Prior to Emperor, Samoth and Ihsahn were already active with THOU SHALT SUFFER. Even though the three recordings which comprises of a five-track-rehearsal, the EP Open The Mysteries Of Your Creation, and the demo Into The Woods Of Belial that the horde managed to unleash in 1991, are no less dark than what EMPEROR came up with subsequently, THOU SHALT SUFFER weren’t a Black Metal band, but were sworn to Death Metal of a distinctly tenebrous nature. Like many Norwegian bands, including IMMORTAL, ENSLAVED, BORKNAGAR, and HADES ALMIGHTY – who began as Death Metal acts under different names in the late 1980s and early 1990s before shifting towards Black Metal, Ihsahn and Samoth, aided by various members, (most infamously Ildjarn on bass), cut their teeth in a Death Metal outfit. It is sonically somewhat comparable to the earliest period of DARKTHRONE, PARADISE LOST, SENTENCED and the like when all of them still played Death Metal, and with some hints of CARCASS, which are especially audible in the fast parts, THOU SHALT SUFFER put to tape some great Death Metal darkness of lasting quality.

This release features the three recordings that THOU SHALT SUFFER issued during their short lifespan. 

The songs were completely new remastered from the original tapes by Patrick W. Engel at the Temple of Disharmony.

2CD jewel-case, 28-page booklet. 

Also for this release, the band has opened their vault and for the VERY FIRST TIME EVER, obscure material prior to THOU SHALT SUFFER has been exclusively featured. Namely XERASIA with rare rehearsal tracks from 1990, EMBRYONIC rehearsal tracks, and the official EMBRYONIC demo The Land of The Lost Souls from 1990.

This is the ULTIMATE edition of these ancient Death Metal relics!

 The songs were completely new remastered from the original tapes by Patrick W. Engel at the Temple of Disharmony.

CD 1:

1. Into The Woods Of Belial (Demo 1991)

2. I Seek The Path Of Obscurity (Demo 1991)

3. Chimera Dimension (Demo 1991)

4. The Goat Of A Thousand Young (Demo 1991)

5. Succumb To Vestigia Terrent (Demo 1991)

6. Painful Void Of Time (7″ 1991)

7. Spectral Prophecy (7″ 1991)

8. Into The Woods Of Belial (Rehearsal 1991)

9. The Goat Of A Thousand Young (Rehearsal 1991)

10. Chimera Dimension (Rehearsal 1991)

CD 2:

1. I Seek The Path Of Obscurity (Rehearsal 1991)

2. Obscurity Supreme (Rehearsal 1991)

3. Succumb To Vestigia Terrent (Embryonic Rehearsal 1991)

4. Painful Void Of Time (Embryonic Rehearsal 1991)

5. Spectral Prophecy (Embryonic Rehearsal 1991)

6. Intro (Embryonic Demo 1990)

7. The Land Of The Lost Souls (Embryonic Demo 1990)

8. Throne Of Blood (Embyronic Demo 1990)

9. Morbid Silence (Embryonic Demo 1990)

10. Meet Your Fate (Xerasia Rehearsal 1990)

11. Morbid Silence (Xerasia Rehearsal 1990)

12. Throne Of Blood (Xerasia Rehearsal 1990)

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