Behemoth frontman Nergal is facing a charge of blasphemy in his native Poland due to an image in which he is seen stepping on artwork that depicts the Virgin Mary, Loudwire reports. The Polish musician, real name Adam Darski, is accused of “publicly insulting the object of Christian religious worship in the form of the person of the Mother of God” by sharing the offending image on social media. Nergal confirmed there was “another lawsuit in the process”, but claimed it was “nonsense”.

Nergal, frontman of the Polish black-metal band Behemoth, was kicked out of a YMCA gym in the US where Behemoth are currently on tour, because he was wearing a Darkthrone shirt, and the band were asked if they believed in Jesus Christ, Loudwire reports. "We don't, because we come from Poland, and we worship Odin. Just […]