In the Embrace of Evil is a compilation album by the Swedish death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Grotesque

Grotesque (band)

Grotesque was a Swedish death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 1988 from the remains of Conquest by Wåhlin and Nordgren with the addition of Lindberg . The band was however short-lived and recorded a few demos and an EP...

. The album was re-released as a split CD with At the Gates

At the Gates

At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...

' Gardens of Grief

Gardens of Grief

Gardens of Grief is an EP by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. This EP was later re-released as a split CD with Grotesque's In the Embrace of Evil album.On the inlay of the rerelease you can find this line: "Tomas wants to dedicate...

EP by Century Media in 2001.

Track listing

1. "Thirteen Bells of Doom" (2:25)
2. "Blood Runs from the Altar" (4:26)
3. "Submit to Death" (3:28)
4. "Fall into Decay" (4:47)
5. "Seven Gates" (2:04)
6. "Angels Blood" (7:36)
7. "Nocturnal Blasphemies" (4:37)
8. "Spawn of Azathoth" (2:38)
9. "Incantation" (7:21)
10. "Church of the Pentagram" (5:25)
11. "Ripped from the Cross" (4:14)

Tracks 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 are remixed songs taken from the "Incantation" EP. Tracks 1, 4, 5, and 6 are remastered songs from the never released "In the Embrace of Evil" demo. Tracks 10 and 11 were recorded by Tomas Lindberg

Tomas Lindberg

Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg is a Swedish musician who has fronted many heavy metal bands. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He teaches at a high school.-Career:...

, Alf Svensson

Alf Svensson (guitarist)

Alf Svensson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He initially played in Oral from 1984 to 1989. He temporarily entered Grotesque and Liers in Wait before joining At the Gates in 1990. He was their guitarist until 1993. In 1994, he reformed Oral to record an EP. He then formed Oxiplegatz, and went...

 and Kristian Wåhlin

Kristian Wåhlin

Kristian Wåhlin is a Swedish musician, graphic designer, and album cover artist for many bands in the extreme metal scene worldwide. He is often credited under his pseudonym, Necrolord....

in 1996 specially for this release.