Slaves Shall Serve

Slaves Shall Serve is the fifth EP by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The first 4 tracks were recorded during the Demigod studio sessions at Hendrix Studios during July and August in 2004. The last 2 tracks were recorded live at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2005.[3]

Slaves Shall Serve
EP by
Behemoth
Released20 October 2005
GenreDeath metal
Length21:12
LabelRegain
Century Media
ProducerNergal
Behemoth chronology
Demigod
(2004)		 Slaves Shall Serve
(2005)		 Demonica
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net[1]
Tartarean Desire[2]

The EP was released as an enhanced audio disc with 2 videos of Slaves Shall Serve. Both the censored and uncensored versions are included.

In 2011, the EP (along with several previously unreleased live tracks) was bundled with Conjuration and released as part of the compilation album Abyssus Abyssum Invocat.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Slaves Shall Serve"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal3:05
2."Entering the Pylon ov Light"Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal3:42
3."Penetration" (Nefilim cover)Carl McCoyCarl McCoy, Cian Houchin, Paul Miles, Simon Rippin3:10
4."Until You Call on the Dark" (Danzig cover)Glenn DanzigGlenn Danzig4:26
5."Demigod" (live)NergalNergal3:22
6."Slaves Shall Serve" (live)Krzysztof AzarewiczNergal3:27

Personnel
Behemoth
Additional musicians
Production
  • Tomasz "Graal" Daniłowicz – cover design and artwork
  • Thomas Eberger – audio mastering on track 1
  • Grzegorz Piwkowski – audio mastering on tracks 2–6
  • Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski – mixing on tracks 5 and 6, audio engineering
  • Daniel Bergstrand – mixing on track 1
  • Shelley Jambresic – photography of live performance
Note
  • Tracks I to IV recorded during "Demigod" studio session at Hendrix Studios, July-August 2004.
  • Vocals for tracks II to IV recorded and mixed at Hendrix Studios, July 2005.
  • Additional vocals for track IV recorded at Radio Gdańsk, July 2005.
  • Track I mixed at Dug Out Studio, Sweden, July-August 2004. Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm, August 2004.
  • Tracks V & VI recorded at Sweden Rock Festival, June 10th, 2005. Mixed at Hendrix Studios, July 2005.
  • Tracks II to VI mastered at High End Studio, Warsaw, July 2005.

Release history
Region Date Label
Europe October 20, 2005 Regain Records
USA February 7, 2006 Century Media Records
gollark: Wow, 249 stars and 29 forks.
gollark: Truly the mark of a successful open source project.
gollark: I might listen tomorrow when I'm not on my phone.
gollark: Have you considered using an actual license like creative commons or something?
gollark: Cool.

References
  1. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=639%5B%5D
  2. http://www.tartareandesire.com/reviews/Behemoth/Slaves_Shall_Serve/3088/
  3. "Behemoth (3) - Slaves Shall Serve (CD, Enh, EP, Dig) at Discogs". Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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