Seediq Bale (album)

Seediq Bale
Seediq Bale Album Cover (English version)
Studio album by ChthoniC
Released	October, 2005 (TW) November, 2006 (US) February, 2007 (EU, JP)
Recorded	Borsing Recording Studio, Denmark, 2005
Genre	Melodic black metal
Length	43:35
Label	Down Port Music TRA Music
Producer	Chthonic, Jan Borsing
ChthoniC chronology
Satan's Horns (2003) Seediq Bale (2005) ChthoniC Anthology (2006)
Signed Copy of Seediq Bale (English version), available at Ozzfest 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
411mania.com	6.5/10 link
Allmusic	link
Blogcritics	link
Stylus Magazine	B link
TransformOnline	Favourable link

Seediq Bale is the fourth studio album by Taiwanese black metal band Chthonic, released in 2005. The album was the band's first to receive full promotion and release outside of Asia, being released in November 2006 in the United States and worldwide in February 2007. It was positively reviewed by several websites and magazines,^{, ,} and boosted them into several popular magazines such as Terrorizer, as well as onto the lineups for both Ozzfest and Wacken Open Air.

The album featured session drummer Reno Kiilerich, formerly of Dimmu Borgir, and Sandee Chan, a Taiwanese singer, on female backing vocals. The English-language versions of the album fail to mention these members.

The English-language version includes three video tracks at the beginning of the disc: "Indigenous Laceration", "Quasi Putrefaction" and "Bloody Gaya Fulfilled".

Track listing

Taiwanese version

1. "岩木之子" – 4:35
2. "黥面卸" – 4:03
3. "忿燃戰靈封" – 1:03
4. "大出草" – 6:39
5. "泣神" – 5:55
6. "叢屍繫冥河" – 5:35
7. "虹橋赴" – 4:59
8. "川中島之禁" – 3:49
9. "半屍橫氣山林" – 6:57

English version

1. "Progeny of Rmdax Tasing" – 4:35
2. "Indigenous Laceration" – 4:03
3. "Enthrone" – 1:03
4. "Bloody Gaya Fulfilled" – 6:39
5. "The Gods Weep" – 5:55
6. "Where the Utux Ancestors Wait" – 5:35
7. "Exultant Suicide" – 4:59
8. "Banished Into Death" – 3:49
9. "Quasi Putrefaction" – 6:57
10. Video Data File
11. Music Video of Indigenous Laceration
12. Music Video of Quasi Putrefaction
13. Live Video of Bloody Gaya Fulfilled

Credits

Taiwanese version

• Freddy Lim – vocals, erhu
• Jesse Liu – guitar
• Reno Kiilerich – drums
• Doris Yeh – bass guitar
• Roger (Su-Nung) – erhu
• Alexia – keyboard
• Sandee Chan – backing vocals
• Jan Borsing – sound engineer

English version

• Freddy, Left Face of Maradou – vocals
• Jesse, the Infernal – guitar
• Doris, Thunder Tears – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dani, Azathothian Hands – drums
• Su-Nung, the Bloody String – erhu
• CJ, Dispersed Fingers – keyboard
• Jan Borsing – sound engineer