking the same thing.

      • Doc

        So was I.

        • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

          i seriously doubt he gives a fuck

          • TonyT

            LOL yup.

          • Jesus

            1

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Silence-Dogood/100000810954756 Silence Dogood

      He would probably think your wasting your time. You should stop talking to yourself, its just not healthy.

    • Genial Gentile

      …or if it was a Christian who donated the marrow that saves his life. As the saying goes, “there are no athiests i foxholes.”

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Silence-Dogood/100000810954756 Silence Dogood

        Unless Jesus Christ himself gave Nergal bone marrow, that is just another dopey example. I mean its not like Nergal hates all people who are Christian, he hates Christianity theres a big difference.

        It is so easy to pick on an atheist, but would you have the balls to say anything if he was a Jew or a Muslim and a Christian gave him bone marrow, or better yet, who really cares? What does it fucking matter?

        The reality is a persons faith or lack there of has nothing to do with this both literally and figureatively. Silly me I thought of all people, metalheads, would be able to know better.

        • Doc

          Silly me thinking that no one here had the answers to all of life’s questions.

        • Genial Gentile

          Settle down, Nancy. My point was simply that most people tend to discard their atheistic sentiments when faced with death. It’s just a symptom of the human condition. I hope the guy finds a suitable donor, regardless of their religious convictions.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Silence-Dogood/100000810954756 Silence Dogood

            Nancy? Really? Okay there “high school gym teacher from 1954″ Ill settle down, I didn’t realize you knew “most people” : )

          • Genial Gentile

            1

          • Genial Gentile

            Seriously, that shit made me laugh. Hard. I also call pants “trousers” ;)

          • Jesse

            There’s absolutely no evidence of that, just another “fact” the God Squad pulled out of its ass. These so-called accounts of “great thinkers of the last 200 years… recant[ing] on their deathbeds” have never been proven, or been in the least bit convincing. Atheists don’t believe in a Hell, so what’s to be afraid of?

          • Genial Gentile

            @Jesse
            Reciting what you read in a Richard Dawkins book is as pointless as some dope pulling quotes from the bible to back their argument. Deathbed conversions happen all the time because some very rational people fear uncertainty as much as devout xtians fear the fire and brimstone vision of “hell.” People that deal with death everyday see it all the time, from deployed soldiers to EMT’s to hospice workers.

        • Rik

          Well said.

      • Zach.Y

        Yes there are, ask Christopher Hitchens. Pascal’s wager is only for the hypocrites.

        • Genial Gentile

          Well Mr Hitchens is certainly an extraordinary exception to the rule and his resolve is admirable, but there are many other great thinkers of the last 200 years who’ve recanted on their deathbed. Hypocritical? Maybe, but that hypocrisy doesn’t make the addage any less true. When dealing with matters of life and death, the question of faith is intrinsically bound to come up.

          • dev

            This deathbed stories are urban legends. There is always some christian who says that somebody recanted. But like in case of Darwin these conversions are often lies.

      • Famine

        “There are no atheists in the foxholes” is one of the dumber bits of folksy bullshit out there. There are and always have been atheists serving in militaries.

        You may wish that everyone turns into a coward and a hypocrite when faced with death. That doesn’t mean everyone is as wretched as you are.

        If a christian donated blood or marrow or organs to save my life I would sincerely say “thank you”. Whether or not Nergal would do the same, I wish him the best of luck.

    • meat mincing machine

      i don’t think he gives a shit since your prayers don’t do anything more to cure him than concentrating really really hard on a match does to give me pyrokinesis

      • Volktair

        Then you are obviously doing it wrong works for me everytime.

    • didiimus

      Nergal is not against Christianity. The lyrics and the look he uses in his music are just plain symbolism. I am roman catholic and I will pray for his recover.

    • hakon666

      there was a bunch of people praying for him and his response was very quick – he said no matter what misfortune occurs to him he will not bow to nazarene. he said he feels strong as never and he said “i am entering this ring with my fists clenched, ready to fight till the end”

  • http://bloodandthumbsticks.blogspot.com/ The Overmatt

    Fuck. I’d gladly donate my marrow if it would help the situation any.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Silence-Dogood/100000810954756 Silence Dogood

    Through his music Nergal has shown that he has an amazing philosophy on life and death. No doubt everything he has learned will come into play in helping him in his condition.

