Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)

Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) is the debut studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It was released in April 1995 by Pagan Records. It has since been re-released through numerous other labels.

Sventevith
(Storming Near the Baltic)
Studio album by
Behemoth
ReleasedApril 1995
RecordedDecember 1994
GenreBlack metal
Length45:28
LabelPagan
ProducerBehemoth
Behemoth chronology
...From the Pagan Vastlands
(1994)		 Sventevith
(Storming Near the Baltic)
(1995)		 Grom
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album inside cover artwork shows The Temple of Swarog by Stanisław Jakubowski.

Track listing

All music is composed by Nergal, except "Ancient" and "Hell Dwells in Ice" which were written and performed by Swiss zine writer Demonius.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Chant of the Eastern Lands"Nergal5:43
2."The Touch of Nya" (Instrumental)–0:57
3."From the Pagan Vastlands"Tomasz Krajewski4:30
4."Hidden in a Fog"Tomasz Krajewski6:49
5."Ancient" (Instrumental)–2:01
6."Entering the Faustian Soul"Nergal5:35
7."Forgotten Cult of Aldaron"Nergal4:35
8."Wolves Guard My Coffin"Nergal4:29
9."Hell Dwells in Ice"Demonious5:50
10."Transylvanian Forest" (Originally on And the Forests Dream Eternally EP)Nergal4:53
Total length:45:28
Reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)" (Originally on And the Forests Dream Eternally EP)5:59
Total length:51:17

Personnel
Behemoth
Additional musicians
  • Cezary "Cezar" Augustynowicz (Christ Agony) – keyboards
  • Sascha "Demonius" Falquet - keyboards & songwriting (tracks 5, 9)
Production
  • DarkArts (David Thiérrée) – cover design and artwork
  • Tomasz Daniłowicz – cover concept and layout
  • Krzysztof Maszota – engineering
  • Tomasz Krajewski – executive producer, lyrics
Note
  • Recorded in December 1994 at Eight Studio.

Release history
Region Date Label
Germany, Poland, Brazil April 1995 Last Epitaph, Pagan Records, Hellion Records
Russia 2005 CD-Maximum
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References
  1. "Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) - Behemoth : Songs, Credits, Reviews, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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