1995 studio album by Behemoth
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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.[citation needed ]
The album inside cover artwork shows The Temple of Swarog by Stanisław Jakubowski.
All music is composed by Nergal , except "Ancient" and "Hell Dwells in Ice" which were written and performed by Swiss zine writer Demonius
Title Lyrics 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 the And the Forests Dream Eternally EP ) Nergal 4:53 Total length: 45:28
Reissue bonus track Title 11. "Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)" (originally on the And the Forests Dream Eternally EP ) 5:59 Total length: 51:17
2021 reissue bonus tracks CD 2 Title 1. "Cursed Angel of Doom" (Sventevith bonus track) 2. "Dark Triumph" (Sventevith bonus track) 3. "Bless Thee for Granting Me Pain" (Helevorn, 1994) 4. "Hell Dwells in Ice" (Helevorn, 1994) 5. "Hidden in a Fog" (Merry Christless 15 December 2017, Warsaw, Poland) 6. "From the Pagan Vastlands" (Black Metal Inferno Fest 8 June 1996, Rotterdam, Netherlands) 7. "Hidden in a Fog" (Black Metal Inferno Fest 8 June 1996, Rotterdam, Netherlands) 8. "Wolves Guard My Coffin" (Black Metal Inferno Fest 8 June 1996, Rotterdam, Netherlands) 9. "Hidden in a Fog" (Live at Riviera Remont 11 October 1996, Warsaw, Poland) 10. "From the Pagan Vastlands" (Pagan Triumph Tour 14 September 1996, Maastricht, Netherlands) 11. "Hidden in a Fog" (Pagan Triumph Tour 14 September 1996, Maastricht, Netherlands) Total length: 51:17
Note: The 2021 reissue has only the first nine songs on CD 1.
Behemoth 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.
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