Norway’s infamous ex-church burners, Mayhem, have announced that their new disc, Ordo Ab Chao (Latin for order out of chaos), will be released on April 23. Check out this label-sanctioned MP3 of the album track “Anti.”
Other song titles include “A Wise Birthgiver,” “Wall of Water,” “Psychic Horns” and “Illuminate Eliminate.”
“The sound is raw and powerful, and listening to it, it reminds me of the Wolf’s Lair Abyss-era, only more varied and more philosophical,” says guitarist Blasphemer, according to Blabbermouth. “The album also contains the most aggressive songs in the Mayhem history as well as the most wicked and darkest.”
The disc is the follow-up to Mayhem’s 2004 album Chimera, and will mark the return of vocalist Attila Csihar, who joined in 1992 after ex-singer Dead committed suicide, but left after the recording of 1993’s De Mysteriis Sathanas. Csihar replaces the band’s original singer Maniac, who performed on their 1987 debut Deathcrush and returned 10 years later in time for Wolf’s Lair Abyss. Confused? Then nevermind all that crap about ex-frontman Euronymous being murdered in 1993 by the band’s temporary bassist Varg Vikernes.
