And the Forests Dream Eternally

And the Forests Dream Eternally is the debut EP by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It was released in August 1995 through Italian label Enthopy Records.

And the Forests Dream Eternally
EP by
ReleasedAugust 1995
RecordedJuly 1994
GenreBlack metal
Length24:50
LabelEnthopy
ProducerBehemoth, Luca Marchetti, Massimo Origgi
Behemoth chronology
Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
(1995)
And the Forests Dream Eternally
(1995)
Grom
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The EP was recorded in July 1994 in Warrior Studio.

"Pure Evil and Hate" is a tribute to Bathory. It is one of the band's most popular songs[citation needed] and is often a closer for live performances.[citation needed]

The EP was re-released in 1997 by Last Episode Records in a split with Forbidden Spaces by Polish black metal band Damnation. It was re-issued again in 2005, with the tracks from another Behemoth EP, Bewitching the Pomerania, as bonus tracks. On 18 September 2020 the EP was re-released again, by Metal Blade Records. This re-issue included nine bonus tracks and came in different coloured vinyl and double CD format.[2]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Transylvanian Forest"5:34
2."Moonspell Rites"6:00
3."Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)"5:58
4."Pure Evil and Hate"3:07
5."Forgotten Empire of Dark Witchcraft"4:11
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
6."With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto)"4:38
7."Hidden in the Fog"5:12
8."Sventevith Storming Near the Baltic (Version 97)"5:15
2020 reissue bonus tracks CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."Transylvanian Forest (Merry Christless Festival 2017, Poland)" 
2."Moonspell Rites (Loud Park Festival 2013, Japan)" 
3."Pure Evil and Hate (Brutal Assault Festival, 2000, Czech Republic)" 
4."Transylvanian Forest (Pagan Triumph Tour 1996, Netherlands)" 
5."Transylvanian Forest (Riviera Remont Club 1996, Poland)" 
6."Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) (Rehearsal 1994)" 
7."Moonspell Rites (1993 Rehearsal)" 
8."Pure Evil and Hate (1993 Rehearsal)" 
9."Moonspell Rites (1993 Rehearsal)" 

Personnel edit

Behemoth
  • Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitar, bass guitar and drums (track 5)
  • Adam Muraszko|Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums and percussion
  • Rafał "Frost" Brauer – guitar
Production
  • Krzysztof "Kris" Maszota – engineering
  • Luca Marchetti – executive producer
  • Massimo Origgi – executive producer
Note
  • Recorded at Warrior Studio, Gdańsk, Poland, July 1994

Charts edit

Chart performance for And the Forests Dream Eternally
Chart (2020) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 78

Release history edit

Region Date Label
Italy August 1994 Entropy Productions
Brazil, Poland 2005 Hellion Records, Metal Mind Records

References edit

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "And the Forests Dream Eternally - Behemoth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. ^ Metal Blade official shop, retrieved on 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Behemoth – And the Forests Dream Eternally" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 September 2020.