Pandemonium (Chthonic album)

Pandemonium is the second greatest hits compilation album from Taiwanese black metal band Chthonic. It features eleven tracks from eleven years of band history (1996 – 2007). It follows A Decade on the Throne, a live album and DVD intended for the Asian market.

Pandemonium
Compilation album by
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)[1]
RecordedThe Hu Studio, The Ball Studio, Borsing Recording
Genre
Length67:51
LabelDeathlight, SPV
ProducerJam Borsing
Chthonic chronology
Seediq Bale
(2006)
Pandemonium
(2008)
Mirror of Retribution
(2009)

A Decade on the Throne and Pandemonium are identical with regards to the track listings, up to a total of nine songs. For Pandemonium, however, seven tracks were re-recorded with the band's main drummer Dani, who, after an injury during a live show in 2005, was 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

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No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."City of Obscurity"Previously unreleased1:28
2."Onset of Tragedy"Relentless Recurrence6:32
3."Revert to Mortal Territory"Relentless Recurrence3:27
4."Grab the Soul to Hell"Relentless Recurrence5:06
5."Decomposition of the Mother Isle (Aboriginal God Enthroned)"Previously unreleased*11:05
6."Floated Unconsciously in the Acheron"9th Empyrean6:17
7."Indigenous Laceration"Seediq Bale4:04
8."Bloody Gaya Fulfilled"Seediq Bale6:39
9."Quasi Putrefaction"Seediq Bale7:03
10."Guard the Isle Eternally"9th Empyrean8:55
11."Relentless Recurrence"Relentless Recurrence7:16
2010 Japanese release bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Painkiller" (Judas Priest cover)6:12
  • Track 5 combines "Mother Isle Disintegrated, Aboriginal Gods Enthroned" from Where the Ancestors' Souls Gathered with "Mother Isle Disintegrated, Aboriginal Gods Enthroned (Chapter 2)" from 9th Empyrean.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Pandemonium: The Best of Chthonic - Chthonic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2021.