Not THAT bad...

Review Score: (6/10)
Like the first reviewer, I was very excited for this album to come out. Mayhem has always impressed me with their aggressive and unique music, and this wasn't what I was expecting. There are many inspired moments, particularly Hellhammer's ferocious drumming, but vocally this is album rather weak. There is no "singing" at all, but rather aggresive "lecturing". The music is quite good, even the short techno tune isn't all bad, but you'll find yourself listening to this album as much as you would a spoken word album; that is, it's good once or twice. This will eventually gather dust as you listen to their other albums. But at least they tried something new in a music genre lacking in many new ideas.

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