Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao - review
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao - review
Tracklist
01. A Wise Birthgiver02. Wall Of Water
03. Great Work Of Ages
04. Deconsecrate
05. Illuminate Eliminate
06. Psychic Horns
07. Key To The Storms
08. Anti
A review by
Lucas October 04, 2007
After many years, Blasphemer and co (as Blasphemer is the bandleader right now, responsible for all the music) did the only right thing to do: kick out Maniac and bring back Attila. And the result is once again innovative, groundbreaking and breathtaking as was also the case with the eternally evil début album.
A Wise Birthgiver reveals what we're in for. A thick, mudlike-produced, disorientating intro coming right out of the darkest corners of a schizophrenics mind. Those who hope the rest of the album will have more chorus-refrain based songs, should see this as the ultimate warning and get the hell out of. Instead, you are presented the ultimate journey through the mind of an evil genious. The seemingly random drums, the experimental riffing and the painful silences that sometimes rip the breathtaking thick air apart all play their part in this psychotic release of madness, but stand all in favor of personification of insanity.
And that is Attila. He already proved to be an amazing vocalist on the début album, where he sadly wasn't appreciated by everyone, but on this album he managed to surpass every Black Metal vocalist out there. From high-pitched screams to low and brutal vocals, he does it all. His dynamic vocals create highlights such as the incredibly powerful scream on Wall Of Waters. Or the ending of Great Work Of Ages, followed by the chaotic screaming on Deconsecrate. There is wailing, moaning, crying and despair. Combined with his achievement on "De Mysteriis..." he is one of the greatest Black Metal vocalist since the scene saw the unholy light.
As a final conclusion it should be clear that "Ordo Ad Chao" is definitely not an easy listening album and will need a lot of spins to be appreciated to it's fullest. However, it is worth all the effort as it will reveal to be an absolute masterpiece. Hail The New Mayhem!
enter another sphere / complete the emptiness / desperately alone / fuck the race
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 9 |
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Posts: 1376 Written by Doc G. on 16.10.2007 at 08:21 Sorry, this is way old, but I had to quote you. You dirty-know nothing about black metal-hooker-poser, you!  Seriously, Lucas this review is great man, one of your best! That drumming really tied the album together, lol. Before I had been nagged to listen to this I had only heard "Deathcrush", "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" and "Live in Leipzig". DMDS destroyed my world, it was so powerful! The first time I heard it, I hated this sound and it became one of my classic favorites! After hearing Grand Declaration.. I was skeptical. But people persistently said I should listen to it. Now I've had it for quite some time, I still don't own it, BUT SOON! This album is a must-have, a masterpiece and truly disgusting. I fucking love it! I really do not understand how people couldn't enjoy this album?!  I'm finally voting on the album and I'm giving it a ten. M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-C-E!
---- That rug really tied the room together, did it not? 
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Posts: 9726 Written by TheBigRossowski on 27.11.2008 at 23:05 Well, as I've repeated many times by now, I've learned to enjoy it a little bit. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a masterpiece or anything, but I find it ok.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Man, this review is as excellent as the album. Really good. Perfect score also, this album is almost perfect. We can put it side by side with De Mysteriis, even thou this one is not as brutal as De Mysteriis, the quality and the atmosphere balance the equation. ''Wall of Water'' and ''Great work of ages'' are the highlights.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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Posts: 887 Written by Lucas on 05.10.2007 at 21:35 My thoughts exactly. And I think the albums are abit similar just the Ordo Ad Chao is just alot slower which suits me perfectly!
---- Freeze! Step away from the hubris.
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I know this will sound odd but I owe Dan Brown's "The lost symbol" because it made me like the album alot more than when I listened to it before Ordo ad Chao or " Order from Chaos " is what this album is all about , the title expresses the tracks in the most appropriate way One of the best of Black Metal albums I have ever heard
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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I realized after writing my post that I got it all wrong , but I believe that Chaos in Latin is written Chao after all it doesn't matter 
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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