![]() Or, if you will, a deconstruction of the principles upon which the previous full-lengths were built. In fact, it might not be a bad idea to discount this as a Mayhem album altogether, but instead what might occur if a trio of known and respected Norwegian musicians brought a tape recorder along to an unfortunate encounter with a bag of bad mushrooms. Like you're a fly on the wall of some infernal, subterranean gathering. Where that album boasted some punishing and slick production values, meaty guitar tones and violent yet dynamic riffing, this one sounds as if its being performed in the basement beneath you. Ordo Ad Chao is quite the antithesis of Chimera. If you thought the leap between Wolf's Lair Abyss and Grand Declaration of War was wide, then compare and contrast this one to its predecessor. Attila returned to the fold shortly after the release of Chimera, Maniac off to pursue other interests, and yet again we are faced with a massive transformation in the band's core sound. ![]() But then, I'm not really talking about an hour with a licensed shrink, but the 40 minutes one spends locked into the vices and disjointed devices of Ordo Ad Chao, the fourth Mayhem full-length in a career well over two decades deep. I'd quickly lose touch with all his various accumulated personalities, dizzied by his emotional contrasts. Man, I would not want to be Attila Csihar's psychiatrist, nor would I even want to sit in on such a session. ![]()
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