Demonica

Demonica
Box set by Behemoth
Released	July 10, 2006
Recorded	December 19, 1992 September 24, 1993 December, 1993 December, 1994 May–July, 2004 July, 2005
Genre	Death metal, Black metal, blackened death metal
Length	95:29
Label	Regain
Producer	Self-released
Behemoth chronology
Slaves Shall Serve (2005) Demonica (2006) The Apostasy (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Teraz Rock	[2]
Fearnet	favorable[3]

Demonica is compilation box set released by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The boxset includes demo's plus previously unreleased and re-recorded songs from Behemoth's "old school" days when they still played traditional black metal.

The boxset is limited to 10,000 copies and comes packed as an exclusive A5 digibook/slipcase with a 44-page book including rare photos and lyrics. It is also known that a limited edition gatefold double vinyl pressing was released, which is limited to 525 copies.^[4] It was re-released as a digipack containing all the original liner notes and lyrics from the box set through the band's current Metal Blade label in 2011.

Track listing

CD 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Notes	Length
1.	"...Of My Worship" (Intro)	Nergal, Baal	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	1:35
2.	"Summoning of the Ancient Gods"	Nergal, Baal	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	6:07
3.	"The Arrival"	Nergal, Baal	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	0:57
4.	"Dark Triumph"	Nergal, Baal	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	5:24
5.	"Monumentum" (Instrumental)	–	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	1:18
6.	"Rise of the Blackstorm of Evil"	Nergal, Baal	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	7:02
7.	"Aggressor" (Hellhammer cover)	Martin Ain	Tom Warrior	The Return of the Northern Moon	3:33
8.	"Goat with a Thousand Young" (Instrumental)	–	Nergal	The Return of the Northern Moon	3:09
9.	"Bless Thee for Granting Me Pain" (Previously unreleased)	Nergal	Nergal	Sventevith studio sessions	2:18
10.	"Cursed Angel of Doom" (Previously unreleased)	Nergal	Nergal	Sventevith studio sessions	3:09
11.	"Transylvanian Forest" (Previously unreleased, re-recorded)	Nergal	Nergal	Demigod studio sessions	3:16

CD 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Notes	Length
1.	"From Hornedlands to Lindisfarne"	Nergal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands	5:56
2.	"Thy Winter Kingdom"	Baal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands	5:17
3.	"Summoning (of the Ancient Ones)"	Baal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands	4:55
4.	"The Dance of the Pagan Flames"	Nergal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands	3:59
5.	"Blackvisions of the Almighty"	Nergal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands	4:49
6.	"Fields of Haar-Meggido"	Baal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands	6:35
7.	"Deathcrush" (Mayhem cover)	Mayhem	Mayhem	...From the Pagan Vastlands	3:20
8.	"Moonspell Rites" (Previously unreleased, alternate version)	Nergal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production	6:53
9.	"Blackvisions of the Almighty" (Previously unreleased, alternate version)	Nergal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production	6:40
10.	"Pure Evil & Hate" (Previously unreleased, alternate version)	Nergal	Nergal	...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production	3:15
11.	"The Oak Between the Snows" (Instrumental, previously unreleased)	–	Nergal, Frost	...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production	2:29
12.	"Spellcraft & Heathendom" (Previously unreleased, re-recorded)	Nergal	Nergal	Demigod studio sessions	3:33

Personnel

CD 1 Tracks 1-8 Adam "Nergal" Darski – guitars, bass and vocals Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion Additional effects and synth by Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali Tracks 9-10 Adam "Nergal" – rhythm & acoustic guitars, bass and vocals Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion Track 11 Adam "Nergal" – lead & rhythm guitars, all vocals Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass

CD 2 Tracks 1-11 Adam "Nergal" Darski – lead & rhythm guitars, all vocals Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion Rafał "Frost / Browar" Brauer – lead & rhythm guitars Orcus – session bass Track 12 Adam "Nergal" Darski – lead & rhythm guitars, all vocals Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass All tracks re-mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski at High-End Studio, September 2005.

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Sweden, Russia	July 10, 2006	Regain Records, CD-Maximum
United States	November 22, 2011	Metal Blade Records

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r940916
2. Wewiór, Łukasz. "Behemoth "Demonica" review" (in Polish). Teraz Rock. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
3. http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/behemoth-demonica-–-cd-review
4. "Encyclopaedia Metallum - Behemoth (Pol) - Demonica". Retrieved 2009-08-17.