The drums of this album was recorded in a huge concert hall called "Grieghallen" in Bergen, Norway. I've been inside of that concert hall and it makes sense how the drums feels so massive on this album

U should find this song with Dead on vocals He was amazing R.I.P. PELLE

Hellhammer truly is a gem of a drummer. The way he plays just isn't human. It's like he was programmed to do these fills and blast beats

Attila is an absolutely insane vocalist who can do mindboggling things with his voice. He has an 8 octaves range. His mastery has increased significantly over the years... And Hellhammer is Hellhammer, enough said.

Mayhem was basically on the forefront of the second wave of black metal in the late 80's and early 90's. This album and the band around that time has quite a bit of history to it. I don't listen to this album all that often any more, but I do return to it every once in a while and still enjoy it when I do. As far as the vocals go: I actually never heard the demo with the original (deceased) singer, but I know that quite a few people don't enjoy Attila's vocals and it honestly took a bit of time for me to get used to them as well. I have heard Attila on other projects as well (eg. Sunn O))) which is Drone Doom) and while he does have an admittedly strange vocal style, it usually strangely fits imo. I honesty think he made quite a few improvements to his vocals even though it is still the same weird style. I do think it sounds more controlled nowadays (although I haven't heard a lot of newer Mayhem though, only other projects). Jan Axel Blomberg aka Hellhammer is a fantastic drummer and probably still one of my favourite metal drummers. He played in a large amount of different projects over the years and not only black metal either but some avant-garde metal with black metal influences and neoclassical progressive metal as well. I haven't heard a good chunk of them, but I enjoyed the ones I have listened to quite a bit.

Attila is a beast on vocals. His range is truly insane. He is incredible.

This song is so freezing cold that my spine tingles into goosebumps in the hot summer sun. Masterpiece.

Funny you mention throat singing. The lead singer is actually a great throat singer now 😆

It's english but I don't think Attila actually knew the language at all at the time of the recording. No kidding. He got way better vocally and now he's got maybe the best fry in black metal IMO, at age 50 mind you. I think he also did some opera stuff here and there?

The most productive genre in metal of 2010's to nowadays is definetely black metal for me. You should check them. Some of i can suggest : Mgla , Deathspell Omega ,Blut Aus Nord, Batushka, Misthyrming , Oranssi Pazuzu , Saor , Impherial Triumphant

Throat singing ha ha, well the singer Atilla is Hungarian so he probably got inspired by his ancestors

I got flash backs of math class in highschool 👌back on the day this was definitely the second wave of Black metal 🤘 Without this band there would NOT be a few thousand bands we have today 🙄

i suggest watching an old live version called live in leipzig in whic is present the icon singer(not this one) Dead who unfortunately lived up to his name

You definetly should listen to their song De Mysteriis Dom.Sathanas, better vocals by Attila on that one (same recording). The drummer Hellhammer is great and if you wanna hear him in another band listen something from his other bands like Arcturus (avant-garde/symphonic metal) or Winds (neoclassical progressive metal).

HOWDY FROM NEW ENGLAND..I HEAR A LOT OF MERCIFUL FATE IN THIS SONG...IVE KNOWN OF MAYHEM FOR YRS BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THEM...ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH UR ANALYSIS....PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST...

If we going this territory, it is only fair that we give a nod towards "Emperor" in some form. Anything before IX should be period accurate. I´d go with something from Anthems myself.

This band helped inspire a lot of the Norwegian black metal scene in the late 80's and early 90's. They were musically inspired by earlier bands, like Venom, Bathory, and Hellhammer, and built a circle of like-minded individuals, who found themselves the center of numerous controversies and crimes, as well as a lot of black metal music. There are numerous documentaries about it all and even a movie was made about the events surrounding this band, called Lords of Chaos.

