Order – Lex Amentia (Digipack CD, 2017)

Thirty years have passed since Norwegian legendary Mayhem defined what would become the authentic Nordic black metal trademarked genre with their debut demo ’Pure Fuckin Armageddon’. The band was founded by bassist Jørn Stubberud (“Necrobutcher »), drummer Kjetil Manheim, and guitarist Øystein Aarseth (later known as “Euronymous »). Eirik Norheim (“Messiah ») joined the band as a vocalist and did vocals on the legendary debut mini album ‘Deathcrush’ together with Sven Erik Kristiansen (“Maniac”).

Formed in 2013, ORDER have pledged to the task of restoring a form of filthy, raw Nordic black death metal.The band’s line up has been : Manheim (ex Mayhem) /Billy Messiah (ex Mayhem, Cockroach Clan) and Anders Odden/Rene Jansen (Cadaver). Stu Manx from Scandinavian hard rock wave finest band Gluciffer, took over the bass duties in 2014 to replace original member René Jansen to fulfill Order’s undeniably repugnant and massive sound. Anders Odden has been the live guitarist for Celtic Frost and now also handles the bass duties in Satyricon. This is the digipak version, which includes the bonus track ‘Procreation (Of The Wicked)’ originally recorded by Celtic Frost. Recommended for fans of Mayhem, Celtic Frost, Cadaver, Triptykon, Darkthrone, Bathory.