It opens with low mystical sound of keys and nice hissing of cassette tape. ‘…Of My Worship’ sounds just terrible alike to the beginning black mass or other diabolic rituals, while I was listening to this majestic intro the horrible atmosphere deepened in the air. Here is simple but serious performance. In addition, there is no superfluous or far-fetched thing - just only descending darkness and preparation for vicious unholy and blasphemous obscurantism.
Minor tones in the beginning of ‘Summoning of the Ancient Gods’ give birth to morbid ungodly riffs. These riffs are excellent. Drums are surd deep and hypnotizing it sounds like some kind of ritual toms. Of course, vocals are malicious and morbid. Demoniac inhuman voice breaks through the thickness of sepulchral sound. ‘Mystic voices lead me to suicide… obscure my soul…’ It builds dark and dismal atmosphere of mystical or religious perversion. All next songs are amazing and great, all guitars sound perfectly during half an hour. Riffs have its main inspiration in the legacy of Hellhammer; they are evil, morbid but fascinating. Keys on this demo are most dark I have heard especially they create occult atmosphere of Devil-worshipping. Song by song you descend into depths of medieval obscurity.
Eventually, it is absolute masterpiece of old school Black metal, one of the very few releases where exists such kind of occult and mystic ambience. Unfortunately, it was the first and the last Behemoth’s release in that kind.
Cat.# MOON 002.
Cassette format with pro made covers, pro made tapes and lyrics printed on the back of the inlay.
Recorded and mixed at Studio "8", Gdynia, 19.12.92 and 30.12.92.
Re-released in 1995 on LP limited to 500 copies with bonus tracks by Last Epitaph Productions, though with incorrect tracklisting:
- ...Of My Worship (Intro) (1:36)
- Summoning Of The Ancient Gods (6:08)
- Intro (not listed on the sleeve) (0:58)
- Dark Triumph (5:28)
- Monumentum (Outro) (1:18)
- Rise Of The Blackstorm Of Evil (5:35)
- Intro (not listed on the sleeve) (1:27)
- Aggressor (Hellhammer-cover) (3:36)
- Dark Triumph (Version 1994) (4:40)
- Cursed Angel of Doom (Version 1994) (3:12)
- Outro (not listed on the sleeve) (3:11)
The 1994-versions of "Dark Triumph" and "Cursed Angel..." were recorded during the sessions of the debut-album "Sventevith".
Reissued in March 2011 by Witching Hour Productions with edited layout and original artwork.
Issues in the following formats:
- Ultra Audio Box edition - Strictly limited to an exclusive box-pressed silver prints, including: 12" 180 gram black vinyl (available only in box!) Gatefold packaging, Slipcase digi-pack, cassette, patch with silver thread, sticker, A2 Poster, pin.
- 12” Gatefold Die Hard edition - 12"Picture LP, printed innersleves and packaging inside a gatefold with a silver embossed print, patch, sticker, A2 poster, + bonus CD packaged in eco envelope with the booklet.
- 12" marbled white back vinyl
- CD (slipcase digipack)
- Cassette
