Behemoth "Abyssus Abyssum Invocat (Limited Edition Digibook, UK, Peaceville Records, CDVILED320X)"

Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is the second compilation album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It includes two EPs (Conjuration and Slaves Shall Serve) and five previously unreleased live recordings.

Track listing

Disc 1 - Conjuration

1. "Conjuration of Sleep Daemons" 3:24
2. "Wish" (Nine Inch Nails cover) 3:37
3. "Welcome to Hell" (Venom cover) 3:15
4. "Christians to the Lions" (live) 3:49
5. "Decade of Therion" (live) 3:47
6. "From the Pagan Vastlands" (live, bonus track) 3:38
7. "Antichristian Phenomenon" (live) 5:05
8. "Lam" (live, bonus track) 4:25
9. "Satan's Sword (I Have Become)" (live, bonus track)   4:03
10. "Chant for Eskaton 2000" (live) 6:50

Time:  47:54

Disc 2 - Slaves Shall Serve

1. "Slaves Shall Serve" 3:04
2. "Entering the Pylon ov Light" 3:42
3. "Penetration" (The Nefilim cover) 3:10
4. "Until You Call on the Dark" (Danzig cover) 4:25
5. "Demigod (Live)" 3:20
6. "Slaves Shall Serve (Live)" 3:26
7. "Lam (Live)" (bonus track) 4:27
8. "As Above So Below (Live)" (bonus track) 5:59

Time: 25:41

Released by Metal Blade in the US, elsewhere by Peaceville.

Tracks 4-10 recorded Live 13.10.2001 in Kraków, Poland

Track 11 reocrded Live 21.05.2009 in Pratteln, Switzerland

Disc 2:

Tracks 5-6 recorded Live 9.06.2005 in Norje Havsbad, Sweden

Track 7 recorded Live 21.05.2009 in Pratteln, Switzerland

On the USA version, "As Above So Below" is the last track on disc 2 instead of disc 1, and the last 2 tracks on disc 2 are considered bonus tracks.

Abyssus Abyssum Invocat consists of two Behemoth EPs - Conjuration (2003) and Slaves Shall Serve (2005), in a total new layout with 16-page booklet (all new artwork created specifically for this release), previously unreleased lyrics and bonus tracks.

The album is in a limited quantity will be also available in the official Behemoth webstore, as well as new t-shirts with the cover of the release.

"Abyssus abyssum invocat." means "Deep calleth unto Deep." While online sources translate this usually as "hell calls to hell," it is in fact a quotation from Ps. 41:8 in the Vulgate (42:7 in English).