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Mayhem; Pure homicidal Black Metal!
Topic Started: Jan 2 2006, 10:22 PM (934 Views)
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Mayhem
Origin: Norway
Genres: Black Metal
Status: Active
http://www.thetruemayhem.com/

The sordid affair involving the Norwegian black metal scene in the early nineties, replete with murders, church burnings, and the like, is a story that has been well-documented over the years, and Mayhem was in the center of it all. This is the band whose guitarist (Oystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous) was murdered by its then-bassist (Varg Vikernes, aka Count Grishnackh) over jealously regarding leadership in the so-called Inner Circle. Musically, early Mayhem was shunned by much of the mainstream metal press but revered by the underground, and their works such as Deathcrush* and *De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, as raw and primitive as they were, are regarded as early landmarks in the field of black metal.

Much of Mayhem's discography is patchy at best, befitting a band with such a chaotic past (in addition to Aarseth's death, vocalist Per Ohlin (aka Dead) committed suicide while in the band). Somehow the band managed to remain in business through the 90's, and in 2000 released the very surprising A Grand Declaration Of War, an album that sought to push the boundaries of black metal in similar ways to bands such as Arcturus and Satyricon. This is really the first cohesive work the band has ever done, a fitting culmination to their career thus far, though some older fans were put off by the experimentalism. The band followed Declaration with Chimera in 2004, an impressive album that combines both the old and new aspects of the group.

Most recently came the November 2004 announcement that long-time vocalist Maniac had left the group, with Attila Csihar, who last sang on the aforementioned De Mysteriis album, taking his place. "more back to basics and more brutal" than Grand Declaration, has recently been released.

MEMBERS:

Attila Csihar vocals (see also Aborym, Keep Of Kalessin)
Rune Eriksen (Blasphemer) guitars (see also Aura Noir, Mezzerschmitt)
Jorn Stubberud (Necrobutcher) bass
Jan Axel Von Blomberg (Hellhammer) drums (see also Arcturus, The Kovenant, Mezzerschmitt, Thorns, Winds)

former members:
Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac) vocals
Per Yngve Ohlin (Dead) vocals
Varg Vikernes bass (see also Burzum)
Oystein Aarseth (Euronymous) guitars
Kjetil Manheim drums

Albums:

Deathcrush 1987 Posercorpse
Live In Leipzig 1992 Avantgarde
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 1993 VoicesOfWonder
(EP) Wolf's Lair Abyss 1997 Misanthropy
Mediolanum Capta Est (live) 1999 Avantgarde
A Grand Declaration Of War 2000 Season Of Mist
Live In Marseille 2001 Season Of Mist
U.S. Legions 2001 Season Of Mist
European Legions 2001 Season Of Mist
Chimera 2004 Season Of Mist

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