MAYHEM: The Official Discussion Thread (Act II) It’s MAYHEM in here 👹

[Madame Goo Goo 3,746]

Waiting til midnight in the US like a good boy…

[Monster7 5,670]

This is on pair with TFM and better than BTW. I love BTW but I feel like here there are very little lows and so many highs

Abracadabra, Zombieboy, Shadow of A Man and Blade of Grass are some of her best work

Disease, Perfect Celebrity, Killah, LoveDrug and Don't Call Tonight are also sooo good I won't be listen to anything else in a looong time

[franminervini 16,788]

I listened to it this morning and it's so good!!! 

[NemoMyName 208]

9AM in Japan, where are the bonus tracks? lol

Edited yesterday at 12:14 AM by NemoMyName

[TheJoanneHat 1,296]

ZOMBIBOY THE SUMMER BOP THAT YOU ARE

[Dayman 6,073]

3 hours ago, AcidWashBoys said:

Gesaffelstein does very dark industrial analogsynth sounds, i think the most similar parts on mayhem to his personal work are the perfect celebrity intro and GOE outro. But yeah killah seems very unexpected from this collab even for people familiar with his work

It sounds a lot like his Novo Sonic Sound System EP though. Especially the song Orck

[ignotus 1,378]

So far How Bad Do u want me remains my least favorite as people pointed out it sounded like a Taylor Swift song, maybe that’s why i didnt vibe with it.

the album has been excellent. We will be streaming.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE BEAST THO

[LadyGagasGodSon 406]

Every time Blade Of Grass comes on I cry help 

Also, HBDUWM doesn't really remind me of Taylor lol but I see why people said that. It reminder me more of her unreleased ballads during the TF/TFM/BTW era? Even the vocal delivery of the chorus and stuff are more early piano Gaga vibes to me.

Edited yesterday at 12:24 AM by LadyGagasGodSon
Added my thoughts about HBDUWM instead of writing a new reply lol

[metalguru 1,247]

This album is truly magnificent. Her Scary Monsters & Super Freaks moment! Return to top in full pop sound, nostalgic yet fresh, with killer vocals and energetic productions. The last three songs are just the one needs after the high amount of adrenaline, glam rock attitude, and determinism. I am still yet to amazed by some of the tracks, and I wish she went fully in and replaced, let’s say, Don’t Call Tonight or extremely mediocre How Bad with either another grungy, 90s alt rock infused track or a shot of dark industrial craziness, I would call this album as big as Born This Way. And god, finally live instrumental heavy album, and less of computer sounds. Everything feels so lively and sonically varied. 

[dynamite 51,672]

Currently at LoveDrug. I'm really loving the album, Killah will need a few listens but so far it's great. I was expecting it to sound older and less poppy based on descriptions! The albums isn't quite as dark and heavy as the two singles () but it's upbeat and uplifting

Edited yesterday at 12:28 AM by dynamite

[PinkJelly 1,734]

Vanish Into You is giving me ‘The Queen’ / BTW vibes

[elijahfan 25,469]

Totally surprised by the album, it was absolutely not what I was expecting. I think Disease and Abracadabra were pretty misleading...  On my second listen now and already enjoying it much more now that I know what to expect. The influences are pretty strong, like, Killah is almost an I'm Afraid of Americans / Fame Bowie rework. But yeah, this album was a bit of a curveball, ngl 

[Ladle Ghoulash 18,033]

59 minutes ago, culturalbaptism said:

It does not sound like her. It sounds the same 80s garage pop TayTay took inspiration from. 

I wish you were right, but it unfortunately sounds like a reheat of Taylor reheating 80s synth pop 😔

[elijahfan 25,469]

3 hours ago, AcidWashBoys said:

Gesaffelstein does very dark industrial analogsynth sounds, i think the most similar parts on mayhem to his personal work are the perfect celebrity intro and GOE outro. But yeah killah seems very unexpected from this collab even for people familiar with his work

I hear you, but keeping in mind he recently produced Charli XCX's "I Might Say Something Stupid", I'm not surprised that his collab on Mayhem is somewhat out of character.

[PinkJelly 1,734]

I’m sorry I got to Killah and burst out laughing. ‘Gonna make the curtains cream’, you’re doing what now?!