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{{Infobox album
| name       = Xiądz
| type       = ep
| artist     = [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]
| cover      = Behemothxiadz.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2014|11|01|df=y}}
| recorded   = February–May 2009 at Radio Gdańsk in [[Gdańsk]]; February–June 2013 at Hertz Studio in [[Białystok]]; RG Studio in Gdańsk
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Black metal]], [[death metal]]
| length     =
| language   = English, Polish
| label      = New Aeon Musick
| producer   = Behemoth, Wojciech & Sławomir Wiesławscy, Daniel Bergstrand
| prev_title = Live Barbarossa
| prev_year  = 2014
| next_title = Messe Noire
| next_year  = 2018
}}
'''''Xiądz''''' is the eighth EP by Polish [[extreme metal]] band [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]. It was released on 1 November 2014 through New Aeon Musick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terazrock.pl/aktualnosci/czytaj/Behemoth-zapowiada-EP_ke-pt_-_XIADZ_.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526010916/www.terazrock.pl/aktualnosci/czytaj/Behemoth-zapowiada-EP_ke-pt_-_XIADZ_.html|archive-date=2015-05-26|title=Behemoth Zapowiada EP-KE PT. Xiadz}}</ref> in a limited edition of 2,000 copies; all copies were hand numbered by the band. The EP features three tracks, including "Nieboga Czarny Xiądz" from ''[[The Satanist (album)|The Satanist]]'' recording session, "Towards the Dying Sun We March" from ''[[Evangelion (album)|Evangelion]]'' recording session, along with re-recorded "Moonspell Rites", originally released in 1994 on ''[[And the Forests Dream Eternally]]'' EP.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/behemoth-to-release-xiadz-limited-edition-vinyl-ep/| title = Behemoth To Release 'Xiadz' Limited Edition Vinyl Ep – Blabbermouth.net| date = 16 October 2014}}</ref> The title is of the old Polish language that translates to 'Priest'.
== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
| title1  = Nieboga Czarny Xiądz
| lyrics1 = Nergal
| music1  = Nergal
| length1 =  6:05
| title2  = Moonspell Rites
| lyrics2 = Nergal
| music2  = Nergal
| length2 = 7:02
| title3  = Towards the Dying Sun We March
| lyrics3 = Nergal
| music3  = Nergal
| length3 = 6:58
}}
== Personnel ==
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|valign="top"|
; Behemoth
*[[Adam Darski|Adam "Nergal" Darski]] – vocals, guitars
*[[Tomasz Wróblewski|Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski]] – bass guitar
*[[Zbigniew Robert Promiński|Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński]] – drums and percussion
; Production
* [[Ted Jensen]] – mastering (1–3)
* Daniel Bergstrand – producer (1, 2), drums producing (3)
* [[Matt Hyde]] – audio mixing (1, 2)
* Colin Richardson – audio mixing (3)
* Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski – sound engineering (3)
* Kuba Mańkowski – sound engineering (3)
* Jan Bryt – solos and vocals tracking (3)
* Wojciech Wiesławski – engineering, producer (1, 2), guitars co-producing (3)
* Sławomir Wiesławski – engineering, producer (1, 2), guitars co-producing (3)
* Denis Forkas – cover design and artwork
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; Additional musicians
*[[Patryk Dominik Sztyber|Patryk Dominik "Seth" Sztyber]] – guitars
*[[Michał Łapaj]] ([[Riverside (band)|Riverside]]) – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[hammond organ]] on "Nieboga Czarny Xiądz"
;Note
*Recorded at Hertz Studio in [[Białystok, Poland]], Feb–June 2013 (1, 2)
*Mixed at Hydeaway Studio, [[Los Angeles]], Aug–Sept 2013 (1, 2)
*Mastered at [[Sterling Sound]], [[New York City]], Sept–Oct 2013 (1, 2)
*Recorded at RG Studios, Jan–May 2009 (3)
*Mixed at Musikbox, Miloco Studios, London, May 2009 (3)
*Mastered in Sterling Studio, New York, May 2009 (3)
|}
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[[Category:2014 EPs]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Adam Darski]]