Another thing to add to Attila's vocals - he does extensive throat singing with Sunn O))). Also, the title track of this album is where his vocals really shine, IMO.

cyclical repeating tremolo guitar melodies do seem to be a common thing in black metal, i guess it is very moody atmospheric genre, beginning of aggaloch's "into the painted grey" or something like main melody of emperor's "i am the black wizards" comes to mind

In keeping with the black metal theme.... I'd like to throw prog black metal band Vale Of Pnath into the ring. Either, the song The Horror In Clay (little more straight forward; returns to a central theme), or Klendathu (a bit more obscure). Thanks for the awesome content, man!👌

Also check out some new / newer Mayhem. "Daemon" was for me one of the best black metal albums in 2019. As mention in other comments, their drummer Jan Axel Blomberg aka Hellhammer is one of the best in metal for his unbeliavable varsatility to play different styles. From jazz to blast beats etc.... I suggest Arcturus, that's one of his other bands

hellhammer and euronymous masterpiece duel

You look good with the long hair. Keep it up.

not to mention te original version of the song was composed by practically teenagers

Folks don't GET that under the swampy necrotic and dissonant, ringing or warp-sawwing guitar is a NEOCLASSICAL and NEOROMANTIC compositional structure, with elements of archaic European folk music: The threnodic strains of the Slavonic strings, braying barkhorn or Alpine sackbut, dirgy chants from Hungary, Moldova or Greece, or wisent-hide tympane... It SOUNDS like Scythia invading or something during the Dark Ages, and this plodding march of doom shadowing their sacrificial offerings among the choice prisoners devoted to the Gods of The Steppes, with a final spasm of terror as the desperate chumps try rushing the guards and making a wild break for it... kinda like Malmedy.

buried by time and dust is my fav off this album

Hellhammer is one of the most talented and intricate drummers ever for sure

This song is 30 years old by now lol. D'OH!

The drums, always the drums get you hooked on Mayhem (and his hundred more projects, lol). Jan Axel is a genius! His jazz approach with that cymbal's work and all those great fills. You should listen to Mayhem's more modern and progressive stuff.

I love that you compared Mayhem to Billie Eilish :D

the solo was recorded with few mistakes but they decided to leave it like that

Low effort- reminds me of Cake's John McCrea's speak-singing

“norwegian rock metal” killed me inside but he dint know it’s fine

You wanna check out badass black metal check out Craft. No one mentions Craft, they're underrated as hell. Come Resonance of Doom has a bit of everything they're good at. They fuckin' get what its all about.

You should analyse Fisheye with the band Shining.The video is great and there is a good live performance to.(nrk) The band started as a jazzband but at one point they changed style compleetly. The former drummer of Leprous went to shining. They inventet a new genre with the album Blackjazz. If you look for somthing different this is it. I can allso recomend Slow Motion or Brave new world (Live at Gildehallen) with the Norwegian band Kalandra.

"This mix is very sparse though" haha, indeed, its called necrosound :D

hi new viewer here! i want to ask you to react to Apati and Lifelover which are both swedish DSBM bands, their lyrics are in swedish but their instrumentals are something else in my opinion. Also a Ukranian musician has released a very interesting album called Pale Swordsman and its by Këkth Aräkh.

whats funny about certain styles of metal like black metal is that you could try to insult it, call it ugly or raw, yet it almost always will be a compliment to the idea the composers tried to evoke. well, except calling it posing, never that though lol.

Nice vid, you should react to "I am the Black Wizards" by Emperor. That song is similar but sounds a bit more interesting.

5:38 "Very interesting note choices". The rolling stone magazine placed Euronymous at the 58 place among the 100 best guitarists in the world. I like the classic Mayhem line up, but my personal opinion is that he wasn't that good. Although his riffing style is interesting.

React to Burzum songs!

