Relentless Recurrence is the third studio album by the Taiwanese black metal band Chthonic, released in 2002. The album was only available in Taiwan until its re-release in 2007 by SPV with revamped packaging, including English translations.

Relentless Recurrence
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2002 (Taiwan)
June 26, 2007 (EU & US)
RecordedBorsing Recording Studio, 2002
GenreSymphonic black metal[1]
Length54:40
LanguageChinese, English, Taiwanese
LabelCrystal Lake
ProducerChthonic
ChthoniC chronology
9th Empyrean
(2000)
Relentless Recurrence
(2002)
Satan's Horns
(2003)
Alternative cover
Relentless Recurrence 2007 re-release cover & back
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sea of Tranquility[2]

A music video was released for the song "Onset of Tragedy" and was the band's first music video.

Track listing

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English version
No.TitleLength
1."Nemesis"2:40
2."Onset of Tragedy"6:32
3."Obituary Tuning"3:39
4."Grievance, Acheron Poem"8:35
5."Revert to Mortal Territory"3:42
6."Funest Demon Born"2:25
7."Vengeance Arise"4:30
8."Slaughter in Tri-Territory"8:07
9."Grab the Soul to Hell"5:05
10."Relentless Recurrence"7:16
Chinese (traditional) version
No.TitleLength
1."業" (Ye)2:44
2."悲命格" (Be Ming Ge)6:33
3."恨葬林投" (Hen Zang Lin Tou)3:39
4."冥河冤賦" (Ming He Yuan Fu)8:37
5."返陽救子" (Fan Yang Jiu Zi)3:42
6."厲鬼生" (Li Gui Shen)2:26
7."殺徒" (Sha Tu)4:26
8."恨弒三界" (Hen Shi San Jie)8:20
9."掠魂入閻獄" (Lve Hun Ru Yan Yu)8:12
10."永劫輪迴" (hidden track)8:10

Personnel

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Chthonic
  • Freddy Lim – lead vocals, erhu
  • Jesse Liu – guitar, backing vocals
  • Doris Yeh – bass, backing vocals
  • Vivien Chen – keyboards
  • A-Jay – drums
Production

References

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  1. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Relentless Recurrence - Chthonic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Padro, Pete (August 14, 2007). "Review: "Chthonic: Relentless Recurrence"". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved April 14, 2021.