Satanica (album) explained

Satanica
Type:	studio
Artist:	Behemoth
Cover:	Behemoth - Satanica.jpg
Released:	9 August 1999
Recorded:	1999, Starcraft Stimulation Studios
Genre:	Blackened death metal
Length:	37:44
Label:	Avantgarde, Metal Mind, Dwell
Producer:	Nergal, M.A.
Prev Title:	Pandemonic Incantations
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Live Eschaton
Next Year:	2000

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.^[1]

Track listing

Regular CD and digipak

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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Behemoth (3) - Satanica (CD, Album) at Discogs . 12 August 2009 .