Slaves Shall Serve is the fifth EP by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The first four tracks were recorded during the Demigod studio sessions at Hendrix Studios during July and August in 2004. The last two tracks were recorded live at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2005.
The EP was released as an enhanced audio disc with two 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
Personnel Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, synth, programming Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass, backing vocals Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion
Additional musicians Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber – session guitars, backing vocals 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, 10 June 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 20 October 2005 Regain Records USA7 February 2006Century Media Records
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