Chaotica - The Essence of the Underworld

by Behemoth

Chaotica - The Essence of the Underworld cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Metal Mind Productions
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 2:23:33
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: LE$, Graal, LE$, Inferno, Baal Ravenlock, LE$, Tomasz Dziubi艅ski, Grzegorz Piwkowski, LE$, Tomasz Krajewski, Nergal

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of early material by Behemoth, drawing on the Polish band's black metal recordings from the mid-1990s before their turn toward death metal. The set documents the raw, pagan-themed phase of the Gda艅sk band's catalogue.

Genres

Descriptors: distorted, riff-heavy, harsh-vocals, fast, technical

Tracklist

  1. The Chant From The Eastern Lands (5:38)
  2. The Touch Of Nya (0:53)
  3. From The Pagan Vastlands (4:25)
  4. Hidden In A Fog (6:46)
  5. Ancient (1:59)
  6. Entering The Faustian Soul (5:29)
  7. Forgotten Cult Of Aldaron (4:33)
  8. Wolves Guard My Coffin (4:26)
  9. Hell Dwells In Ice (5:46)
  10. The Dark Triumph (4:44)
  11. Cursed Angel Of Doom (3:05)
  12. Transylvanian Forest (5:36)
  13. Moonspell Rites (6:01)
  14. Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic) (6:08)
  15. Pure Evil & Hate (3:08)
  16. Forgotten Empire Of Dark Witchcraft (4:10)
  17. Intro (1:35)
  18. The Dark Forest (Cast Me Your Spell) (7:06)
  19. Spellcraft & Heathendom (4:50)
  20. Dragon's Lair (Cosmic Flames And Four Barbaric Seasons) (5:56)
  21. Lasy Pomorza (6:26)
  22. Rising Proudly Towards The Sky (6:53)
  23. Thou Shalt Forever Win (6:37)
  24. Grom (5:30)
  25. Total Disaster (4:38)
  26. Freezing Moon (6:07)
  27. With Spell Of Inferno (4:39)
  28. Hidden In A Fog (5:14)
  29. Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic) (5:15)

Credits

  • Les - bass [basses / bass / bassaxes]
  • Nergal - bass [basses / bass / bassaxes], drums [drums / drums of devastation], guitar, voice [voices / voices of the night], lyrics by, music by [music by / music composed by]
  • Baal Ravenlock - drums [drums / drums of devastation], lyrics by
  • Inferno - drums [drums / drums of devastation]
  • Graal - design
  • Tomasz Dziubi艅ski - executive-producer
  • Tomasz Krajewski - lyrics by

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