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Mayhem - Chimera - review @ Tartareandesire.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17) |
 | | Mayhem hits extremely hard with "Chimera", and it's definitely somewhat of a surprise after their previous album "Grand Declaration Of War", which experimented with dark-electronic influences, spoken word passages, and unconventional song structures. |
 | | For Mayhem, a band of legendary status, "Chimera" represents a return to an older, more savage and destructive style, but it also shows deep progression: the band has adopted a more technical subtlety to enhance their extreme style, and the lo-fi aesthetics of old have been entirely abandoned for a venomously crisp production. |
 | | "Chimera" shows that there is still true inspiration and power in fl metal, and that as a genre it has potential to push onward into the future and expand and evolve. |
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