Satanica (album)

Satanica
Studio album by
Behemoth
Released9 August 1999
Recorded1999, Starcraft Stimulation Studios
GenreBlackened death metal
Length37:44
LabelAvantgarde, Metal Mind, Dwell
ProducerNergal, M.A.
Behemoth chronology
Pandemonic Incantations
(1998) 		Satanica
(1999) 		Live Eschaton
(2000)
Behemoth studio album chronology
Pandemonic Incantations
(1998) 		Satanica
(1999) 		Thelema.6
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Teraz Rock[3]

Satanica is the fourth studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth, released in 1999. Much of the music in this release is death metal with influences of black metal music, also commonly known as blackened death metal. It was recorded at the Starcraft Stimulation Studios and mastered in Warsaw, Poland in 1999.[4]

Track listing

Regular CD and digipak
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Decade of Therion"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal3:19
2."LAM"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal4:13
3."Ceremony of Shiva"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal3:32
4."Of Sephirotic Transformation and Carnality"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal4:30
5."The Sermon to the Hypocrites"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal5:03
6."Starspawn"NergalNergal3:31
7."The Alchemist's Dream"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal5:40
8."Chant for Eschaton 2000"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal5:22
33."#33"–Nergal0:57
93."#93"NergalNergal1:37
Total length:37:44
Double CD edition (bonus disc)

It is known that a limited edition double CD was released. The jewel case contains a second bonus CD with live tracks from Strasbourg, France, 26 February 1999.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Diableria (The Great Introduction)"NergalNergal0:44
2."The Thousand Plagues I Witness"NergalNergal5:26
3."Satan's Sword (I Have Become)"NergalNergal4:48
4."From the Pagan Vastlands"Tomasz KrajewskiNergal3:30
5."Driven by the Five-Winged Star"NergalNergal5:34
6."The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars"NergalNergal4:41
Notes
  • On some copies, track 1 is entitled as "Decade of ΘΕΡΙΟΝ" (ΘΕΡΙΟΝ is Greek for Therion).
  • On some copies, track 8 is entitled as "Chant for ΕΣΧHΑΤΟΝ 2000" (ΕΣΧHΑΤΟΝ is Greek for Eschaton).
  • It is known that this album was released with 2 hidden tracks. The first hidden track #33 is an instrumental track, while #93 is a short non-instrumental track but containing lyrics which are nowhere to be found. The tracks 9–32, as well as tracks 34–92 are silent/blank tracks, lasting 0:04 each.

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label
Poland 9 August 1999 Metal Mind Productions
Italy, UK 25 October 1999 Avantgarde Music, Peaceville Records
USA 22 August 2000 Dwell Records
Russia February 2002 Irond Records

References

  1. ^ Azevedo, Pedro. "Behemoth - "Satanica" review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Sankowski, Robert. "Behemoth "Satanica" review" (in Polish). Teraz Rock. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Behemoth (3) - Satanica (CD, Album) at Discogs". Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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