''I Loved You at Your Darkest'' is the eleventh studio album by Polish

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band Behemoth, released on 5 October 2018.

Reception

Like its predecessor, ''The Satanist'', ''I Loved You at Your Darkest'' was met with universal acclaim from music critics.

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gave the album a perfect 10/10 review and said: "They have taken their sound, their style and their dynamic, as well as the best of their influences and put forth something that is beyond otherworldly." The album was also nominated for 'Best Album' at the 2019 Kerrang! Awards.

Track listing

Charts

Credits

Behemoth *

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– lead guitar, lead vocals * Orion – bass, backing vocals *

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– drums Technical staff *Haldor Grunberg –

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*Ignacy Gruszecki – engineer *Heinrich (Filip Hałucha) – engineer *Dariusz Budkiewicz – engineer *Sebastian Has – engineer *Tomasz Budkiewicz – engineer *Bartosz Rogalewicz – design (

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), drawings and layout *Denis Forkas Kostromitin –

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*Jan Stokłosa – orchestral arrangements *

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– mixing * Nicola Samori –

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*Tom Baker – mastering Guests *

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– rhythm guitar *Dziablas (Jan Galbas) – backing vocals *Filip Wozniakowski –

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*Krzysztof Lenczowski – cello *Maciej Chyży –

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*Michał Sobuś – double bass *Seweryn Zaplatynski – flute *Siegmar (Krzysztof Oloś) –

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s *Sylwia Mróz – viola *Waldemar Zarow – clarinet *Wawrzyniec Dramowicz – percussion *Gabriel Czopka – horn *Igor Szeligowski – horn *Marek Michalec – horn *Anna Szalińska – piccolo *Paulina Mastyło-Falkiewicz – piccolo *Karol Gadja] – trombone *Piotr Tchórzewski – trombone *Ostap Popowicz – trumpet *Paweł Wróblewski – trumpet

References

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