The Early Chapters is the first EP by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. It was released by Listenable Records on January 20, 2004. It features two cover songs of the bands Deep Purple and Mercyful Fate, the original demo recording of "Shadow Child," the bonus track from their second album, plus a live song which was a bonus track from their first album, Burn and Disintegrated Skies are Japanese bonus tracks on their first album, Egypt was not on any of their albums.