''Pandemonium'' is the second greatest hits compilation album from

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band

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. 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. ''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

that wants to contribute to international society regardless of Chinese oppression.

Track listing

*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

* Freddy Lim a.k.a. Freddy, Left Face of Maradou –

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* Jesse Liu a.k.a. Jesse, the Infernal – lead

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, rhythm guitar,

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s * Doris Yeh a.k.a. Doris, Thunder Tears –

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, backing vocals * Dani Wang a.k.a. Dani, the Azathothian Hands –

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

* CJ, Dispersed Fingers – keyboards, synth,

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* Su-Nung, the Bloody String – erhu

References

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