    Stay strong brother, HAIL TO NERGAL.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alejandro-Aldana/683878171 Alejandro Aldana

    if there’s a fan out there willing to carve Slayer on his arm there must be a behemoth fan out there willing to donate bone marrow.

  • Vakarm

    an all black metal benefit concert!!!!! it would be interesting to see which polish artist would go participate, seeing how he pissed of a lot of people by ripping up a Bible.

    Oh my god that sucks……..really really hope he gets better :’(

  • Kye

    Good luck, Nergal. Hopefully things turn out for the best.

  • MeesterDerp

    Maybe this is what happens when you act like a cunt to your fans and rip up bibles on stage. Regardless, get well soon.

    • typical white guy

      I was kinda thinking that too, kind of poetic justice if you believe in God. Best wishes to him and his family.

      • bananakid

        ^^prrrf, poetic justice? More like over-pious douche logic. And way to justify your insensitiveness with that fake-assed ‘Best Wishes’. Clearly a pathetic attempt to prove you’re still caring, loving and oh so religious after spouting some irrelevant and hateful bullshit.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Silence-Dogood/100000810954756 Silence Dogood

        So what about the Nazis who made it to Brazil and lived out their lives soaking in the sun and the pedophile priests who are still out there working with children and will never face a jury…

        Is that poetic justice as well?

      • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

        saying that someone getting leukemia is “poetic justice” is probably the finest example of hypocrisy a christian could give. you think anyone on this earth deserves cancer because they ripped up a couple pieces of paper??? what kind of fucked up religion is that?

        • cougar party

          What would Jesus do?

          Answer: give you cancer.

          • orbital

            I LOL’d

          • the benthic

            1

          • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

            +3! thats hilarious

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Montalvo/1520528598 Andy Montalvo

            1

    • Frampler

      Or maybe he just got cancer due to the mutation of cells in his body, and God had fuck all to do with it?

      • orbital

        +1, cause you know, then God would also be held acountable for those millions of inocents who die from desease, war, famine, etc. Where is your god then?

        • Steve O

          It’s also claimed in the Bible that God specifically causes rainstorms and earthquakes. What a fucking asshole.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ross-King/585314817 Ross King

            ^hahaha

    • http://www.schenkeltown.com Schenkeltown

      jesus….. no pun intended

      • Howie

        Took longer to turn into a religious bitchfest than i thought it might

        • orbital

          The Christians started it, once again.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Jay/1137871271 Sean Jay

            MOMMY HE STARTED IT

        • Waldo

          thought the same

          • Cisco

            Did Mister Derp claim he was a Christian?

          • MeesterDerp

            Yeah sorry to burst your bubble guys but I’m not Christian in the slightest.

  • Killer Kovarik

    This is horrible news!!! :(
    I’m wearing my Behemoth shirt today in his honor.

  • Datrick

    shitty news. i’ll keep him and his family in my thoughts and prayers. make a full recovery nergal!

  • DJ Deuce Grunt

    damn, this sucks big time… love Behemoth’s stuff and I know how gnarly leukemia is from watching my mom suffer through it and eventually conquer it. here’s to Nergal as well as a fast recovery!

  • Cladgemeister

    I think MetalSucks and other similar sites should start up donation campaign or whatever. The amount of readership of these sites, there’s bound to be willing participants. I’ll chip in my bit.
    Anyone else agree?

    • Strapping Young Lad

      I’m with you all the way. Even just a little bit from everyone makes a huge difference! SEND HIM UR BONES!!

    • The Metalosopher

      Totally agree. If a donation campaign can get set up, I’m in. I’m in college and obviously I’d be willing to give up a month’s worth of beer money or whatever I can do.

    • Lady death

      I would definitely donate what I could. Behemoth has a huge fan base. If each person donated even a dollar it would probably make a difference. I’d even donate the bone marrow if I was a match. Hopefully he finds a donor soon and beats this thing.

  • http://www.myspace.com/monotheistmetal Shiv

    People who want to turn this into a religious debate can fuck off. I hope he pulls through, as he and the rest of Behemoth have worked hard to get where they are now, and have always shown appreciation for their fanbase.

    • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

      +1 exactly

    • Bayonetwork

      It doesn’t matter what race, creed, or religion you are, cancer will fuck you up just the same.

