Thou Shalt Suffer "Into The Woods Of Belial"

Thou Shalt Suffer were a band that was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. It formed in 1990 at Akkerhaugen, Norway, under the name "Dark Device". Its style was mainly death metal, though it included some black metal traits, alongside Ihsahn's trademark keyboard melodies. The band split up in late 1991 when its members formed Emperor and Ildjarn.

In 2000, Ihsahn used the name Thou Shalt Suffer for his solo project. That year he released Somnium, an album of ambient songs influenced by medieval music.

Into The Woods Of Belial is a compilation album, released November 28th, 1997.

Tracks 1-5: Into the Woods of Belial- Demo tape.
Tracks 6-7: Open the Mysteries of Your Creation- 7ep.
Tracks 8-12: 1991 rehearsal

Reissued in 2004 with altered cover art.

Vinyl released by The Crypt in August 2012 in 3 colors, each limited to 222 units makes a total of 666 copies and re-mastered by Dan Lowndes
The 2-LP contains the same tracks as the CD and as bonus alternate versions of:

Succumb to Vestigia Terrent

Painful Void of Time

Tracks 1 to 5 were originally planned to be released as a limited edition "Into The Woods Of Belial" MLP, that never happened. It was put out as a demo.
Tracks 6 & 7 are ’Open The Mysteries Of Your Creation’ 7" EP (released in a limited edition of 1100 copies by the Mexican label Distorted Harmony Records).

Tracks 8 to 12 are dug up recordings.