Ezkaton

Ezkaton
EP by Behemoth
Released	November 11, 2008
Recorded	November, 2006 – April, 2007 October 2007
Genre	Death metal, blackened death metal
Length	27:53
Label	Metal Blade, Regain, Mystic Production
Producer	Behemoth
Behemoth chronology
At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy (2008) Ezkaton (2008) Evangelion (2009)
Alternative cover
Limited edition box set cover.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]

Ezkaton is the sixth EP by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It was released in North America through Metal Blade Records on November 11, 2008, and in Europe through Regain Records on November 20, 2008. The EP features seven tracks, including one new song titled Qadosh, a live recording and new studio version to Chant for Ezkaton 2000 e.v., live versions of From the Pagan Vastlands and Decade ov Therion, along with covers of Master's Hammer's Jáma pekel(lead vocal BigBoss-Root) and Ramones' I'm Not Jesus.

The first four tracks were recorded during the The Apostasy studio sessions at the Radio Gdańsk Studios from November 2006 till March 2007. The other three live tracks were recorded in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands in October 2007 the during the European Apostasy tour.

Ezkaton has also been released as a limited edition box set, that includes four 7-inch picture discs. The set also comes with a bonus track, Devilock (Misfits cover) on the third picture disc. Each picture disc has one track on each side.

In 2014, the EP (including the Devilock bonus track and several live tracks) was included in a re-release of The Apostasy by Peaceville Records.

The limited edition box set also has two manufacturing mistakes: the CD title for track 3 "Jamal Pekel" is written as "Jamal Piekiel". And the back of the box misses the "live" mention for "Decade Ov Therion".

Track listing

Regular CD and Digipak

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Chant for Ezkaton 2000 e.v."	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	5:11
2.	"Qadosh"	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	4:58
3.	"Jáma pekel" (Master's Hammer cover)	Storm	Fibiger, Necrocock, Storm	3:59
4.	"I'm Not Jesus" (Ramones cover)	Richie Ramone	Richie Ramone	2:41
5.	"From the Pagan Vastlands" (live)	Tomasz Krajewski	Nergal	3:01
6.	"Decade ov Therion" (live)	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	2:56
7.	"Chant for Ezkaton 2000 e.v." (live)	Krzysztof Azarewicz	Nergal	5:07

Personnel

Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass guitar Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion Additional musicians Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber – guitars Igor Hubík (Root) – vocals on Jáma pekel Jiří "Big Boss " Valter (Root) – lead vocals on Jáma pekel

Production Tomasz "Graal" Danilowicz – cover concept, design, and artwork direction Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski – engineering (tracks (1-4) Bjorn Engelmann – mastering (tracks 1-2) Grzegorz Piwkowski – mastering (tracks 3-7) Daniel Bergstrand – mixing (tracks 1-6) Kuba Mankowski – recording (tracks 1-6) Krzysztof Azarewicz – lyrics Note Songs 1-4 recorded during The Apostasy studio sessions at RG Studios, November 2006 -March 2007 Mixed in Dug Out Studio, Uppsala, March 2007 e.v. and June 2008 Additional vocal tracks recorded in Soundsgreat Studio, Gdynia, May 2008 Songs 5-7 recorded in Leeuwarden, Holland, October 2007 during "European Apostasy" tour. Songs 1-2 mastered in Cutting Room Studio, Stockholm, March 2007 Songs 3-7 mastered in High-End Audio, Warsaw, June 2008

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Poland	November 10, 2008	Mystic Production
USA	November 11, 2008	Metal Blade Records
Sweden	November 20, 2008	Regain Records

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers	26

References

1. Prato, Greg. "Review: Ezkaton". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
2. Zhu, Yulon. "Review: Ezkaton". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 22 August 2009.