The band's second three-CD compilation Cloaca Maxima II, released in 2004, followed the format of the 1997 "Cloaca Maxima" closely. Both consisted of 44 songs on three CDs, the first one concentrating on faster rock songs, the second on ballads and the third on B-sides. The compilation covered four albums from "Vainajala" (1998) to "Aion" (2003) and also featured three previously unreleased songs. The band had originally intended the compilation to only include the B-sides, and indeed the third disc was the one that received some praise from the press.