''Demonica'' is the first compilation album by Polish
extreme metal
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band
Behemoth
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. The boxset includes demos plus previously unreleased and re-recorded songs from
Behemoth's "old school" days when they still played traditional
black metal
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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.
It was re-released as a digipack containing all the original liner notes and lyrics from the box set through the band's current Metal Blade label in 2011.
Track listing
;CD 1
;CD 2
Personnel
CD 1
* Tracks 1-8
**
Adam "Nergal" Darski – guitars, bass and vocals
** Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion
** Additional effects and synth by
Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali
* 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 – drums and percussion
**
Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – 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
* All tracks re-mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski at High-End Studio, September 2005.
Release history
References
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Behemoth (band) compilation albums
2006 compilation albums
Regain Records compilation albums