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

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

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