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, released under

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on September 5, 2001. 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,

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, and

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), 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

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on November 21, 2011. The album was re-released once again on January 31, 2012, with the addition of a bonus

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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. The album was released for a fourth time by Metal Blade Records, digitally.

Critical reception

The album received mostly positive reviews, with

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giving it a critic score of 3/5 stars.

Track listing

References

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