Chimera (album)

Chimera
Mayhem studio album
Publication (s)	2004
admission	November 2003 - January 2004
Label (s)	Season of Mist
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Extreme metal
Title (number)	8th
running time	44:31
occupation	Maniac ( Sven Erik Kristiansen ) - vocals Blasphemer (Rune Erickson) - guitar , additional bass Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) - bass Hellhammer ( Jan Axel Blomberg ) - drums
production	Mayhem
chronology Legions of War 2003 Chimera Ordo Ad Chao 2007

Chimera is the third studio album by the Norwegian band Mayhem . It was released in 2004. The cover , a screenshot from the 1922 film Witches , was made by TurboNatas from their band Red Harvest .

Style and content

Chimera marks the return to a significantly faster way of playing than on the rather experimental previous album Grand Declaration of War

On the album, the band orientates itself on Black Metal in connection with influences from various other musical genres.

The style is described as "very technical". The drums are mainly played with blast beats. The singing sounds "painful and tortured", but this is due to Maniac's incorrect singing technique.

reception

The album was often criticized by fans and critics for its style change.

Stewart Mason from Allmusic writes that the band Mayhem is better known for its past than for its music, but at the same time that there is “more to the album than the critics believe”.

According to the Chronicles of Chaos website , Mayhem “ surpasses even the wildest expectations” with Chimera . A reviewer on Zenial.nl said that Chimera had “what it takes to become a classic”. psycho888999 from Sputnikmusic gives the album the rating “masterful” and considers it “one of their most coherent works since De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas ”.

Track list

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 - 6:59
7. Impious Devious Leper Lord - 5:38
8. Chimera - 7:00

All the songs were written by maniac and blasphemers.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernd: Red Harvest ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 26, 2010). 
2. ↑ Mayhem - Chimera Review • metal.de. Retrieved February 13, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} psycho888999: Mayhem - Chimera (accessed March 26, 2010).
4. ↑ ^{a b} Travis: MAYHEM - Chimera ( Memento from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 26, 2010).
5. ↑ Derek Schultz: Mayhem - Chimera (accessed March 26, 2010)
6. ↑ Manolis Amolochitis: Mayhem - Chimera ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed March 26, 2010) 
7. ↑ Stewart Mason: Chimera - Mayhem (accessed March 26, 2010).
8. ↑ Chris Flaaten: Mayhem - Chimera (accessed March 26, 2010).
9. ↑ Reviews for Mayhem - Chimera (accessed March 26, 2010).