Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) is the debut studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth, originally released in 1995. Just as the name implies, Behemoth began like a rabid beast, playing sadistic black metal. While a very expressive form of music like much black metal, Behemoth seemed to favor an abundant onslaught of sounds with a raw aggression instead of minimalism. "Sventevith" is a landmark. Behemoth is known mostly for their later death metal days, but their early black metal albums remain compositions of some of the world's finest black metal.