  • DieByTheChord

    Terrible news… and yet Chad Kroeger and Dave Matthews still stalk the earth. Where the fuck is their leukemia?

    At least if nothing else the metal community is always supportive of its own; hopefully somebody somewhere will be able to help him out.

    • Howie

      Really? You wish cancer on somebody because you don’t like their music?

    • Josh

      Im going to see Dave Sept 11th

      • orbital

        lol, my wife is dragging me along to see him at The Gorge on the 4th.

        • RayRay

          Both of you should stand up and wear the pants and tell your wives to go with their friends instead. I wouldnt be caught dead at a dave show. I wouldnt be able to stomach it for 2 hours.

          • orbital

            The thing is, she IS going with her friend, who happens to be dating one of my good friends. Who is a metalhead too. The thing about the Gorge is it’s an outdoor ampitheater. Camping. Beer drinking. Tons of people. It’s generally a pretty damn good time despite who’s playing.

  • chainer

    gl

  • Andy

    god damn, I’d give him all of my bone marrow

  • Poopenshaft

    Never was a huge Behemoth fan, but as a cancer survivor I know what he is going through and I wish him the very best.

  • FongChung

    Somewhere somehow some Christian assholes are rejoicing over this like the tyrant fucks they are!

    • Bayonetwork

      No

      • Cisco

        Maybe in Poland.

    • Jonathan

      I’m Christian. And let me say. This is terrible news, regardless of religion. He’s an amazing artist, regardless of his views. So stop being the close-minded fuck, and realize, that, yes. A lot of Christians can be close-minded assholes, but so can just about every other type of person. That’s what a human is. So, despite my “horrendous, vile, and debauchery of a religion” even I am devastated by this news.

      • Azuma

        Thank you, I’m not even Christian but I feel so obligated to defend Christianity to all these militant Atheists. Sure, there are tons of dumb hypocritical Christians who make things bad for everyone, but a lot of Christians, perhaps even the majority, are great, open-minded people. Some of the nicest, greatest people I know are Christians who wouldn’t wish harm on anyone else, Atheist or otherwise . So, please don’t make idiotic assumptions, it only makes you and people who share your beliefs look like ignorant fools.

        • paganheart

          ^This^ I have my own issues with organized religion and have little use for it overall. But I know some professed Christians (as well as some Wiccans, pagans, Jews, Buddhists and atheists) who are outstanding human beings. I also know some people from all of the above groups who are about as enjoyable as a root canal.. The problem is usually not the belief (or non-belief) system itself, but a few obnoxious true believers (who are usually well-organized unfortunately) who have to ruin it for everyone else. JMO.

          • Bayonetwork

            “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

            -Mohandas Gandhi

  • Sin and Death

    SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Burning bibles and churches may be hazardous to your health.

    • B

      Existing is hazardous to your health.

      • Blaaargh

        1

    • HARRYDICKERSON

      Wow, someone just made relatively the same remark a few posts up.
      I think you should read it and go fuck yourself.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jimi-Hite/732925706 Jimi Hite

    Devastating . . .

  • moogs

    if i had the money id fly to poland and give him my bone marrow. hoping for the best.

  • Chance

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! FUUUUCK!!!!! this sucks won’t see behemoth for a while! Get well Nergal!!

  • Jesus

    Well I guess he won’t lose the rest of his hair

  • Dissolution

    Fucking sad. :(

  • Hetallica

    To get typed for bone marrow, (and potential donation, if you’re matched) you can hit up http://www.marrow.org/

    I don’t see why Nergal would only be limited to donors inside Poland. Usually, white people have no problem finding matches for bone marrow transplants (in the U.S., at least) because there are so many of them on the registery.

    Let’s hope this is the case with Nergal…

    • paganheart

      THANK YOU for posting this link!!! Bone marrow donors are desperately needed, most people don’t even realize how great the need is until someone well-known is diagnosed with leukemia, or someone they love has the disease. I lost my four-year-old nephew to leukemia in 2007. A bone marrow transplant might have saved him, but a suitable donor could not be found. (He was half white and half Korean, and donors for mixed-race people are especially hard to find.) If you are very lucky, someone in your family will be a match, but more often a match has to be sought from the registry, and for every person who is lucky enough to find a donor, several more die waiting.

