{{Infobox album | name = Ordo Ad Chao | type = Studio | artist = Mayhem | cover = OrdoAbChaoCover.jpg | alt = | released = 23 April 2007 | recorded = 13 November – 4 December 2006 | venue = | studio = Mølla Studio, Gjerstad, Norway | genre = Black metal | length = 40:46 | label = Season of Mist | producer = * Blasphemer * Attila | prev_title = Chimera | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Esoteric Warfare | next_year = 2014 }} {{Album ratings |rev1=About.com |rev1score= {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/mayhemordo.htm|title=Ordo Ad Chao review|last=Bowar|first=Chad|work=About.com|publisher=The New York Times Company|access-date=18 April 2010|archive-date=24 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324031749/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/mayhemordo.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Chronicles of Chaos'' |rev2score = 8/10<ref>Montague, James. [http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-4698_mayhem_ordo_ad_chao.aspx "CoC: Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao: Review"]. ''Chronicles of Chaos''. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.</ref> |rev3=Metal Storm |rev3score=9.0/10.0<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lucas |date=10 April 2007 |title=Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao review |url=https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=4685 |access-date=24 February 2024 |publisher=Metal Storm}}</ref> |rev4=''PopMatters'' |rev4score=5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/mayhem-ordo-ad-chao-2496220005.html|title=Mayhem: Ordo Ad Chao < Reviews|last=Blackie|first=Andrew|date=20 June 2007|publisher=PopMatters|access-date=29 August 2009}}</ref> |rev5=''The Observer'' |rev5score={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Campion|first=Chris|date=22 April 2007|title=Mayhem, Ordo ad Chao|journal=The Observer|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/apr/22/popandrock.shopping5|access-date=29 August 2009}}</ref> |rev6=Sputnikmusic |rev6score=4.0/5<ref>{{Cite web |author=AngelofDeath |date=4 May 2010 |title=Mayhem - Ordo ad Chao (album review ) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/36624/Mayhem-Ordo-ad-Chao/ |access-date=24 February 2024 |publisher=Sputnikmusic}}</ref> }} '''''Ordo Ad Chao''''' is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. The album received the Spellemann Award for best heavy metal album on 2 February 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nordseth|first=Pål|date=2 February 2008|title=Vet ikke om vi gir ut flere plater|journal=Kjendis.no|publisher=DB Medialab AS|language=no|url=http://www.kjendis.no/2008/02/02/525740.html|access-date=29 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120095145/http://www.kjendis.no/2008/02/02/525740.html|archive-date=20 November 2009}}</ref>
==Background== {{More citations needed|section|date=September 2021}} ''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.
''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.<ref>"[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=71106 MAYHEM's 'Ordo Ad Chao' Enters Norwegian Chart At No. 12 thread] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427050003/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=71106 |date=2007-04-27 }}, ''Roadrunnerrecords.com'', 24 April 2007.</ref>
==Music style and songwriting== Drummer, Hellhammer said that the drum tracks were not equalized and only the bass drums were triggered.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104744/http://www.extremedrumming.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2662&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 New Mayhem Song!!! thread], ''Extremedrumming.net''. January 24, 2007.</ref> 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.
==Track listing== {{Track listing |total_length = 40:46 |all_lyrics = Attila except "Anti", which is by both Atilla and Blasphemer |all_music = Blasphemer |title1 = A Wise Birthgiver |length1 = 3:30 |title2 = Wall of Water |length2 = 4:40 |title3 = Great Work of Ages |length3 = 3:52 |title4 = Deconsecrate |length4 = 4:07 |title5 = Illuminate Eliminate |length5 = 9:40 |title6 = Psychic Horns |length6 = 6:32 |title7 = Key to the Storms |length7 = 3:52 |title8 = Anti |length8 = 4:33 }}
==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== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (2007) !Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Sweden|57|artist=Mayhem|album=Ordo Ad Chao|access-date=February 7, 2021}} |- | Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Mayhem&cat=a "Norwegian charts portal"]. Retrieved 27 November 2011.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|12 |}
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