In 1988 and 1989, the band released two LPs on the Belgian label Sub Rosa, "Music from the Scourging Ground" (1988) and "Music for Gilded Chambers" (1989). These LPs continued the band's exploration of medieval and sacred music and mixed it with soundtrack-like ambient passages. Also, most notably, these were the first two Controlled Bleeding albums to feature songs with lyrics. These two releases were remixed and combined for the US CD-only release "Songs from the Ashes" (C'est La Mort, 1990).