Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)

Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) is the debut studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It was released in April 1995 by Pagan Records. It has since been re-released through numerous other labels.

Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
Studio album by Behemoth
Released	April 1995
Recorded	December 1994
Genre	Black metal
Length	45:28
Label	Pagan
Producer	Behemoth
Behemoth chronology
...From the Pagan Vastlands (1994) Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) (1995) Grom (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album inside cover artwork shows The Temple of Swarog by Stanisław Jakubowski.

Track listing

All music is composed by Nergal, except "Ancient" and "Hell Dwells in Ice" which were written and performed by Swiss zine writer Demonius.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Chant of the Eastern Lands"	Nergal	5:43
2.	"The Touch of Nya" (Instrumental)	–	0:57
3.	"From the Pagan Vastlands"	Tomasz Krajewski	4:30
4.	"Hidden in a Fog"	Tomasz Krajewski	6:49
5.	"Ancient" (Instrumental)	–	2:01
6.	"Entering the Faustian Soul"	Nergal	5:35
7.	"Forgotten Cult of Aldaron"	Nergal	4:35
8.	"Wolves Guard My Coffin"	Nergal	4:29
9.	"Hell Dwells in Ice"	Demonious	5:50
10.	"Transylvanian Forest" (Originally on And the Forests Dream Eternally EP)	Nergal	4:53
Total length:			45:28

Reissue bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)" (Originally on And the Forests Dream Eternally EP)	5:59
Total length:		51:17

Personnel

Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, mixing Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums, mixing Additional musicians Cezary "Cezar" Augustynowicz (Christ Agony) – keyboards Sascha "Demonius" Falquet - keyboards & songwriting (tracks 5, 9)

Production DarkArts (David Thiérrée) – cover design and artwork Tomasz Daniłowicz – cover concept and layout Krzysztof Maszota – engineering Tomasz Krajewski – executive producer, lyrics Note Recorded in December 1994 at Eight Studio.

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Germany, Poland, Brazil	April 1995	Last Epitaph, Pagan Records, Hellion Records
Russia	2005	CD-Maximum

References

1. "Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) - Behemoth : Songs, Credits, Reviews, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2012.