Preparing for War ( November 6th, 2000 Catalog ID:

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 "New Dimension" demo, 1988.
Track 3 taken from "Thulcandra" demo, 1989.
Tracks 5 and 11 taken from "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