Pandemonic Incantations

Pandemonic Incantations is the third studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The album was recorded during August and September 1997, at Selani Studio and was mixed in October 1997. The album was then released in 1998 by Solistitium Records, whilst Behemoth were still in their period of transition from black metal to blackened death metal. A remastered digipak version was released by Metal Mind Records with 6 bonus tracks, including 5 live tracks recorded during the European tour in Toulouse, France on February 27, 1999 and a studio version of With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto).

Pandemonic Incantations
Studio album by Behemoth
Released	March 2, 1998
Recorded	August–September 1997
Genre	Blackened death metal
Length	37:30
Language	English, Polish
Label	Solistitium, Novum Vox Mortis/Koch International
Producer	Behemoth
Behemoth chronology
Bewitching the Pomerania (1997) Pandemonic Incantations (1998) Satanica (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Chronicles of Chaos	[1]

It is known that on the original version of the album, the eighth track is followed by 57 tracks of silence. The outro is on track number 66.[2]

Track listing

Regular CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Diableria (The Great Introduction)" (Instrumental)	Nergal	Nergal	0:49
2.	"The Thousand Plagues I Witness"	Nergal	Nergal	5:15
3.	"Satan's Sword (I Have Become)"	Nergal	Nergal	4:17
4.	"In Thy Pandemæternum"	Nergal	Nergal	4:49
5.	"Driven by the Five-Winged Star"	Nergal	Nergal	5:03
6.	"The Past Is Like a Funeral"	Nergal	Nergal	6:40
7.	"The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars"	Nergal	Nergal	4:44
8.	"Chwała mordercom Wojciecha (997–1997 dziesięć wieków hańby)"	Nergal	Nergal	4:48
66.	"Outro"	Nergal	Nergal	0:59

Remastered edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Diableria (The Great Introduction)"	Nergal	Nergal	0:49
2.	"The Thousand Plagues I Witness"	Nergal	Nergal	5:15
3.	"Satan's Sword (I Have Become)"	Nergal	Nergal	4:17
4.	"In Thy Pandemaeternum"	Nergal	Nergal	4:49
5.	"Driven by the Five-Winged Star"	Nergal	Nergal	5:03
6.	"The Past is Like a Funeral"	Nergal	Nergal	6:40
7.	"The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars"	Nergal	Nergal	4:44
8.	"With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto)" (Bonus track)	Nergal	Nergal	4:38
9.	"Chwała Mordercom Wojciecha (997-1997 Dziesięć Wieków Hańby)"	Nergal	Nergal	4:48
10.	"Diableria (The Great Introduction)" (Bonus track, live)	Nergal	Nergal	0:29
11.	"The Thousand Plagues I Witness" (Bonus track, live)	Nergal	Nergal	5:23
12.	"Satan's Sword (I Have Become)" (Bonus track, live)	Nergal	Nergal	4:35
13.	"From the Pagan Vastlands" (Bonus track, live)	Tomasz Krajewski	Nergal	3:40
14.	"Driven by the Five-Winged Star" (Bonus track, live)	Nergal	Nergal	5:08

Personnel

Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar,[3] lyrics Mefisto – bass guitar (credit only)[3] Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums, percussion Additional musicians Piotr Weltowski (December's Fire) – synthesizers

Production Starprint – photography Jacek Gawlowski – mixing Tomasz "Graal" Daniłowicz – cover design and artwork, logo Marqvis – logo Andrzej "Andy" Bomba – engineering Note Recorded during August/September 1997 at Selani Studio. Mixed in October 1997.

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Germany, Poland	March 2, 1998	Solistitium Records, Novum Vox Mortis
Italy	1999	Avantgarde Music

References

1. McKay, Aaron. "Behemoth - "Pandemonic Incantations" review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
2. "Encyclopaedia Metallum - Behemoth (Pol) - Pandemonic Incantations". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
3. Łukasz Dunaj, Devil's Conquistadors, pp. 131.