I Shalt Become

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| origin = Illinois, United States

| genre = Black metal, atmospheric black metal, symphonic black metal

| years_active = {{Start date|1995}}–present

| label = {{Unbulleted list|Moribund Cult|No Colours|Darker Than Black|Merchant of Death}}

| associated_acts = Birkenau

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| current_members = S. Holliman, A. J. Scherer

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I Shalt Become is a black metal musical project of Mainman S. Holliman formed in the United States in 1995. Before the project disbanded in 1999, S. Holliman recorded two official demos: 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.{{cite news |title=I SHALT BECOME Working On New Album |newspaper=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |date=30 January 2010 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134297 |accessdate=11 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201064630/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134297 |archive-date=1 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}

The band belongs to the atmospheric–depressive subgenre of black metal. The lyrical themes deal with abstract concepts and subjects such as desolation and emptiness.