      I joined the registry when my nephew got sick, and if someone called tomorrow and said that I had been matched I would drop everything and go. Donating bone marrow is not the most pleasant process (NOTE: getting registered and typed is actually quite easy; it requires only some paperwork and a small blood sample.) but the alternative is a hell of a lot worse. The day my nephew passed away was pretty much the worst day of my life. Even if it does not help Negral directly, everyone should seriously consider becoming a bone marrow donor in his honor!

      I hope he finds his match, and I wish him the very best.

  • reznik

    im not ripping up Bibles, damn! i hope he gets better

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Austin-Pearl-Nutter/1418565949 Austin Pearl Nutter

    We must do the only thing we can do…..make cancer puns based on Behemoth song titles. I hope he feeds cancer to the lions. He’s going to conquer all of leukemia. Nergal is an anticancer phenomenon.

  • Biff Tannen

    Even though I haven’t enjoyed a Behemoth album in nearly 10 years, this is rough news. I spent about 12 hours partying with him back in 2002 or 2003 (when they toured with Deicide), and he was a great dude….very humble, funny, and generous with his cocaine as well.

  • frompoland

    He’s limited to donors from Poland, beause usually there is more chance to find a ‘genetical brother’ in the same region, country, nation ethnic etc . And it’s very difficult to find a mantching bone marrow. Leukemia is the worst cancer m telling you .Im from Poland ad already donated. There are a lot o people who registsred to dkms.pl because of Nergal (8000 in 8 days) , even bfeore official confirmations (there has been rumors). we can just HOPE he finds it . and won’t die.

    • Hetallica

      Yeah, but since Poland only has 100,000 on their registry, Nergal could have a better chance of finding a donor in the 8 million-strong U.S. registry.

      The city of Chicago has the largest Polish diaspora in the world, and the guy I just called at the registry (https://www.marrow-donor.org/CONTACT/index.html) said they very well might have more Polish-descent people on the U.S. registry than even the Poland registry has!

      Hopefully, someone on Nergal’s medical team is searching the U.S. registry as well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jamie-Basham/1055612514 Jamie Basham

    This is the shittiest year for metal EVER. First Dio dies, now Nergal is dying. This is fucking wrong.

  • Stephen

    I guess God is getting his revenge for all of the blasphemous lyrics.

    • Biff Tannen

      OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhh !!! Sounds spooky !

    • the benthic

      fuck you

    • shpostal

      Religion by definition is blasphemy because it detracts everybody from the truth of spirituality, which is that ritual, threats, etc. are totally unnecessary for spiritual growth. You have no fucking business speaking for God and supposing Nergal is somehow getting his Divine due. Have you ever thought that your God might agree with Nergal on what organized religion in His name has done to this world? I think there is a divine entity of some type, but I wouldn’t dare try to claim I knew what that entity was. Anybody who does, and uses “God’s” name to justify their hate, stupid decisions and judgmental behavior is the real blasphemer. Grow up.

      • orbital

        Win.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Jay/1137871271 Sean Jay

        +10

        This was an awesome post.

      • didiimus

        I agree. You rock

      • Cisco

        Well, if anybody read the Bible they would know that God detests the trinity of terror which comprises of 1. religion 2. politics and 3. economics. Each one of these detracts from the truth and will cause divide between people because of certain beliefs, opinions and status. Look at the world today and one will see that religion, politics and the economy has turned people into selfish, self righteous and despicable human beings. If you need any further proof, just read the comments section of any MetalSucks post.

  • pigchop

    The required DNA match should be publicized – perhaps some of the man’s fans will prove to be a match and step up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jamie-Basham/1055612514 Jamie Basham

    How can I find out if I’m a match to his DNA because I’m sure he wouldn’t have a problem coming to America if it’d save his life.

  • Sambo

    I’m a Christian (yes I said it) and I don’t like Behemoth because of their general morals, but just because someone who is anti-Christian has been diagnosed with leukemia doesn’t mean that all Christians are going to rejoice over this. Whoever would rejoice over this is a self-centered, hypocritical, careless Christian, kinda like those Westboro Baptist Church homos, in which I also hate them as well.

    So even though I hate Behemoth doesn’t mean I love that this news broke out. Leukemia is freakin’ leukemia and honestly, I wish him all the best for a speedy recovery so he can play for his fans again sooner or later.

