''Demigod'' is the seventh studio album by Polish

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band Behemoth. The album was recorded during May and July in 2004 at the ''Hendrix Studios'' and was released in October 2004. Daniel Bergstrand mixed the record at the ''Dug out Studios'' in

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during July and August in 2004. The record was then mastered at the ''Cutting Room'' in

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in August 2004. The track "XUL" included a guest guitar solo by

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. The track "Before the Æons Came" is an adaptation of a poem by British poet

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. The track "Conquer All" was featured as DLC in the

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Rock Band 2, and has continued to be featured in subsequent games. Along with being Behemoth's breakthrough album, ''Demigod'' is now considered a landmark album within the Polish death metal scene, with

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notably including it in their Hall of Fame.

Track listing

Personnel

; Behemoth * Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, lyrics * Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion * Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass guitar ; Additional musicians * Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber – session guitars *

– guitar solo on "XUL" * Piotr Bańka – synthesizer, and arrangements * ''Academic Male Choir From Lublin'' – choir ; Production * Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski – sound engineer * Tomasz "Graal" Daniłowicz – cover design and artwork * Krzysztof Azarewicz – lyrics * Zenon Darski – weaponry and armour * Thomas Eberger – mastering * Sharon E. Wennekers – grammatical consultations * Dominik Kulaszewicz – photography * Krzysztof Sadowski – photography * Tomasz Daniłowicz – ''The Core Ov Hell'' mask design * Zenon Darski – ''The Core Ov Hell'' mask finishing * Norbert Grabianowski – ''The Core Ov Hell'' mask forging ; Note *Recorded at Hendrix Studios, Lublin; May–July 2004 *Mixed at Dug Out Studio, Upsala; July–August 2004 *Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm; August 2004

Release history

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Behemoth (band) albums Century Media Records albums Regain Records albums Albums produced by Adam Darski