First instalment of the full collection of this seminal death/thrash metal band from Finland. Here are featured their three-track Demo 1987 released under the CRIMINAL ASSAULT monicker and then re-released as SACRED CRUCIFIX Demo 1988 minus one song, and the "Realms of Darkness" Demo 1989. CD version features a bonus Rehearsal with unreleased songs recorded in 1988 with the CRIMINAL ASSAULT line-up and two soundboard sourced live songs recorded in 1989. Mastered at Toxic Basement Studio.