Dissection/Satanized "The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief) (Split, Digipak, USA, Necropolis Records, NR017)"

The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief) is a compilation album by Dissection. It contains tracks from early EPs and promos. It also includes two tracks by Satanized, the former band of Jon Nödtveidt. Some versions also include two tracks taken from the Where Dead Angels Lie EP. It has been released several times by different labels, including Necropolis Records who released it originally and Karmageddon Records. It also has been released with different cover artwork.

Track listing

1. Dissection - Shadows over a Lost Kingdom 02:49   
2. Dissection - Frozen 03:27
3. Dissection - Feathers Fell 00:51
4. Dissection - Son of the Mourning 03:25   
5. Dissection - Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow 04:38  
6. Dissection - In the Cold Winds of Nowhere 04:00  
7. Dissection - Into Infinite Obscurity 01:04  
8. Dissection - The Call of the Mist 03:59   
9. Dissection - Severed into Shreds 04:27   
10. Satanized - Satanized 02:54   
11. Satanized - Born in Fire 02:40  

Time:  34:14

Comes in a 4-panel digipak with booklet.

Recording information:

Tracks 1, 4, 7: recorded at TBV Studios (Smogen, Sweden), September 1991. Released as the Into Infinite Obscurity 1991 demo / 7"EP.

Tracks 2-3, 5-6: recorded at TBV Studios (Smogen, Sweden), March 1992. Released as the The Somberlain 1992 demo.

Track 8: recorded at Stromstad Studios (Sweden), December 1990. Taken from the The Grief Prophecy 1991 demo.

Track 9: rehearsal , Spring 1990

Tracks 10-11: rehearsal, Summer 1991. Performed by Satanized.