Pandemonic Incantations is the third studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth . The album was recorded during August and September 1997, at Selani Studio and was mixed in October 1997. The album was then released in 1998 by Solistitium Records, whilst Behemoth were still in their period of transition from black metal to blackened death metal . A remastered digipak version was released by Metal Mind Records with six bonus tracks, including five live tracks recorded during the European tour in Toulouse , France, on 27 February 1999 and a studio version of With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto) .
Pandemonic Incantations Released 2 March 1998 Recorded August–September 1997 Genre Blackened death metal Length 37 :30 Language English, Polish Label Solistitium, Novum Vox Mortis/Koch International Producer Behemoth
It is known that on the original version of the album, the eighth track is followed by 57 tracks of silence. The outro is on track number 66.[ 2]
Regular CD Title Lyrics Music 1. "Diableria (The Great Introduction)" (instrumental) Nergal Nergal 0:49 2. "The Thousand Plagues I Witness" Nergal Nergal 5:15 3. "Satan's Sword (I Have Become)" Nergal Nergal 4:17 4. "In Thy Pandemæternum" Nergal Nergal 4:49 5. "Driven by the Five-Winged Star" Nergal Nergal 5:03 6. "The Past Is Like a Funeral" Nergal Nergal 6:40 7. "The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars" Nergal Nergal 4:44 8. "Chwała mordercom Wojciecha (997–1997 dziesięć wieków hańby)" Nergal Nergal 4:48 66. "Outro" Nergal Nergal 0:59 Total length: 37:30
Remastered edition Title Lyrics Music 1. "Diableria (The Great Introduction)" Nergal Nergal 0:49 2. "The Thousand Plagues I Witness" Nergal Nergal 5:15 3. "Satan's Sword (I Have Become)" Nergal Nergal 4:17 4. "In Thy Pandemaeternum" Nergal Nergal 4:49 5. "Driven by the Five-Winged Star" Nergal Nergal 5:03 6. "The Past is Like a Funeral" Nergal Nergal 6:40 7. "The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars" Nergal Nergal 4:44 8. "With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto)" (Bonus track) Nergal Nergal 4:38 9. "Chwała Mordercom Wojciecha (997-1997 Dziesięć Wieków Hańby)" Nergal Nergal 4:48 10. "Diableria (The Great Introduction)" (Bonus track, live) Nergal Nergal 0:29 11. "The Thousand Plagues I Witness" (Bonus track, live) Nergal Nergal 5:23 12. "Satan's Sword (I Have Become)" (Bonus track, live) Nergal Nergal 4:35 13. "From the Pagan Vastlands" (Bonus track, live) Tomasz Krajewski Nergal 3:40 14. "Driven by the Five-Winged Star" (Bonus track, live) Nergal Nergal 5:08
Behemoth
Additional musicians
Piotr Weltowski (December's Fire) – synthesizers
Production
Starprint – photography
Jacek Gawlowski – mixing
Tomasz "Graal" Daniłowicz – cover design and artwork, logo
Marqvis – logo
Andrzej "Andy" Bomba – engineering
Note
Recorded during August/September 1997 at Selani Studio. Mixed in October 1997.