    • Biff Tannen

      what’s with all the declerations of your hatred ??? I thought Christians are not supposed to hate, as ordered to them by that Jew who got nailed to a stick ?

      • Cisco

        Not everyone is perfect like Christ is perfect. That’s why the jew was nailed to the stick.

      • Sambo

        Real Christians don’t hate. Those that do just condemn other people because they don’t share the same beliefs. I don’t believe in going to church but I do believe in God and I do believe that religion is a system of death. If you aren’t familiar with The Great Commission, a Christian hardcore band known to be “Heavy Worship,” a couple original members were rejected from their youth group because of the way they dressed and because they listened to hardcore music. If they didn’t change their act, they would have to be removed from the group. That’s how in the Christian metal world, whenever a band that preaches the word of God (For Today, The Great Commission, The Gun Show, etc), they try to do so by not teaching a sermon but by bringing a message of hope, and that’s why I am a Christian because I believe in those aspects and not the church’s.

    • Ben

      Liking or not liking a band should have nothing to do with their morals or even lyrics. It’s all about the music. Christians should listen to Deicide, Behemoth, or Burzum if it sounds good to them just the same as how Non-Christians should be able to listen to Mortification or Tourniquet if they like the sound of it.

      • Sambo

        Except too many non-Christians don’t listen to Mortification or Tourniquet because of their lyrics. Same with Christians that don’t listen to Behemoth or Deicide because of their lyrics. Religious views will always affect people and their metal. I’m saying that I hate Behemoth but I’m not saying that I hate the people in the band. I’m glad they have success.

        • Jesus

          Most non-Christians don’t listen to Tourniquet because their music is horrible.

          • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

            i like old extol from burial to synergy and im very anti-christian and anti-religion in general for that matter. good music is good music, end of story

  • Vlygar

    I find it very “asshole-like” of people to jump on a benefit concert bandwagon. Yeah, Proceeds go to blah blah blah, bullshit. A man is dying and people just want to profit from it. How about a blood donor drive, bone marrow drive and monetary donations. I’m sure there are thousands of fans in Poland who would get tested to see if they can help Nergal in any way they can.

    • CrapMcPoopin

      I agree. Benefit concerts usually just line someone’s pockets unless everyone goes gratis for it, including promoters and the people who own or run the location of said event. You also don’t know exactly where the money is going (Didn’t Live Aid end up giving money to a dictator and his regime?)

      A bone marrow drive would be great. Only problem is I hear donating bone marrow is excruciatingly painful. I have no idea if testing is just as painful or how they do that, but i have a feeling there is more to it than just giving it.

      Still, your idea is better than a benefit concert.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Harrington-Neil-Sauer/677600672 Harrington Neil Sauer

    FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  • tim

    Fuck, this is the worst news I’ve heard in a while.

  • chainchomp

    to celebrate Nergal, the band, and the release of “…..From the Pagan Vastlands”……..December should officially be the month of Behemoth.

  • MetA

    Hope he gets better! Suerte Nergal, saludos de Mexico.

  • Christian

    This is awful :(

  • Leukemia

    HAHAHAHAHA!

    Me-1 Nregal-0

    • Dubs

      Lol this is so terrible but… lol.

  • ACM

    Holy shit this sucks! I hope the bone marrow from his fiancee works or something. :(

  • kmfcm

    2010 fucking sucked

  • shpostal

    Nergal is not just a great musician. He is also a great proponent of the freedom of speech and expression. His battles with organized religion are important for anybody who values his freedom of speech, and that includes every single post on this page.
    That anybody would wish him ill based on his view of religion reveals themselves to be hate filled intolerant asswipes. As one post said, Nergal doesn’t hate the person who chooses Christianity – he hates the institution because it victimizes millions of people. He has every right to his opinion, and so do you, but you don’t have the right to attack him because you disagree – show respect for his point of view and leave it at that.
    By wishing Nergal ill, you not only reveal your lack of character and maturity, you also confirm the worst of what Christianity has to offer, and you only reaffirm people’s low opinion of you and your faith. And you damn sure have no fucking business in the metal world – for all the bluster, metal fans don’t wish bad things to happen to anybody, at least from what I’ve been able to tell. Have you noticed with the exception of some the early black metal atrocities with Mayhem members, you don’t get stars out shooting each other up like rappers do, or country rednecks getting into barfights and showing off their incredible racism to anybody who comes close enough to hear it? Metal requires a certain level of intelligence, and it’s been proven scientifically that metal fans are smarter on the average than fans of any other kind of music. Christians who think Nergal being so sick is a good thing need to get the fuck out. Go to Branson and sing gospel with all your other hate filled hypocritcal fuckheads.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ben-Robson/1375985482 Ben Robson

      i don’t think you can scientifically prove metal fans are more intelligent than fans of other kinds of music. i’d wager that most people enjoy more than one kind of music. wouldn’t that distort the data?

