Pandemonic Incantations

Studio album by Behemoth

Released

March 2, 1998

Recorded

August–September 1997

Genre

Blackened death metal

Length

37:30

Language

English, Polish

Label

Solistitium, Novum Vox Mortis/Koch International

Producer

Behemoth

Behemoth chronology

Bewitching the Pomerania
(1997)

Pandemonic Incantations
(1998)

Satanica
(1999)

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

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 6 bonus tracks, including 5 live tracks recorded during the European tour in Toulouse, France on February 27, 1999 and a studio version of With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto).

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]

Track listing

Regular CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Remastered edition
Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Personnel

Behemoth

Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar,^[3] lyrics
Mefisto – bass guitar (credit only)^[3]
Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums, percussion

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.

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Germany, Poland	March 2, 1998	Solistitium Records, Novum Vox Mortis
Italy	1999	Avantgarde Music

References

↑ McKay, Aaron. "Behemoth - "Pandemonic Incantations" review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
↑ "Encyclopaedia Metallum - Behemoth (Pol) - Pandemonic Incantations". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
1 2 Łukasz Dunaj, Devil's Conquistadors, pp. 131.

Behemoth

Nergal Inferno Orion Seth Baal Ravenlock Desecrator Frost Orcus Les Mefisto Havoc Novy

Studio albums	Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) Grom Pandemonic Incantations Satanica Thelema.6 Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) Demigod The Apostasy Evangelion The Satanist

Live albums	At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy Live Barbarossa

EPs	And the Forests Dream Eternally Bewitching the Pomerania Antichristian Phenomenon Conjuration Slaves Shall Serve Ezkaton Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel Xiądz

Demos	Endless Damnation The Return of the Northern Moon Thy Winter Kingdom ...From the Pagan Vastlands

Compilation albums	Demonica Abyssus Abyssum Invocat

Split albums	And the Forests Dream Eternally/Forbidden Spaces

Video albums	Live Eschaton Crush.Fukk.Create: Requiem for Generation Armageddon Evangelia Heretika

Related articles	Discography Blindead Vader Vesania Azarath

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