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Mayhem – Liturgy of Death

Florian Buechtingby Florian Buechting

Mayhem - Liturgy of Death

Mayhem - Liturgy of Death
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The press kit of their new album calls Mayhem one of the most influential and enduring forces in extreme music. The Norwegians are already in their fifth decade of the band’s story. Before that, they release a new album on 6th February 2026.

 

Mayhem – About The Artists

Mayhem have been founded in 1984 in Ski, North of Oslo, in 1984. The original band name was Musta. Nowadays, they are based in the capital city. In 1987, they self-released their debut EP, Deathcrush. So far, there have been six full length albums by the band. Daemon released in 2019 has been the most recent one. The quintet typically uses artist names. The members are Jorn Necrobutcher Stubberud (bass), Hellhammer (drums), Attila csihar (vocals), Teloch and Ghul (both guitars).

 

Mayhem – Liturgy of Death – Track by Track

The ten song album lasts 59 minutes.

1. Ephemeral Eternity

The album starts with Ephemeral Eternity. The band takes some 50 seconds for an atmospheric intro, before the guitars join in, increasing the thrilling atmosphere of the opener. They soon introduce some choir-alike backing vocals as well. With the first full appearance of Necrobutcher on the microphone, Mayhem reveals their metal heart. Later the song is slowly marching forward. Too much speed would be unnecessary anyway – the song takes almost seven minutes.

2. Despair

The second song of the album is Despair. The sound gets louder and more aggressive. Thus, it is not that surprising that Mayhem’s singer is now more frequently using grunting. Especially towards the end of the almost seven minute song, there is a lot of intensity and brutality. Great one!

3. Weep for Nothing

Liturgy of Death continues with Weep for Nothing. Mayhem increases the speed in here. The sound comes with a lot of beastiality, just in line with the storyline. These seven minutes are likely not a wise choice if you want to have a peaceful sleep thereafter. If you are a black metal fan, though, the sound of this one is just right.

4. Aeon’s End

The story of Aeon’s End “just” deserves a five minute episode of this album. However, already the first one of these is coming with so much aggression and metal energy, a more epic one might just be a song for the very bravest metalhearts. Compared to this fourth song, the predecessor almost feels like a gentle lullaby.

5. Funeral of Existence

Funeral of Existance starts with a melodic and hymnic instrumental opener. However, this is no “light” rock track. The more, it creates a majestic firework of a high speed metal sounds.

6. Realm of Endless Misery

Brutal, fast, fun – that’s how I would sum up Realm of Endless Misery in very brief. At least if you like Mayhem’s genre and music and don’t think it is a too loud piece of rock music which will cause you nightmares for your remaining life. Mayhem definitely goes for that description with this song and later even introduces goodish (or develish?) vocals at end of theit soet.

7. Propitious Death

There is no chance to relax a moment. Propitous Death hammers fast riffs and Incredible work on the drums from the very first second. Despite the speed of this song, it is stilly finally leading to a rather long five minute listen.

8. The Sentence of Absolution

The siren-alimke sounds in The Sentence of Absolution is one of the most catching elements of this track. It starts with some louder guitar chords and turns into a bombast metal powerhouse.

9. Life Is a Corpse You Drag (bonus track)

The last two tracks of the album are marked as bonus tracks. Thereby, Life Is a Corpse You Drag is another already released one. The song impresses with nicely swaying guitar lines and another great vocal performance. Overall, this one feels very theatric and thus perfectly suits into the set of songs of this album.

10. Sancta Mendacia (bonus track)

Finally, there is Sancta Mendacia. Mayhem feels like they want to impress here. The speed at the beginning of the song is incredible. A worthy final track, which is comparably short (4:20 minutes).

 

Mayhem – Liturgy of Death – Spotify

Here is the album on Spotify:

 

Mayhem – Liturgy of Death – Track by Track

The Norwegians released a very fine album in here. Liturgy of Death is full of brutal energy, creating a very intense atmosphere. The songs have a great fit of vocal and instrumental elements. I like it!

 

Favorite Song: The Sentence of Absolution

 

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