by Charles Alexander
The remix of The Coming of Chaos addresses production difficulties with a late release by a classic band, but struggles to overcome the hybrid of black metal and speed metal that was in vogue for a couple years but ultimately muddles the amazing composition within this album.
Songs that were already rising above the rest benefit most from the re-mix. Some guitar harmonies in “Abyss of Time” and “Portal of Blood” that were inaudible originally can be heard clearly now, and “Awaken Chaos” and “Burning Lust” benefit from increased atmosphere.
They also cut ten minutes out of the outro, which is probably an improvement, and completely removed the (in)famous “lesbian pleasure” sample in “Burning Lust.” All guitars come through more cleanly and forcefully, renovating an undernoticed album by one of the authors of the black metal canon.