      also, the nergal situation is terrible. this is an awful, awful year for metal musicians. i wish him all the best.

      • orbital

        frequent some rap blogs, or some pop blogs. Then report back.

        • Utmu

          Really? I mean I know Metalheads overall are very intelligent, but have you seen some of the posts/comments on this site?

    • dev

      kudos

  • Jazmin

    These are really sad news, I really hope he wins this battle with this terrible disease. Nergal is certainly a big influence on my music taste, and I am a big fan of Behemoth, so my thoughts go to him and his family. We already lost Chuck and Ronnie. We don’t need to lose Nergal too. =/

  • frompoland

    Please, if you want to send ‘get well’ wishes for Nergal write to Rita , she knows him, she will send it tommorow to Poland, a scroll with photos of you and your wishes, there is no time to waste

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1074018017&ref=ts

  • Mordecai 9000

    We are NOT losing another metal musician to cancer.
    Fuck.

    I wish the best to Nergal and his family.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Desembrana/100001266886300 Ryan Desembrana

    fuck this is sad.
    hope gets well soon buddy
    =(

  • andy morales

    bummer alert!!! i hope he can fight this

  • Utmu

    I literally yelled out “NO!” when I read that headline. I’m a fan of Behemoth and wish Nergal the best, as well as his family, friends, and other fans. This year really has turned out to be a shitty one for Metal and Metalheads, we’ve lost Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, The Rev, Paul Grey and Makh Daniels already, we don’t need to lose anyone else.

    • argpirate

      ….and Joe Ptacek from Broken Hope died this year, too.

  • HARRYDICKERSON

    Fellow metalheads, I’m going to study Satanism and Witchcraft, so that I may find a way to transfer this sickness into the body of Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon.
    Wish me luck..

  • myregards

    Wow, i truly feel for the metal community if you guys lose him, this coming from someone who doesn’t even like metal much. Hopefully he’ll get better. regards from me. :(

  • Joseph

    Where can I sign up to donate?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mikey-Ck-Vanderven/502827008 Mikey Ck Vanderven

      ditto

      • axemanhojo

        Yeah….i wanna sign up to/

  • Ty

    I love these out of control religious battles.

  • Lady death

    If “god” takes revenge on everyone that blasphemes against him, wouldn’t Marilyn Manson and glen Benton be long gone?

    Seriously. Can’t we just leave religion out of this? Sending your best wishes is essentially the same as prayer. I think we’re all united in wanting nergal to beat this and get better. Too many metal musicians have been lost this year. Arguing about religion isn’t going to change anything. How about this. Instead of arguing about religion, why don’t we argue in song form, instrumental, lyrically, or both. Just make music in honor or everyone we’ve lost and for negal. All this year shows is that nobody is immune to sickness, no matter how immune they may seem. They lived for the music. We can’t forget that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Hunter/100001289132594 Joshua Hunter

    I met Nergal once. I hate to sound like Hank Hill, but he had the manliest handshake out of anyone I’ve ever met. The guy looked you in the eye and said “thanks for coming out.”
    I thought 2010 would be a good year, I got to see Cynic and I recovered perfectly from getting hit by a fucking car. Steele is dead, Dio is dead, and now Nergal might die. This man, has had an impact on my life, I was ashamed of being a skeptic, I thought I was a bad person for doubting the existence of Christ. Texas is not a great place for skeptics. When I found this music, I felt all that guilt wash away.
    To all my metal brothers, including Nergal, stay strong….hope for the best!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shamgar-Ingaric-Eladson/100000403005928 Shamgar Ingaric Eladson

    I hope he will get well

  • Lady Siara

    My heart sank reading this.

