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Demonica | ||||
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Released | 10 July 2006 | |||
Recorded | 19 December 1992 24 September 1993 December 1993 December 1994 May–July 2004 July 2005 | |||
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Length | 95:29 | |||
Label | Regain | |||
Producer | Self-released | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Teraz Rock | [2] |
Fearnet | favorable [3] |
Demonica is the first compilation album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The boxset includes demos plus previously unreleased and re-recorded songs from Behemoth's "old school" days when they still played traditional black metal.
The boxset is limited to 10,000 copies and comes packed as an exclusive A5 digibook/slipcase with a 44-page book including rare photos and lyrics. It is also known that a limited edition gatefold double vinyl pressing was released, which is limited to 525 copies. [4] It was re-released as a digipack containing all the original liner notes and lyrics from the box set through the band's current Metal Blade label in 2011.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Notes | Length |
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1. | "...Of My Worship" (Intro) | Nergal, Baal | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 1:35 |
2. | "Summoning of the Ancient Gods" | Nergal, Baal | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 6:07 |
3. | "The Arrival" | Nergal, Baal | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 0:57 |
4. | "Dark Triumph" | Nergal, Baal | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 5:24 |
5. | "Monumentum" (Instrumental) | – | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 1:18 |
6. | "Rise of the Blackstorm of Evil" | Nergal, Baal | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 7:02 |
7. | "Aggressor" (Hellhammer cover) | Tom Warrior | Tom Warrior | The Return of the Northern Moon | 3:33 |
8. | "Goat with a Thousand Young" (Instrumental) | – | Nergal | The Return of the Northern Moon | 3:09 |
9. | "Bless Thee for Granting Me Pain" (Previously unreleased) | Nergal | Nergal | Sventevith studio sessions | 2:18 |
10. | "Cursed Angel of Doom" (Previously unreleased) | Nergal | Nergal | Sventevith studio sessions | 3:09 |
11. | "Transylvanian Forest" (Previously unreleased, re-recorded) | Nergal | Nergal | Demigod studio sessions | 3:16 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Notes | Length |
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1. | "From Hornedlands to Lindisfarne" | Nergal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 5:56 |
2. | "Thy Winter Kingdom" | Baal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 5:17 |
3. | "Summoning (of the Ancient Ones)" | Baal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 4:55 |
4. | "The Dance of the Pagan Flames" | Nergal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 3:59 |
5. | "Blackvisions of the Almighty" | Nergal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 4:49 |
6. | "Fields of Haar-Meggido" | Baal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 6:35 |
7. | "Deathcrush" (Mayhem cover) | Mayhem | Mayhem | ...From the Pagan Vastlands | 3:20 |
8. | "Moonspell Rites" (Previously unreleased, alternate version) | Nergal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production | 6:53 |
9. | "Blackvisions of the Almighty" (Previously unreleased, alternate version) | Nergal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production | 6:40 |
10. | "Pure Evil & Hate" (Previously unreleased, alternate version) | Nergal | Nergal | ...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production | 3:15 |
11. | "The Oak Between the Snows" (Instrumental, previously unreleased) | – | Nergal, Frost | ...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production | 2:29 |
12. | "Spellcraft & Heathendom" (Previously unreleased, re-recorded) | Nergal | Nergal | Demigod studio sessions | 3:33 |
Total length: | 95:29 |
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Region | Date | Label |
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Sweden, Russia | 10 July 2006 | Regain Records, CD-Maximum |
United States | 22 November 2011 | Metal Blade Records |
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