Mayhem to release new album next year

Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem have begun mixing their new album.

The follow-up to 2007's 'Ordo ad Chao' is scheduled for an early 2014 release. Questioned in 2012 by Total Rock Radio on any new material from the band, bassist Jorn "Necrobutcher" Stubberud  said: "I think that we are not a traditional band in that matter, that we make an album every year and then do a tour with that. 'Cause we don't feel it's necessary to do that - we do an album when we feel like doing an album."

He added, "It's true - all the guys have some other projects also; like Hellhammer [drums] has Arcturus, Attila [Csihar, vocals] has Void Ov Voices and Sunn O))). It takes time to come up with some good stuff, and we don't wanna rush anything."