Chimera (Mayhem album)

Chimera
Chimera
Studio album by Mayhem
Released	29 March 2004
Recorded	November 2003 – January 2004
Genre	Black metal
Length	44:31
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Blasphemer
Mayhem chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]

Chimera is the third full-length album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It is the fourth and last main Mayhem release with the vocalist Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac). TurboNatas of the Norwegian band Red Harvest provided the album artwork.^[3] The cover image is a still from the 1922 Swedish silent film Häxan.

Track listing

All tracks are written 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
Total length:		44:31

Personnel

Mayhem

Maniac – vocals
Blasphemer – guitar
Necrobutcher – bass
Hellhammer – drums

Production^[4]

Produced by Blasphemer
Engineered by Borge Finstad
Mixed by Blasphemer, Hellhammer and Borge Finstad
Mastered by Morten Lund

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums Chart^[5]	28

References

^ Mason, Stewart. "Chimera review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
^ Lawson, Dom (March 27, 2004). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang!. No. 998. UK: EMAP. p. 58.
^ "Red Harvest biography on Avant-garde metal". Avant-garde metal. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
^ "Chimera" by Mayhem; details at discogs
^ Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[1] Mason, Stewart. "Chimera review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

[2] Lawson, Dom (March 27, 2004). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang!. No. 998. UK: EMAP. p. 58.

[3] "Red Harvest biography on Avant-garde metal". Avant-garde metal. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2009.

[4] "Chimera" by Mayhem; details at discogs

[5] Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

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v t e Mayhem
Necrobutcher Hellhammer Attila Csihar Teloch Ghul Euronymous Maniac Dead Count Grishnackh Blackthorn Blasphemer Morfeus
Studio albums	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Grand Declaration of War Chimera Ordo Ad Chao Esoteric Warfare Daemon
Live albums	Live in Leipzig Mediolanum Capta Est Live in Marseille 2000 Live in Zeitz De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive Live in Jessheim Live in Sarpsborg Daemonic Rites
EPs	Deathcrush Wolf's Lair Abyss Life Eternal Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando
Split albums	Jihad / Freezing Moon (with The Meads of Asphodel)
Demos and singles	Pure Fucking Armageddon Out from the Dark
Compilation albums	European Legions
Related articles	Discography Members Early Norwegian black metal scene Burzum Originators of the Northern Darkness – A Tribute to Mayhem Pure Fucking Mayhem Lords of Chaos film