Preparing for War ( November 6th, 2000 Catalog ID: CDVILE 83 Label: Peaceville Records Format: CD
This album was released to commemorate the 10 year existence of the band. Containing their 'greatest hits' and some previously unreleased demo tracks. Included in the CD inlay is a small bio on how Darkthrone formed.
Limited versions come as a four-way fold out digipak.
The cover art is from the Cromlech demo.
Tracks 1, 4 and 14 taken from "Transilvanian Hunger", 1994. Track 2 taken from "A New Dimension" demo, 1988. Track 3 taken from "Thulcandra" demo, 1989. Tracks 5 and 11 taken from "A Blaze in the Northern Sky", 1992. Tracks 6 and 10 taken from "Soulside Journey", 1991. Tracks 7 and 8 recorded live at television in Oslo, Norway, 1989. Tracks 9 and 13 taken from "Under a Funeral Moon", 1993. Track 12 recorded live in Denmark, 1990. Track 15 taken from the 1990-version of "Cromlech" demo, 1989.
1. Transilvanian Hunger 05:59 Show lyrics 2. Snowfall 09:04 instrumental 3. Archipelago 04:52 Show lyrics 4. I en hall med flesk og mjød 05:04 Show lyrics 5. The Pagan Winter 06:34 Show lyrics 6. Grave with a View 03:27 Show lyrics 7. Eon / Thulcandra (Live) 04:51 Show lyrics 8. Soria Moria (Live) 03:42 9. Natassja in Eternal Sleep 03:26 Show lyrics 10. Cromlech 04:08 Show lyrics 11. In the Shadow of the Horns 06:57 Show lyrics 12. Neptune Towers 03:27 Show lyrics 13. Under a Funeral Moon 04:57 Show lyrics 14. Skald av Satans sol 04:18 Show lyrics 15. Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia 04:01