Mayhem discography

Mayhem discography

Mayhem performing at Hole In The Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2007
Studio albums 5
Live albums 5
Compilation albums 3
Video albums 4
EPs 2
Singles 2

This is a comprehensive discography of Mayhem, a black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway. Mayhem has released five studio albums, five live albums, two EPs, five demos and singles, three compilation albums and four video albums.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
NOR
[1]		 SWE
[2]		 FIN
[3]		 US Heat.
[4]
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
  • Released: 24 May 1994
  • Label: Deathlike Silence, Century Black
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[5]
 — — — —
Grand Declaration of War
  • Released: 27 March 2000
  • Label: Season of Mist, Necropolis Records
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[6]
 — — — —
Chimera
  • Released: 17 January 2004
  • Label: Season of Mist
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[7]
 28 — — —
Ordo Ad Chao
  • Released: 16 April 2007
  • Label: Season of Mist
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[8]
 12 57 — —
Esoteric Warfare
  • Released: 6 June 2014
  • Label: Season of Mist
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[9]
 — — 32 14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Title Details
1993
Live in Leipzig
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Obscure Plasma Records, Avantgarde Records
1995
Dawn of the Black Hearts
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Warmaster Records
1999
Mediolanum Capta Est
  • Released: 7 December 1999
  • Label: Avant Garde
2001
Live In Marseille
  • Released: 16 June 2001
  • Label: Black Metal Records

EPs

Year Title Details
1987
Deathcrush
  • Released: 16 August 1987
  • Label: Posercorpse (1000 copies), Deathlike Silence (1993 reissue)
1997
Wolf's Lair Abyss
  • Released: 12 November 1997
  • Label: Misanthropy Records

Demos and singles

Year Title Notes
1986
Pure Fucking Armageddon
 Recorded instrumentally. Euronymous and Necrobutcher performed vocals during rehearsals[11]
1987
Deathrehearsal
 Recorded between 17 and 18 January 1987. It's the first Mayhem's release to feature Maniac as official vocalist[12][13]
1995
Out from the Dark
 Recorded in early 1991
1996
Freezing Moon/Carnage
 Recorded in 1990
1997
Ancient Skin/Necrolust
2009
Life Eternal
 Demo versions of songs from De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2014
Psywar[14]

Compilation albums

Year Title Notes
2001
European Legions and U.S. Legions
 Live songs and outtakes from Grand Declaration of War
2002
The Studio Experience
 Contains all previous albums
2003
Legions of War
 Contains Grand Declaration of War and European Legions

Videography

Year Title Notes
1988 Rehearsal 1988 It's the only Mayhem's recording where the faces of Dead and Euronymous are clearly visible.
1998 Live In Bischofswerda Recorded in June 1997. It's the first concert since the Leipzig one from November 1990.
2001 Live In Marseille 2000
2002 Mayhem - Cult of Aggression Norwegian/Swedish documentary by Stefan Rydehed
2008 Pure Fucking Mayhem English documentary by Stefan Rydehed

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Mayhem&cat=a
  2. ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=mayhem&cat=a
  3. ↑ http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Mayhem&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/6122427/mayhem/chart
  5. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/de-mysteriis-dom-sathanas/id296084422
  6. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/grand-declaration-of-war/id591231236
  7. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chimera/id583648461
  8. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ordo-ad-chao/id583578050
  9. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/esoteric-warfare/id879711876
  10. ↑ http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-618-can-we-get-a-hellyeah
    http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-79-you-cant-fight-the-seether
    http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-72-once-more-round-the-charts
  11. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mayhem/67
  12. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mayhem/Deathrehearsal/63610
  13. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mayhem/Deathrehearsal/63610
  14. ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mayhem-to-release-psywar-single-in-april-full-length-album-to-follow-in-may/
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