    Worst news I’ve heard in a while. Hopefully he pulls through.

  • luomuhappo

    Fuck you Death. Just, fuck you real hard. When we meet we gotta talk about this thing with you killing metal musicians ;_;

  • AndyoftheDead

    A sad day in the metal community. Why are all the greats dying while bands like Brokencyde and ICP still live strong. It seems like an injustice. I dont wish harm to those people, I just dont understand why the best are taken from us while the worst continue to ruin music.

  • Tre Wut Son

    nergal being “the best” is debateable depending on what you’re into, but this is certainly unfortunate and i hope things improve.

  • Vincentrenfield

    Terminal illness is not a punishment from God, people get sick, people die, and people recover. Steve Rowe the singer of legendary extrime christain metal outfit Mortification was diagnosed with Leukemia which destroyed his sight and made him a walking parapelegic. Back then it was the same thing, so called christians saying that it was steves punishment for playing metal music and calling it christian. Steve is one of the most positive guys in metal, he never saw it as a cure or punishment. Steve had the bone marrow transplant was given a 1% chance to live and he is now in remission. He has now truned it into a great lesson in the human spirit, he still plays metal, still a positive guy and still ignoring all of those who would call his illness a curse. People do recover and I hope this is the case for Nurgal. Behemoth is a crushing metal band and that’s what we’re here to discuss right? Instead of going old testament on nurgal’s ass, take a look at the other half of the book.

  • SalaciousAcres

    Hi guys – for the second year I will be doing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s ‘Light the Night’ walk in which particpants walk across the Brooklyn Bridge carrying lit candles. It is a beautiful sight and a beautiful cause that takes place on 10/14.

    If you would like to donate to my walk you can do so here: http://pages.lightthenight.org/nyc/Manhattn10/DFrye.

    The money is donated straight to the Society. Due your due diligence, check it out and then donate if you can. You can also click thru to my team page (The Nightlifers). Other than me (the goatee’d dude), there is nothing metal about us. We are just colleagues who like to support a good cause and have a great time doing it. They ask me the same question everyone does who doesn’t “get” the metal: “why?”.

    Of course, you can donate to the Society and leave me out of it if you’d like too. As long as we continue to say “fuck cancer” that’s all I care about.

    Thanks for reading. Best wishes to Nergal and his family.
    - Darren Frye

  • mynamesucksmorethanyours

    fuckin leukemia,how does it work?

  • Ronnie

    I can’t believe this =’(. We can’t lose another legend.

  • BEHEMOTH TILL THE END

    Hey Silence Dogood! are you a fucking priest? a fucking pastor?! the metal bangers gives a shit for your opinion, ya cocksucker!!! Nergal and Behemoth is gratest than your tupid words!! Oh!! what ridiculous cowboy fuckin’ hat !!!
    ya trash!!

  • Shinaain

    Behemoth has released an official statement through their website, asking people to register their marrow for donation and providing information on the organization of preference.

    Their statement here: http://www.behemoth.pl/site/index.php/eng#calosc.317.BEHEMOTHs_Nergal_brings_awareness_to_the_need_for_bone_marrow_donors

    Music Saves Lives: http://www.musicsaveslives.org/

    A start towards researching all international options: http://www.google.com/search?q=international+bone+marrow+registry&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

  • vincentrenfield

    Yeah,old Extol was good but what the fuck appened with their new stuff… slowly going the way of the Haunted I guess… anyway, not good!

  • Devin

    fuck cancer stop taking our death metal icons!!!!

  • swahveck

    Good news, Nergal has just found a donor. He is starting his treatment any soon. Bone Marrow transplant is only one of the stages of the treatment, but IMO it’s the hardest part to find a donor. I think this is what makes leukemia so lethal.

    FYI, TVP is not a celebrity news site, it’s Polish public television (TVP=telewizja polska)

  • chrb

    Behemoth love this band true capacity of the drak hard metalergy of the soul wish usa wasn’t frigen lame wish could see bands as such are more metal, then frat like hatebread. True hoarse plop. Behemoth&rotting crist/please// what i wrot till heard this i hate that more then true post hard core guenra. this is a haribal thing just get net back hear this. think its nets falt.grrrrrr

  • chuck shotgun

    Hes getting what he deserved, hes caused enough children to go dillusional. Hes ready to rot in hell