Chaotica-The Essence of the Underworld

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Chaotica-The Essence of the Underworld
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Studio album by Behemoth
Released 2002
Genre Black metal
Length 2:23:33
Label Metal Mind Recordes
Producer Behemoth, Tomas Dziubinski


Chaotica is a two-disc boxset by the band Behemoth containing songs from their first two albums and three of their demos and EPs. It also contains two covers: Total Disaster(Destruction), and Freezing Moon(Mayhem). It comes with a 16 page booklet containing rare live pictures of the band and a foreword by Nergal.

[edit] Track Listing

CD 1

  1. "The Chant of the Eastern Lands"
  2. "The Touch of Nya"
  3. "From the Pagan Vastlands"
  4. "Hidden in a Fog"
  5. "Ancient"
  6. "Entering the Faustian Soul"
  7. "Forgotten Cult of Aldaron"
  8. "Wolves Guard my Coffin"
  9. "Hell Dwells in Ice"
  10. "The Dark Triumph"
  11. "Cursed Angel of Doom"
  12. "Transylvanian Forest"
  13. "Moonspell Rites"
  14. "Sventevith(Storming Near the Baltic)"
  15. "Pure Evil & Hate"
  16. "Forgotten Empire of Dark Witchcraft"

CD 2

  1. "Intro"
  2. "The Dark Forest (Cast Your Spell)"
  3. "Spellcraft and Heathendom"
  4. "Dragon's Lair (Cosmic Flames and Four Barbaric Seasons)"
  5. "Lasy Pomorza"
  6. "Rising Proudly Towards the Sky"
  7. "Thou Shalt Forever Win"
  8. "Grom"
  9. "Total Disaster" (Destruction cover)
  10. "Freezing Moon" (Mayhem cover)
  11. "With the Spell of Inferno"
  12. "Hidden in a Fog"
  13. "Sventevith(Storming Near the Baltic)"

[edit] Credits

CD 1

  • Tracks 1-9
    • Recorded December 1994 in Warrior Studio
    • All music by Nergal except "From the Pagan Vastelands" and "Hidden in a Fog" by Tomas Krajewski
    • Line-Up:
      • Nergal-guitar, vocals
      • Baal Ravenlock - drums
  • Tracks 10-11
    • Re-recorded during the Sventevith studio session 1994.
  • Track 12-16
    • Recorded in July 1994 Warrior Studios.
    • All music & lyrics by Nergal
    • Line-Up:
      • Nergal-guitar, vocals, bass, drums on Forgotten Empire of Dark Witchcraft.
      • Baal Ravenlock - drums

CD 2

  • Tracks 1-8
    • Recorded in December 1995 in Warrior Studios.
    • All music & lyrics by Nergal, except lyrics for "Dragon's Lair" by Baal Ravenlock
    • Line-up:
      • Nergal-guitars, vocals
      • Les-bass
      • Baal Ravenlock-drums
  • Tracks 9-10
    • Recorded during "Grom" session.
  • Tracks 11-13
    • Recorded in February 1997 in P.J. Studios.
    • All music & lyrics by Nergal, except "Hidden in a Fog" by Tomas Krajewski
    • Line-up
      • Nergal-guitars, vocals
      • Les-bass
      • Baal Ravenlock-drums

All tracks Re-mastered by Grzegorz Piwskowski in High-End Audio Executive Producer: Tomasz Dziubinski for Metal Mind Productions