Satanica (album)

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Satanica
Behemoth - Satanica.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 August 1999
Recorded1999, Starcraft Stimulation Studios
Genre Blackened death metal
Length37:44
Label Avantgarde, Metal Mind, Dwell
Producer Nergal, 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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
Teraz Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

Track listing

Regular CD and digipak
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Decade of Therion"Krzysztof Azarewicz Nergal 3:19
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)" Nergal Nergal0:44
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

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Poland9 August 1999 Metal Mind Productions
Italy, UK25 October 1999 Avantgarde Music, Peaceville Records
USA22 August 2000Dwell Records
RussiaFebruary 2002Irond Records

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