Mayhem - Chimera

[arcturuz]

Wat's your opinion on it?
sounds pretty plain to me..all songs sounds almost the same.. i personnaly feel that GDW is better

 

[Ian Christe]

I haven't heard it yet, but if they want to go back to basics I hope that doesn't mean boring.

 

[[0hr]Sunlapse]

If they are doing a whole "return to the evil dark sound of De Mysteriis...." then no thank you.

 

[Erik]

I was just going to start a thread... Observations of this song I've downloaded:

• A trillion times better than the fetid pile of rubbish that is GDoW
• Far too "technical" for its own good
• Atmosphere = 0
• Maniac sounds much less annoying than on GDoW and (to a lesser extent) WLA
• It's entirely unexciting. "Plain" is the word indeed.

To sum it up, it's not a disappointment because I had no expectations. Juding from this song, though, the album isn't something I'm going to buy.

 

[arcturuz]

no return to the de mysteriis roots... it's more towards Wolf Lair's brutallity, with an increase in technicallity and sharper production

 

[valgalder]

Agreed.. this is boring and uninspired... its not terrible.. but it doesn't have the De Myestriis greatness.. in the very very least...

 

[valgalder]

Agreed.. this is boring and uninspired... its not terrible.. but it doesn't have the De Myestriis greatness.. in the very very least...

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Nice job with that.

 

[Ian Christe]

Now that I've heard the CD: It should/could be a lot better. They seem to have only about 70% of the gas they need to support and propel the amazing heaps of ideas and skill here. My attention wandered after half an hour. It's not as lethal as Wolf's Lair, or as experimental as Grand Declaration. The drums sound chattery. There is a psychedelic bending quality that rules, though, kind of like Hate Eternal. I wish there'd been more quality control, because all the elements are here -- another mini-LP would have been fine if it was all top-notch.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Mayhem? Boring and uninspired? The sky is falling, the sky is falling!