Demonica is compilation box set released by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth

Behemoth (band)

Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....

. The boxset includes demo's plus previously unreleased and re-recorded songs from Behemoth's

Behemoth (band)

Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....

 "old school" days when they still played traditional black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

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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.

Track listing

CD 1
CD 2

Personnel

CD 1

• Tracks 1-8
  • Adam "Nergal" Darski
    Adam Darski
    Adam Michał Darski also known by his stage name Nergal and previously Holocausto, is a Polish musician and television personality, best known for being the frontman for blackened death metal band Behemoth.- Biography :...
    
     – guitars, bass and vocals
  • Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion
  • Additional effects and synth by Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali
    Rob Darken
    Robert "Darken" Fudali aka Lord Wind is the founder & maintainer of the Polish music projects Graveland and Lord Wind.He has also contributed to other local bands, such as Veles, Infernum, Oppressor , Legion, Wolfkhan, Behemoth and North, most of which as either session keyboardist or artwork...
    
    
• 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
    Zbigniew Robert Prominski
    Zbigniew Robert Promiński , stage name Inferno, is a Polish death metal drummer. He has contributed to bands such as Behemoth, Azarath, Witchmaster, Damnation, Deus Mortem, Artrosis, Christ Agony and Devilyn. Also, his endorsements include Paiste, Czarcie Kopyto, Spaun Drums, Vic Firth, and...
    
     – drums and percussion
  • Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski
    Tomasz Wróblewski
    Tomasz Wróblewski , stage name Orion, is a Polish death metal musician, current bassist/backing vocalist of Behemoth and Black River, and the vocalist/guitarist of Vesania. He also contributed with the band Neolithic and performed backing vocals with Machine Head during the Sounds of the...
    
     – 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

Information

• All tracks re-mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski at High-End Studio, September 2005.

CD 1

• Tracks 1–8 originally appeared on The Return of the Northern Moon Demo.
• Tracks 9–10 recorded during Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
  Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
  Sventevith is the debut album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. It was originally released in 1995 by Pagan Records, but it is known that the album has been re-released through numerous other labels....
  
  studio sessions.
• Tracks 9–11 are previously unreleased tracks.
• Tracks 10–11 are re-recorded tracks.
• Track 11 originally appeared on the And the Forests Dream Eternally
  And the Forests Dream Eternally
  Reissue - Personnel :* Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, bass, drums on Forgotten Empire Of Dark Witchcraft* Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion* Rafał "Frost" Brauer – guitarOther personnel...
  
  EP.
• Track 11 recorded during Demigod
  Demigod (album)
  Demigod is the seventh studio album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. The album was recorded during May and July in 2004 at the Hendrix Studios and was released on October 25, 2004. Daniel Bergstrand mixed the record at the Dug out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden during July and August in...
  
  studio sessions.

CD 2

• Tracks 1–7 originally appeared on the ...From the Pagan Vastlands demo.
• Tracks 8–10 are alternative version tracks.
• Tracks 8–11 originally from ...From the Pagan Vastlands pre-production.
• Tracks 8–12 are previously unreleased tracks.
• Track 12 originally appeared on Grom
  Grom (album)
  Grom is the second studio album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. It was recorded and mixed during December 1995 & January 1996 and was originally released in January 1996 through Solistitium Records and later on by Pagan Records...
  
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• Track 12 recorded during Demigod studio sessions.