Satanica (album)

Satanica is the fourth studio album released in 1999 by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. 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]

Satanica
Studio album by Behemoth
Released	August 9, 1999
Recorded	1999, Starcraft Stimulation Studios
Genre	Blackened death metal
Length	37:44
Label	Avantgarde, Metal Mind, Dwell
Producer	Nergal, M.A.
Behemoth chronology
Pandemonic Incantations (1998) Satanica (1999) Thelema.6 (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Chronicles of Chaos	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]
Teraz Rock	[3]

Track listing

Regular CD and digipak

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Decade of Therion"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	3:19
2.	"LAM"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	4:13
3.	"Ceremony of Shiva"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	3:32
4.	"Of Sephirotic Transformation and Carnality"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	4:30
5.	"The Sermon to the Hypocrites"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	5:03
6.	"Starspawn"	Nergal	Nergal	3:31
7.	"The Alchemist's Dream"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	5:40
8.	"Chant for Eschaton 2000"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	5:22
33.	"#33"	–	Nergal	0:57
93.	"#93"	Nergal	Nergal	1:37

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, February 26, 1999.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Diableria (The Great Introduction)"	Nergal	Nergal	0:44
2.	"The Thousand Plagues I Witness"	Nergal	Nergal	5:26
3.	"Satan's Sword (I Have Become)"	Nergal	Nergal	4:48
4.	"From the Pagan Vastlands"	Tomasz Krajewski	Nergal	3:30
5.	"Driven by the Five-Winged Star"	Nergal	Nergal	5:34
6.	"The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars"	Nergal	Nergal	4:41

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	August 9, 1999	Metal Mind Productions
Italy, UK	October 25, 1999	Avantgarde Music, Peaceville Records
USA	August 22, 2000	Dwell Records
Russia	February 2002	Irond Records

References

1. Azevedo, Pedro. "Behemoth - "Satanica" review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Sankowski, Robert. "Behemoth "Satanica" review" (in Polish). Teraz Rock. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
4. "Behemoth (3) - Satanica (CD, Album) at Discogs". Retrieved 2009-08-12.