I Shalt Become is a

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musical project of Mainman S. Holliman formed in the

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in 1995. Before the project disbanded in 1999, S. Holliman recorded two official

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: ''Wanderings'' in 1998 and ''In the Falling Snow'' in 1999. In the same year, the ''In the Falling Snow'' demo was released as a bootleg under the name Birkenau. In 2008 ''In the Falling Snow'' has been remastered and reissued as an I Shalt Become record, and the project has become active again. The band belongs to the atmospheric–depressive subgenre of black metal. The lyrical themes deal with abstract concepts and subjects such as desolation and

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Members

*S. Holliman – vocals, guitar, bass (1995–present) *A. J. Scherer –

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(2010–present)

Discography

Full albums

*1998 – ''Wanderings'' (self-released

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) *2006 – ''Wanderings'' (re-released on CD at

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) *2008 – ''In the Falling Snow'' (CD and LP,

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) *2008 – ''Requiem'' (CD, Darker Than Black and Moribund Records) *2009 – ''The Pendle Witch Trials'' (CD, No Colours Records) *2010 – ''Poison'' *2013 – ''Louisiana Voodoo''

Appears on

*2007 – ''Moribund "Death Cult" Vol No. 1'' CD (with the song "Funeral Rain")

References

External links

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