▁Sep ult ura , ▁May hem , ▁Ven om , ▁and ▁Bath ory ▁at ▁their ▁re he ars als . ▁In ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1 , ▁Inf est um ▁recorded ▁their ▁first ▁demo , ▁which ▁was ▁called ▁" Inf est um " ▁and ▁contained ▁five ▁songs . ▁The ▁song ▁" Se cha ▁( Sl ash ing )" ▁begins ▁with ▁sounds ▁like ▁a ▁battle , ▁horses ▁gal lop ing , ▁axes , ▁sc ream s , ▁and ▁a ▁mart ial ▁rh ythm . ▁As ▁I on ▁said ▁in ▁the ▁interview ▁to ▁" E ternal ▁H ate " ▁web z ine , ▁" O ur ▁history , ▁batt les ▁of ▁the ▁past ▁and ▁batt les ▁in ▁our ▁minds ▁are ▁fundamental ▁in ▁our ▁creation ". ▁Later ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁this ▁record ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁an ▁M CD ▁format ▁on ▁the ▁American ▁label ▁Battle ▁H ymn ▁Records . ▁The ▁demo ▁release ▁has ▁received ▁generally ▁positive ▁feedback ▁in ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁compared ▁with ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁Bath ory , ▁Fal ken bach , ▁G ont yna ▁K ry , ▁Gra vel and , ▁and ▁Nord reich . ▁ ▁In ▁spring ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁Inf est um ▁started ▁to ▁play ▁concert s ▁act ively . ▁But ▁in ▁October ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁Gr ond ▁got ▁injured ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁band ▁anymore . ▁He ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Burg lar , ▁who ▁played ▁in ▁Mor bid ▁Vict ory