Mayhem - Live in Leipzig (1993) [Reissue 2015]

Per Yngve Ohlin (16 January 1969 - 8 April 1991), better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish black/death metal vocalist and lyricist best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. He also performed as vocalist of the Swedish death metal band Morbid on their demo December Moon.
 In early 1986, he founded the Swedish death metal group Morbid, with which he recorded a demo tape called December Moon. Shortly afterwards, he decided the band wasn't going anywhere and contacted the members of Mayhem. According to Mayhem bassist Jørn 'Necrobutcher' Stubberud, he initially sent them a small package containing a demo tape, a letter, and a crucified mouse. Although Necrobutcher lost the package itself, he kept the tape which had Dead's contact details. Dead moved to Norway and joined the band in early 1988.

Tracks 6 and 11 only available on the original LP; taken from the CBR Projections of a Stained Mind compilation, both tracks feature Dead on vocals. Later on, they appeared on the split with The Meads of Asphodel and also on the bootleg Morbid/Mayhem split A Tribute to the Black Emperors.

Live in Leipzig was originally spread by the band in early 1991 as a live demo tape. Dead did a couple of different covers for this limited release.

Legendary, yet roughly produced live album. The gig featured heavy atmospheric effects such as severed pig heads impaled on wooden spikes. The band's clothes were decayed and soiled. Pieces of rotting meat were thrown into the audience and given to people. Dead also was noted on slicing himself open during the show. The band arrived in Leipzig with all instruments by train.

Peaceville, reissue, 180 gram.

-Tracklist:

A1. Deathcrush    
A2. Necrolust    
A3. Funeral Fog    
A4. The Freezing Moon    
A5. Carnage    
B1. Buried By Time And Dust    
B2. Pagan Fears    
B3. Chainsaw Gutsfuck    
B4. Pure Fucking Armageddon

-Line up:

    Dead: vocals
    Euronymous: guitar
    Necrobutcher: bass
    Hellhammer: drums

◌ 25th Anniversary, limited edition reissue on purple and black vinyl.
◌ Sleeve with original cover artwork of the 1st press in 1993.
◌ Includes 8-page booklet with liner notes and recollections from Hellhammer and Necrobutcher, notes from Metalion of the Kult Slayer Magazin, rare images, sketches, letters surrounding the event, interviews with Hellhammer and Necrobutcher performed by Finn Håkon Rødland, pictures of letters written by Dead and Euronymous, plus a tape of Live in Leipzig with custom made cover, made by Dead, courtesy of The True Mayhem Collection.
◌ Recorded live in Eiskeller, Leipzig, Germany, on the 26th November 1990.

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) LP 2006 + LP Pic 2005

 

Songwriting began in 1987, but due to the suicide of vocalist Per "Dead" Ohlin and the murder of guitarist Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth, the album's release was delayed until May 1994.
First Deathlike Silence CD pressing with no barcode. Booklet has no lyrics, just a fold-out cover with pictures of Hellhammer and Euronymous inside. Colouring of the building on the front is blue.

"De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas" means "Lord Satan's Secret Rites", or at least that's what Euronymous wanted to write. In fact, the phrase isn't written in correct Latin. However, the little dot after "dom", as seen on the original cover, abbreviates "domini", so the title means something like "about/of Lord Satan's mysteries".
"Mysterii" is not only translatable as mystery, but also as secret worship/ritual/rite. So, when pluralized as it is in the title, "Mysteriis" can indeed translate to Secret Rites, also with the word "Sathanas", is not the correct word for Satan in Latin; the correct word would be "Satanas" (without the 'h') or "diabolus".

The murder of Euronymous by Varg Vikernes happened right before the initial release of the CD. Accordingly, the family of Euronymous asked Hellhammer to remove all bass lines from the album, because Varg's contribution didn't deserve to be on it, in their opinion. Hellhammer promised that he would replace bass lines with his own, but he didn't know how to play bass, so the album was left with Varg's bass lines, although not heard as well as the other instruments because of it being lowered. All the CD's contain on the back "A Tribute To Euronymous" with a promo photo of only Euronymous and Hellhammer. Attila, Varg and Snorre W. Ruch's contributions are not mentioned anywhere. The CD itself features a very dark photo showing the faces of Euronymous and Hellhammer, and a third face which is believed to be Attila (although this has never been confirmed by the band).

The lyrics of Life Eternal were originally written by Dead as a gift to Bull Metal, who played in Masacre and Typhon. Later on, the lyrics were used in De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. As a posthumous tribute to Dead and Euronymous, Typhon used the lyrics for Life Eternal in their album Unholy Trilogy.

A bootlegged rehearsal of this album called From the Darkest Past was distributed sometime in the early 90s, featuring instrumental tracks recorded on May 16th 1992.

    2006 LP, reissue, limited edition, red, gatefold (Back On Black)   ┼  2005 LP picture (Vinyl Maniacs)

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

A1 Funeral Fog           05:47
A2 Freezing Moon          06:23
A3 Cursed In Eternity         05:10
A4 Pagan Fears               06:21
B1 Life Eternal                   06:57
B2 From The Dark Past         05:27
B3 Buried By Time And Dust       03:34

B4 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas   06:22

 

-Line up:

⛧Hellhammer: drums 

⛧Euronymous (R.I.P. 1993): guitars

⛧Attila Csihar: vocals

⛧Varg Vikernes: bass

⛧Per "Dead" Ohlin (R.I.P. 1991): lyrics

⛧Snorre "Blackthorn": wrote some of the lyrics and guitar riffs.

 

 

 

 

Recorded in The Grieg Memorial Hall, Bergen - Norway, in 92/93. 

The front cover shows the Nidaros Cathedral located in Trondheim, Norway.

 A tribute to Euronymous (13/04/1968 - 10/08/1993).
 

 

 

 

Per Yngve ''Dead'' Ohlin - Honor the True One (CDr bootleg)

Per Yngve Ohlin (Estocolmo, 16 de enero de 1969 - Noruega, 8 de abril de 1991), también conocido como Dead fue un músico sueco, que fundó en 1986 a banda de death metal Morbid, y desde 1988 hasta su muerte el líder y cantante de la banda de Black Metal Mayhem. Durante los primeros años después de su muerte se convirtió en una de las más grandes figuras de culto de la escena europea de Black Metal.

CDr #92-100

 

-Tracklist:

 1. Morbid - My Dark Subconsious
 2. Morbid - Wings Of Funeral

 3. Morbid - Death Execution
 4. Mayhem - Deathcrush
 5. Mayhem - Necrolust
 6. Mayhem - Freezing Moon
 7. Mayhem - Chainsaw Gutsfuck    
 8. Morbid - From The Dark
 9. Morbid - Disgusting Semla
10. Morbid - Necrodead
11. Morbid - My Dark Subconsious.

 

 

Pro-CDr, limited to 100 hand-numbered copies.

Tracks 1 and 2: Demo 12/1987

 Track 3: Rehearsal 08/1987

 Tracks 4 to 7: Rehearsal 04/1991

 Tracks 8 to 11: Live 09/1987