"In Times Before the Light" was recorded & mixed at X-Ray Studios in the fall of 1995
Produced by both Covenant & Sire Johannesen
Digitally mastered at The Exchange; executive production by Noctis Irae
Portraits taken by Close Up
Art design conceived by Covenant
Layout and design executed by Digitalis
Reissued in 2007 on Head Not Found with alternate cover art (using The Kovenant name) and From the Storm of Shadows as bonus tracks.

The dark metal act's 1997 album for the Nuclear Blast label.10 tracks total including 'Mourning Palace' and 'In Death's Embrace'.

作为美国先锋黑暗金属/死亡金属乐团Imperial Triumphant（帝国凯旋）的实验/歌剧黑金分支，Folterkammer （拷问室）的首张专辑Die Lederpredigt （《皮革布道》），全部歌词用德语写就。


Folterkammer (German for Torture Chamber) is the project of Andromeda Anarchia, Zachary Ezrin (Imperial Triumphant), Darren Hanson, and Brendan McGowan. Their debut full-length Die Lederpredigt (The Leather Sermon) bridges the gap between traditional second-wave black metal and opera by layering other-worldly vocal performances that range from powerful and operatic to scathing screams, coupled with filthy tremolo riffs and blasting percussion.
This debut album is a statement against the abusive nature of the oppressive systems of religion, authority, and blind faith, all through the voice of a monstrous, seductive goddess looking to inflict pain on her submissive creations. Deconstructing and manipulating the concepts of religious symbolism and the divine nature of feminine power as the demure nurturing and protective force. Instead transforming those concepts into monstrous beauty, dominant and destructive. To add to the poetic symbolism of the lyrical content all lyrics are written and performed in German, a language that lends itself perfectly to the dramatic and dynamic nature of both the operatic and harsh vocals.