''At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy'' is the first live album by the Polish
extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...
band
Behemoth. It was released on 31 October 2008 through
Regain Records
Regain Records was a Swedish-based independent record label. The label predominantly released death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1997 ...
.
The album was recorded live at La Loco in Paris, France, on 17 February 2008 during the ''European Apostasy'' tour. The record was then mixed and edited in the ''Antfarm Studio'', Denmark in June 2008. Additional editing took place in the ''Soundsgreat Studio'' in Poland during April and May 2008. The record was then mastered at the Cutting Room Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 2008.
The live album was also released as a
digibook including 17 tracks. A limited metalbox edition (including a patch, a guitar pick and 2 bonus songs) was announced but never came to fruition due to
Regain Records
Regain Records was a Swedish-based independent record label. The label predominantly released death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1997 ...
financial problems.
Track listing
;Bonus tracks
Bonus tracks that were supposed to be included in metalbox version only (never released)
Personnel
; Behemoth
*
Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, lyrics
*
Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass, backing vocals
*
Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion
; Additional musicians
*
Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber – guitars, backing vocals
; Note
*Recorded live in La Loco, Paris on 17 February 2008 during "European Apostasy" tour.
*Mixed and edited, June 2008.
*Additional editing in Soundsgreat Studio, Poland, April–May 2008
*Mastered, July 2008.
; Production
* Tomasz Danilowicz – cover concept and artwork direction
* Graal – cover design and artwork
* Bjorn Engelmann – mastering
* Tue Madsen – mixing, editing
* Kuba Mankowski (Pneuma) – editing
* Agnieszka Krysiuk – live photography
* Daniel Falk – live photography
* Martn Darksoul – live photography
* Shelley Jambresic – live photography
* Stephane Buriez – recording
* Tomasz Krajewski – lyrics of ''From the Pagan Vastlands''
* Krzysztof Azarewicz – lyrics
Release history
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:At the Arena ov Aion Live Apostasy
Behemoth (band) live albums
2008 live albums
Regain Records live albums
Albums produced by Adam Darski