Chimera (Mayhem album)

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 with the vocalist Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac). TurboNatas of the 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 the album's release in 2004, Mayhem was still being sharply and routinely criticized in the metal underground for straying from the black metal style on its previous album, Grand Declaration of War.

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
Total length:		44:31

Personnel

Sven Erik Kristiansen – vocals
Rune Eriksen – guitar
Necrobutcher – bass guitar
Jan Axel Blomberg – drums

Production^[3]

All songs published by Season Of Mist
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^[4]	28

References

↑ Mason, Stewart. "Chimera review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
↑ "Red Harvest biography on Avant-garde metal". Avant-garde metal. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
↑ "Chimera" by Mayhem; details at discogs
↑ Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

Mayhem

Necrobutcher Hellhammer Attila Csihar Teloch Euronymous Manheim Dead Maniac Blasphemer Count Grishnackh

Studio albums	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Grand Declaration of War Chimera Ordo Ad Chao Esoteric Warfare

Live albums	Live in Leipzig Dawn of the Black Hearts (bootleg) Mediolanum Capta Est

Compilation albums	European Legions/U.S. Legions Legions of War

EPs	Deathcrush Wolf's Lair Abyss

Demos and singles	Pure Fucking Armageddon Out from the Dark "Psywar"

Related articles	Members Early Norwegian black metal scene Mayhem discography Originators of the Northern Darkness – A Tribute to Mayhem Pure Fucking Mayhem

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