- Chimera (Mayhem album)
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Chimera Studio album by Mayhem Released 6 April 2004 Recorded November 2003–January 2004 Genre Black metal Length 44:31 Label Season of Mist Producer Blasphemer Mayhem chronology Legions of War
(2003)Chimera
(2004)Ordo Ad Chao
(2007)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Chimera is the third full length album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It is the fourth and last main Mayhem release to feature vocalist Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac). TurboNatas of fellow Norwegian band Red Harvest provided the album artwork.[2] The album art is a screenshot from the 1922 silent film Häxan.
At the time of its release in 2004, Mayhem was still being sharply and routinely criticised in the metal underground for experimenting on the band's previous LP Grand Declaration of War.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Maniac & Blasphemer.
No. Title Length 1. "Whore" 2:58 2. "Dark Night of the Soul" 6:08 3. "Rape Humanity With Pride" 5:41 4. "My Death" 5:54 5. "You Must Fall" 4:13 6. "Slaughter of Dreams" 7:00 7. "Impious Devious Leper Lord" 5:38 8. "Chimera" 7:00 Personnel
- Maniac – vocals
- Blasphemer – guitar, additional bass
- Necrobutcher – bass
- Hellhammer – drums
Production[3]
- All Songs Published By Season Of Mist
- Produced By Blasphemer
- Engineered By Borge Finstad
- Mixed By Blasphemer, Hellhammer & Borge Finstad
- Mastered By Morten Lund
Charts
Chart (2004) Peak
positionNorwegian Albums Chart[4] 28 References
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Chimera review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r684823. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ "Red Harvest biography on Avant-garde metal". Avant-garde metal. http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/bands2.php?id=32. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ^ "Chimera" by Mayhem; details at discogs
- ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Mayhem&cat=a
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Messiah · Manheim · Dead · Maniac · Occultus · Euronymous · Count Grishnackh · Blackthorn · Nordgaren · Blasphemer · SilmaethMain releases Deathcrush · De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas · Wolf's Lair Abyss · Grand Declaration of War · Chimera · Ordo Ad ChaoLive albums Compilation albums Demos and singles Pure Fucking Armageddon · Deathrehearsal · Out from the Dark · Freezing Moon/Carnage · Ancient Skin/Necrolust · Life EternalRelated articles Categories:- Mayhem albums
- 2003 albums
- Season of Mist albums
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