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.
Artwork and design The cover art was created by French artist David Thiérrée (credited as DarkArts), depicting the Polabian Slavic deity Svetovit. The interior booklet incorporates a woodcut illustration entitled The Temple of Swarog (depicting the Slavic temple of Radogoszcz / Swarożyc) by Polish artist Stanisław Jakubowski from his 1923 portfolio Prasłowiańskie motywy architektoniczne.
Track listing
Note: The 2021 reissue has only the first nine songs on CD 1.
Personnel Behemoth Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, bass, mixing Adam "Baal Ravenlock" Muraszko – drums, mixing
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 3 April 1995 Last Epitaph, Pagan Records, Hellion Records Russia 2005 CD-Maximum
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