Chimera (Mayhem album)
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| Chimera | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Maniac & Blasphemer.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
[edit] Personnel
- Maniac – vocals
- Blasphemer – guitar, additional bass
- Necrobutcher – bass
- Hellhammer – drums
[edit] 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
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Norwegian Albums Chart[4] | 28 |
[edit] 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
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Mayhem&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
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