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.
Track listing Regular CD and digipak
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.
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
Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – guitars, bass guitar, vocals, synthesizers, lyrics, mixing Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussions Leszek "L-Kaos" Dziegielewski – guitar
Production Krzysztof Azarewicz – lyrics Katarzyna Brejwo – grammatical consultation Tomasz "Graal" Daniłowicz – cover design and artwork Marquis – logo Agnieszka Gafka – photography M.A. – co-producing, co-mixing Grzegorz Piwkowski – audio mastering
Note Recorded at Starcraft Stimulation Studios. Mastered in Warsaw, 1999.
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
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