Grand Declaration of War

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Grand Declaration of War
Mayhem studio album

Publication
(s)

2000

admission

November 1999 / January 2000

Label (s) Season of Mist , Necropolis Records

Format (s)

CD, LP, Picture-LP

Genre (s)

Metal

Title (number)

13

running time

45:58

occupation
  • Blasphemer (Rune Erickson) - guitar , additional bass
  • Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) - bass
  • Anders Odden - programming at A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun
  • Øyvind Hægeland - vocals for Completion in Science of Agony

production

Børge Finstad

Studio (s)

Fagerborg Studio and Top Room Studio

chronology
Wolf's Lair Abyss
(EP, 1997) 		Grand Declaration of War Chimera
(2004)

Grand Declaration of War is the second album by the Norwegian metal band Mayhem . It forms together with the previously released EP Wolf's Lair Abyss a concept album about the war and was released in 2000 by Season of Mist and Necropolis Records .

Emergence

It took the band three years to write, rehearse, arrange and record the songs.

Track list

The music is from Blasphemer and the lyrics from Maniac. A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun (Part I of II) and A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun (Part II of II) were written with Anders Odden .

  1. A Grand Declaration of War - 4:14
  2. In the Lies Where upon You Lay - 5:59
  3. A Time to Die - 1:48
  4. View from Nihil (Part I of II) - 3:04
  5. View from Nihil (Part II of II) - 1:16
  6. A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun (Part I of II) - 0:33
  7. A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun (Part II of II) - 4:27
  8. Crystalized Pain in Deconstruction - 4:09
  9. Completion in Science of Agony (Part I of II) - 9:44
  10. To Daimonion (Part I of III) - 3:25
  11. To Daimonion (Part II of III) - 4:52
  12. To Daimonion (Part III of III) - 0:07
  13. Completion in Science of Agony (Part II of II) - 2:14

When rewinding, before the actual start of the CD Completion in Science of Agony (Part II of II) can be found played backwards as a hidden track .

style

The final riff of Symbols of Bloodswords from the Wolf's Lair Abyss EP was also used as the first riff on Grand Declaration of War , which ties both releases together; the EP forms the first part of the concept, while the second part deals with the declaration of war and the war itself, and the third part deals with the subsequent period. The war is directed against religion and the church. Necrobutcher calls the album a "wake up call to all the people who will die when the supermarket closes".

On Grand Declaration of War the band breaks with Black Metal and experiments with electronic elements from techno and drum and bass, among others . In A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun no instruments were used, only programmed beats. In Completion in Science of Agony (Part I of II) , in which Øyvind Hægeland from Spiral Architect sings, a quiet industrial composition can be heard after about 6:20 minutes , which goes back to Tore Ylwizaker from Ulver ; Around 8:30 am, the metal elements come back in after the singing. Maniac doesn't just use guttural vocals , but talks about large parts of the album, sometimes with vocoder effects.

Reviews

The album was recorded mixed. One reviewer who took some getting used to the album said Maniac sounded like he was "puking". According to several critics, the music is partly very well written and fits the "war sound" that the band wants to achieve, but Maniac's vocals ruin the album; he can't growl , his screams are "shit" and he doesn't even try to use them. It's also annoying that the album is mostly spoken word .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ news. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007 ; accessed on December 4, 2009 .
  2. ↑ a b c Scott Hefflon: The True Mayhem, The Black Metal Legends. 2000, accessed December 8, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b Mother North - Mayhem .
  4. ↑ a b c Niall James Finbarr Kennedy: MAYHEM - Grand Declaration Of War .
  5. ↑ pilumneer: Mayhem - Grand Declaration Of War (album review) .