Pandemonium (Chthonic album)

Infobox Album
Name = Pandemonium
Type = compilation
Artist = Chthonic


Released = Start date|2008|1|28
Recorded = The Hu Studio, The Ball Studio, Borsing Recording
Genre = Melodic black metal
Length = 67:51
Label = Deathlight, SPV
Producer = Jam Borsing
Reviews =
Last album = "Seediq Bale"
(2006)
This album = "Pandemonium"
(2007)
Next album =

"Pandemonium" is Chthonic's second Greatest Hits Compilation - an album from a Taiwanese black metal band. It features eleven tracks from eleven years of band history (1996 - 2007). "Pandemonium" follows "A Decade on the Throne" - A Live album and DVD especially intended for the Asian market."A Decade on the Throne" and "Pandemonium" are identical with regards to the tracklist up to a total of nine songs. For "Pandemonium", however, seven tracks have been re-recorded with the band's main drummer Dani, who, after an injury during one of the live shows in 2005, hurt himself and had to be replaced by Reno Killerich for the recording of Seediq Bale.At the time of the release of "Pandemonium", the band toured Europe and the U.S., spreading their message of an independent Taiwan that wants to contribute to international society regardless of chinese oppression.

Track listing

# "City of Obscurity" – 1:28
# "Onset of Tragedy" – 6:32
# "Revert to Mortal Territory" – 3:27
# "Grab the Soul to Hell" – 5:06
# "Decomposition of the Mother Isle (Aboriginal Gods Enthroned)" – 11:05
# "Floated Unconsciously in the Acheron" – 6:17
# "Indigenous Laceration" – 4:04
# "Bloody Gaya Fulfilled" – 6:39
# "Quasi Putrefaction" – 7:03
# "Guard the Isle Eternally" – 8:55
# "Relentless Recurrence" – 7:16

Personnel

* Freddy Lim aka Freddy, Left Face of Maradou - Lead Vocals
* Jesse Liu aka Jesse, the Infernal - Lead, Rhythm and Acoustic Guitars
* Doris Yeh aka Doris, Thunder Tears - Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals
* Dani Wang aka Dani, the Azathothian Hands - Drums, Percussion
* CJ, Dispersed Fingers - Keyboards, Synth and Piano
* Su-Nung, the Bloody String - Erhu

References