MAYHEM
stream full new album!
Norwegian black metal legendsMAYHEMare now exclusively premiering their complete forthcoming full-length "Esoteric Warfare" via the official media partners below:
Metal Hammer(BG)
Spark(CZ)
Metal Hammer(DE)
This Is Metal(ES)
Inferno(FI)
VS-Webzine(FR)
Rocking(GR)
Kronos Mortus(HU)
Andfari(IS)
Rock Hard(IT)
Lords of Metal(NL)
Metal Hammer(NO)
Musick(PL)
Loud(PT)
Close-Up(SE)
Terrorizer(UK)
"Esoteric Warfare" is scheduled for release on the 6th of June. The album in its various formats including a limited collectors' box are now available forpre-orderon the Season of Miste-shop.
MAYHEM's stunning cover was created by Polish artist and architectZbigniew M. Bielak. Artwork and tracklist are shown below:
1. Watchers
2. PsyWar
3. Trinity
4. Pandaemon
5. MILAB
6. VI.Sec.
7. Throne of Time
8. Corpse of Care
9. Posthuman
10. Aion Suntelia
MAYHEMare still on the road for a first European leg in support of "Esoteric Warfare". The tour will continue to rage until a final onslaught in Denmark's capital København at Pumpehuset on May 31st. All remaining dates can be viewed below and more will be announced in due time:
27 May 14 München (DE) Backstage Club
28 May 14 Berlin (DE) C-Club
29 May 14 Warsaw (PL) Proxima
30 May 14 Plzen (CZ) Metalfest Open Air Festival
31 May 14 København (DK) Pumpehuset
Additional festival shows have also been confirmed:
28 Jun 14Lausanne (CH) Les Docks (Inferno Festival Swiss Edition)
08 Aug 14Øya (NO) Tøyenparken (Øya Festival)
It has been seven long years sinceMAYHEMreleased their fourth and last full-length "Ordo ad Chao". Founded as early as in 1984 in Oslo, Norway by the late and legendary frontman Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous, bassist Jørn "Necrobutcher" Stubberud, and Kjetil "Manheim" Haraldsson on drums, the band took its name from the VENOM song "Mayhem with Mercy". Continuing and renewing the Black Metal style heralded by the English trio,MAYHEMsoon became the instigators of the so called second wave and were at the heart of every controversy surrounding that genre. The suicide of misanthropic frontman Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin. The murder of Euronymous by guest bass player "Count Grishnakh" alias the notorious Varg Vikernes. Church burnings, drugs and prison sentences,MAYHEMwere always at the centre of the storm. Yet not even death could stop the Norwegians, who released one musical milestone after the other. The incredible rawness of the "Deathcrush" EP (1987) was followed by the still iconic and genre defining "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" (1994), which featured devilish drummer Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg, who had joined in 1988. The vocalist on this album was the Hungarian Attila Csihar of TORMENTOR fame, who returned later in 2004 to take over from his meantime heir, the enigmatic original singer Sven-Erik "Maniac" Kristiansen. The latter was featured on the "Wolf's Lair Abyss" EP (1997), which was written mostly by highly talented guitarist Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen, who scored a massive success with the highly controversial "Grand Declaration Of War" (2000). Those were followed by the more classic "Chimera" (2004) and a masterpiece of utter darkness called "Ordo Ad Chao" (2007) with Attila singing again, which inspired many bands to follow in its tracks.MAYHEMhad always witnessed many line-up changes due to the circumstances described above. Therefore even the loss of Blasphemer, who decided to focus on his other band AVA INFERI in 2008, did not stop the band. Activities mainly revolved around live shows, until the right balance was found again with the recruitment of Morten "Teloch" Iversen. The guitarist had already made a name for himself with NIDINGR, which is highly regarded amongst black metal enthusiasts yet remained mostly an underground phenomenon. Now his first compositional work withMAYHEMis unleashed and demonstrates how perfectly Teloch has captured the essence and spirit of the Norwegian legend by linking the band back to its roots, while at the same time taking a step forward into the spearhead position of the genre instead of dwelling in nostalgia. Tremble world,MAYHEMare back with a vengeance!
Line-up
Attila: vocals
Teloch: guitars
Necrobutcher: bass
Hellhammer: drums
Ghul: live guitar
www.facebook.com/mayhemofficial
www.thetruemayhem.com
Style: Black Metal
Booking contacts
Europe:[email param="ae@firstcontactagency.com"]ae@firstcontactagency.com[/email]
Norway:jan@infernofestival.net
North America:nstorch@icmpartners.com
Press-kit:https://season-of-mist.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e193a85c214ac2a879022c84d&id=54ea32faaf&e=3b05e836fe
Pre-sales:https://season-of-mist.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=e193a85c214ac2a879022c84d&id=e2613df16b&e=3b05e836fe
Artwork:www.graphic-noise.com/zbigniew-m-bielak
Available formats
SOM333 CD
SOM333D CD Digipak
SOM333LP Double-Gatefold LP in various colours
SOM333B Collectors' box
SOM333T Cassette
For interview requests and all promotion-related questions regarding Season of Mist artists, please reach out to[email param="presseu@season-of-mist.com"]Gunnar Sauermann[/email].
