Seediq Bale is the fourth studio album by the Taiwan

Taiwan

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ese black metal

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 band ChthoniC

Chthonic (band)

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, and the first to receive full promotion and release outside of Asia

Asia

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. It was positively reviewed by several websites and magazines,^{http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=92216&PHPSESSID=6c3e4344f72c5981d138b5a33e3ed5a7, http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/complete_iss50.htm?osCsid=931b4d76e00780a192d6362b8dd47879, http://www.beowolfproductions.com/MusicReviewsNov06.html} and boosted them into several popular magazines such as Terrorizer, as well as onto the lineups for both Ozzfest

Ozzfest

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 and Wacken Open Air

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.

The album featured session drummer Reno Kiilerich

Reno Kiilerich

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, formerly of Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir

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, and Sandee Chen Shan-Ni, a Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

ese 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".

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

Taiwanese version

• Freddy Lim – vocals, erhu
  Erhu
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• Jesse Liu – guitar
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• Reno Kiilerich
  Reno Kiilerich
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   – drums
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• Doris Yeh – bass guitar
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• Roger (Su-Nung) – erhu
• Alexia – keyboard
  Electronic keyboard
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• Sandee Chen Shan-Ni – 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