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Ordo Ad Chao is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. The album received the Spellemann Award for best heavy metal album on 2 February 2008.[5]

Ordo Ad Chao
Studio album by Mayhem
Released	23 April 2007
Recorded	Mølla Studio, Gjerstad, Norway, 13 November – 4 December 2006
Genre	Black metal
Length	40:46
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Attila Csihar, Blasphemer
Mayhem chronology
Chimera (2004) Ordo Ad Chao (2007) Esoteric Warfare (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]
PopMatters	[3]
The Observer	[4]

Background

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Ordo Ad Chao is the first album to feature vocalist Attila Csihar since the 1994 debut De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas and the last with Blasphemer before he announced his departure from the band in 2008.

Drummer Hellhammer said that the drum tracks were not equalized and only the bass drums were triggered.[6] He concluded "the production sounds necro as fuck, but that's the way we wanted it – this time. It represents Mayhem today." Indeed, the sound of the album is much rawer than that of any official Mayhem studio release since Deathcrush, with a very bass-heavy mix. Despite that, the album continues the somewhat unorthodox songwriting approach showcased on the band's last two releases, with "Illuminate Eliminate" being the band's second longest song. Despite being a black metal album, it has some death metal influences including the use of death grunt vocals.

It also has the distinction of being the first Mayhem album with lyrics written by Attila Csihar. Consequently, there is a thematic shift from the band's earlier lyrics, which focused mostly on morbid and Satanic ideas, and the lyrics here allude to psychic powers, the Annunaki, and the creation of the human race as a workforce for alien powers.

Ordo Ad Chao was released on 23 April 2007. It charted at #12 in Norway, making it the band's highest-charting album yet. There is a version of the album supplied in a metal case that is limited to a production of 3,000.[7]

Track listing

Personnel

Mayhem

• Attila Csihar – vocals, producer, mastering
• Blasphemer – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Hellhammer – drums
• Necrobutcher – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Knut Valle – engineer, mixing
• Kim Sølve, Trine Paulsen – artwork, photography

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8]	57
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9]	12

References

На других языках

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- [en] Ordo Ad Chao

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[es] Ordo Ad Chao

Ordo Ad Chao es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda noruega de black metal, Mayhem, publicado el 23 de abril de 2007. "Ordo ad chao" está escrito en latín y está destinado a ser traducido como "orden hacia el caos" (si bien esto no ocurre, pues la sentencia escrita correctamente en latín sería Ordo ad Chaos), una inversión de la expresión latina "ordo ab chao" ("orden desde el caos") a menudo citado como el lema utilizado en la Francmasonería.

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[ru] Ordo Ad Chao

Ordo Ad Chao — четвёртый студийный альбом норвежской блэк-металлической группы Mayhem, вышедший в 2007 году. Название альбома — искажённое латинское выражение «Ordo ad chaos» (в переводе на русский язык — «От порядка к хаосу»). Данная фраза является обратной латинскому выражению «Ordo ab chao» («К порядку из хаоса»), часто используемое, как лозунг масонства. 2 февраля 2008 года, альбом получил «Spellemannprisen» (норвежский аналог «Грэмми») в номинации «Лучший металлический альбом».[4]

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