Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Xerasia were a Nordic death metal band. Formed in the 80's as Dark Device, the band went through various name changes, being known as Xerasia only during the year of 1990, quickly moving on to Embryonic and lastly as Thou Shalt Suffer from 1991 onwards. This rehearsal tape was the only thing they ever released as Xerasia.
Probably the most interesting fact about this band is that it features Tomas Haugen and Vegard Tveitan, better known as Samoth and Ihsahn, who you probably know as founders of the legendary black metal band Emperor. In Xerasia's last iteration, Thou Shalt Suffer, you can already hear some of the ideas those two would develop later in Emperor
The original tape only had the first 3 tracks, but since I got my hands on some 2 extra tracks I decided to include them here. If you want a nice insight on how the death genre was evolving from the late 80's into the early 90's, this demo gives you a pretty nice example. Still super thrashy but already included many of the characteristics we know today of death metal.

Tracklist:
00:00 - Morbid Silence
08:05 - Beyond Reality
13:42 - Throne of Blood
20:46 - Forsaken in Hell
23:58 - Die

Discogs: discogs.com/release/13821817-Xerasia-Rehearsals-90

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