The Past Is Alive is a compilation album by Dissection

Dissection (band)

Dissection was a black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989, by Jon Nödtveidt. The band released its first EP in 1991. They disbanded in 2006, after Nödtveidt's suicide.- Band overview :...

. It contains tracks from early EPs and promos. It also includes two tracks by Satanized

Satanized

Satanized is the sixth studio album release by Black metal band Abigor. It was released in 2001.- Track listing :# The Legacy - 5:56# Re-Pulsor - 5:13# Battlestar Abigor - 4:51# Galaxies and Eons Decline - 5:35...

, the former band of Jon Nödtveidt

Jon Nödtveidt

Jon Andreas Nödtveidt was a lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection, which he founded in 1989....

. Some versions also include two tracks taken from the Where Dead Angels Lie

Where Dead Angels Lie

Where Dead Angels Lie is an EP by the Swedish black metal band Dissection. It was first released as a shaped CD in the form of the Dissection cross in 1996 by Nuclear Blast Records...

EP. It has been released several times by different labels, including Necropolis Records

Necropolis Records

Necropolis Records was a record label founded in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal to start. The label's roster included artists such as Archgoat, The Black, Incantation, Satanic Slaughter, Witchery, Rotten Sound, Babylon Whores, Dissection, Dawn,, Vondur, Impaled and...

 who released it originally and Karmageddon Records. It also has been released with different cover artwork.

Track listing

1. "Shadows over a Lost Kingdom" – 2:49
2. "Frozen" – 3:28
3. "Feathers Fell" – 0:52
4. "Son of the Mourning" – 3:25
5. "Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow" – 4:39
6. "In the Cold Winds of Nowhere" – 4:01
7. "Into Infinite Obscurity" – 1:04
8. "The Call of the Mist" – 3:59
9. "Severed into Shreds" – 4:27
10. "Satanized" – 2:54 (by Satanized)
11. "Born in Fire" – 2:41 (by Satanized)
12. "Where Dead Angels Lie" – 6:10
13. "Elizabeth Bathori" – 5:03 (Cover of Tormentor)