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To be honest I never was very much into Mayhem, but gave Chimera a try at the record shop and liked it immediately. Does that mean they made a very accessible album? Well, I don't think so. Pure evil and destruction is what these Norwegians spread over us. It's filled with real aggressive and complex black metal, but no strange experiments this time. Dark Night of the Soul has a very complex structure, which makes it different and even strange at times. Slaughter of Dreams also has strange, almost absurd, riffs. Unfortunately the riffs are repeated a bit too much, making it the lesser (no, not worse!) song. Hellhammer shows himself to be a much better then average drummer, with great double bass drumming. In the booklet is the layout of the drum kit he used during recording. It has no less then 3 (!) bass-drums, giving him 2 drumming positions. The drums are so great, I sometimes even wish they had mixed the drum a little louder. Highlight songs: "Impious Devious Leper Lord" has a pretty cool bass intro, which comes back in the song every now and then. Title song "Chimera" is my favorite! It's a dark song that starts mid-tempo with even clean vocals. Is it a masterpiece, worthy of Mayhem? Yes, it is! The only backside of the album is the quality of the booklet that is a sheer disappointment. They've used a strange kind of paper that makes the lyrics almost, and totally, in the case of Chimera, impossible to read without bionic eyes. Reviewer: Xander Pikaar
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