Hellhammer 👌🤘👌

As others have noted, Mayhem were one of the key bands of the 2nd Wave of Norwegian Black Metal. All of these bands took the template laid down by Bathory in the mid-late 80s and ran with it. When I've said before that black metal is metal's version of punk--raw, unpolished, fast, unrelenting, aggressive, etc.--you can really hear that here. Personally, I'm not a big fan of any of the "pure" black metal bands (Bathory is an exception), and really don't care much for the genre unless it's mixed with progressive or symphonic elements ala Emperor/Ihsahn or bands like Weakling or Deathspell Omega. I can also dig "black n' roll" bands, which are bands that mixed black metal with a more classic rock sound (influenced by Motorhead), like later Immortal and I. I will say that I think Freezing Moon is one of the better "classic" black metal songs out there with some good riffs, and I do appreciate it how it builds up to its first verse, but it kinda loses me after that.

Loved this

Leprous- nighttime disguise please

You should react to Marduk - Nightwing! :D

My throat would hurt if I imitated Attila

Try Buried by Time and Dust (also in this record). You will find a beautiful melody there.

It was in English... I can clearly hear what he's saying most of the time. xD

I've been watching the 13 year-olds playing freezing moon so much, I forgot what the original sounded like 🤣

Please do Burzum - Jesus'Tod

Would be interesting to see you react to the live performance with a different singer (Maniac) at Wacken

Please Darkthrone next.

The foundation.

The demo with Dead is better. Just sayin'.

I have 3 songs you need to check out. Your best years by Kowloon Walled City Sundowning by Palehorse/Palerider Lying in ruin by Usnea Hopefully you can get around to these.

you mentioned that your perception of some songs changed at subsequent listens maybe it would be interesting for you to react to some of your older videos to compare how your perception changed

The version with dead will forever be the best version

i have heard pelles original recording and its very different...

“I believe it was not in English” it’s definitely in English lmao You need to listen to dead’s version it’s better

I never got Mayhem. I just can't like them no matter how much I try. But yeah, Hellhammer is a great drummer, he's all that keeps me interested. The backstory of this band is amazing though, definitely worth looking into.

Listen to Dead Vocals version pls

Black metal week soon?

i've always considered this album to be more experimental, than the "traditional" Black Metal that was being made at that time, eg: Darkthorne, Immortal, etc.

That's cool

Well, this singer wouldn't have worried too much about the durance of his vocal cords.... "They created an athmosphere" but some didn't "live with it" very long...😟

Check out demo version or live in Liepzig version, because here is Atilla singing, not so good singer, Dead was way better, raw and dark. Pity that he was so sick and depressed and took his only 22 years old life :(

The epitome of black metal, the og version with dead is way better

he is good but im still on my oponion that dead is the real mayhem

Not a big fan of Atilla’s vocals. Dead was definitely best for this song and Maniac kills it too.

It was better with DEAD on vocals. RIP DEAD was one of the greatest black metal vocalist

attila is hungarian teenager in '92-'93 and that time in (post-communist) hungary a very few average people speak english well(or at all). thats why the articulation is "poor". personally i really dig it. and in the beginning of the '90s metal bands doesnt go to vocal couch...wtf 😂😂😂

Dude has no idea about the “story” here

So I've been watching some of your video's, starting out with the older vids. Mostly the black/death metal tracks. The progression you make as a metal listener is very cool to witness. Some older vids I see a man who is overwhelmed by this shit music, and doesn't really like what he hears, with this video I really see this nasty look on your face, it's the ultimate facial expression of enjoyment in metal. Cool video's! You're a likeable man. Do more 90's death/black metal, it was the best period for extreme metal, everything before was still too weak, everything after the 2000's is overproduced and fake. OK this is a very broad generalization, but nonetheless true.

Need some DarkthronE , BurZuM and GorgorotH reaction's

You should’ve watched the live

React to greatest band : Empyrium...

May I recommend a movie into this subject? Lords of chaos. 🤘😎🤘

He definitely wont be doing any improvements to his technique lmao

The only good Mayhem is with Dead on vocals, and he's dead lol. They've never had a vocalist that could match him, Maniac was ok but the rest are terrible

Vader's version is much better

It’s obvious you like metal because of ur hair lol