And the Forests Dream Eternally

And the Forests Dream Eternally is the debut EP by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It was released in August 1995, through Italian label Enthopy Records.

And the Forests Dream Eternally
EP by Behemoth
Released	August 1995
Recorded	July 1994
Genre	Black metal
Length	24:50
Label	Enthopy
Producer	Behemoth, Luca Marchetti, Massimo Origgi
Behemoth chronology
...From the Pagan Vastlands (1994) And the Forests Dream Eternally (1995) Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The EP was recorded in July 1994 in Warrior Studio.

"Pure Evil and Hate" is a tribute to Bathory. It is one of the band's most popular songs and is often a closer for live performances.

The EP was re-released in 1997 by Last Episode Records in a split with Forbidden Spaces by Polish black metal band Damnation. It was re-issued again in 2005, with the tracks from another Behemoth EP, Bewitching the Pomerania, as bonus tracks. On September 18, 2020 the EP will be re-released again, by Metal Blade Records. This re-issue includes nine bonus tracks and comes in different coloured vinyl and double CD format.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Transylvanian Forest"	5:34
2.	"Moonspell Rites"	6:00
3.	"Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)"	5:58
4.	"Pure Evil and Hate"	3:07
5.	"Forgotten Empire of Dark Witchcraft"	4:11

Re-issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
6.	"With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto)"	4:38
7.	"Hidden in the Fog"	5:12
8.	"Sventevith Storming Near the Baltic (Version 97)"	5:15

2020 re-issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Transylvanian Forest (Merry Christless Festival 2017, Poland)"
7.	"Moonspell Rites (Loud Park Festival 2013, Japan)"
8.	"Pure Evil and Hate (Brutal Assault Festival, 2000, Czech Republic)"
9.	"Transylvanian Forest (Pagan Triumph Tour 1996, Netherlands)"
10.	"Transylvanian Forest (Riviera Remont Club 1996, Poland)"
11.	"Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) (Rehearsal 1994)"
12.	"Moonspell Rites (1993 Rehearsal)"
13.	"Pure Evil and Hate (1993 Rehearsal)"
14.	"Moonspell Rites (1993 Rehearsal)"

Personnel

Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitar, bass guitar and drums (track 5) Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion Rafał "Frost" Brauer – guitar

Production Krzysztof "Kris" Maszota – engineering Luca Marchetti – executive producer Massimo Origgi – executive producer Note Recorded at Warrior Studio, Gdańsk, Poland, July 1994

Charts

Chart performance for And the Forests Dream Eternally

Chart (2020)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	78

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Italy	August 1994	Entropy Productions
Brazil, Poland	2005	Hellion Records, Metal Mind Records

References

1. Prato, Greg. "And the Forests Dream Eternally - Behemoth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
2. Metal Blade official shop, retrieved on September 7, 2020.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Behemoth – And the Forests Dream Eternally" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 September 2020.