Servants of Chaos is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Cirith Ungol, released under Metal Blade Records on September 5, 2001.
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| Released | September 5, 2001 | |||
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| Length | 2:25:15 (original release)[1] 3:13:56 (with bonus disc)[2] | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
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The album was released during the band's hiatus (which lasted from 1992–2016), and contains content from all four of their studio albums (Frost and Fire, King of the Dead, One Foot in Hell, and Paradise Lost), their 1979 self-titled demo, as well as previously unreleased live recordings of the band throughout the years. The original release of the album contains 31 tracks, on two CD's.
The album was re-released on vinyl on November 21, 2011.
The album was re-released once again on January 31, 2012, with the addition of a bonus DVD-video[3] of a live performance on November 9, 1984, at the Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club—which was located in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles.[4]
The album was released for a fourth time by Metal Blade Records, digitally.
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
The album received mostly positive reviews, with AllMusic giving it a critic score of 3/5 stars.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hype Performance" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Last Laugh" | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Frost and Fire" | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Eyes" | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Better Off Dead" | 4:59 |
| 6. | "100 MPH" | 3:34 |
| 7. | "I'm Alive" | 5:08 |
| 8. | "Bite of the Worm" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "The Twitch" (instrumental) | 2:21 |
| 10. | "Maybe That's Why" (instrumental) | 6:30 |
| 11. | "Ill Met in Lankhmar" (instrumental) | 5:58 |
| 12. | "Return to Lankhmar" (instrumental) | 6:55 |
| 13. | "Darkness Weaves" (instrumental) | 8:10 |
| 14. | "Witchdance" (instrumental) | 1:19 |
| 15. | "Feeding the Ants" (instrumental) | 2:09 |
| 16. | "Obsidian" (instrumental) | 4:36 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Death of the Sun" | 3:56 |
| 18. | "Fire" (Arthur Brown cover) | 2:52 |
| 19. | "Fallen Idols" | 6:34 |
| 20. | "Chaos Rising" | 7:43 |
| 21. | "Fallen Idols" | 6:29 |
| 22. | "Paradise Lost" | 6:27 |
| 23. | "Join the Legion" | 4:27 |
| 24. | "Before the Lash" | 3:44 |
| 25. | "Atom Smasher" (live) | 4:01 |
| 26. | "Master of the Pit" (live) | 6:38 |
| 27. | "King of the Dead" (live) | 6:58 |
| 28. | "Last Laugh" (live) | 4:23 |
| 29. | "Cirith Ungol" (live) | 8:21 |
| 30. | "Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers cover) | 3:12 |
| 31. | "Ferrari 308QV (on Dyno at 8000 RPM)" (instrumental) | 0:23 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Alive" (live) | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Black Machine" (live) | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Master of the Pit" (live) | 6:06 |
| 4. | "King of the Dead" (live) | 6:30 |
| 5. | "Death of the Sun" (live) | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Finger of Scorn" (live) | 7:31 |
| 7. | "Frost and Fire" (live) | 3:21 |
| 8. | "Cirith Ungol" (live) | 6:39 |
References
edit- ^ "Cirith Ungol — Servants of Chaos". Discogs. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ "Full DVD". YouTube. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ "Cirith Ungol "Servants of Chaos"". Metal Blade. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ "Country Club Location". June 12, 2012.
- ^ Heaney, Gregory. "Cirith Ungol Servants of Chaos review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2018.