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Mayhem - Deathcrush [EP]



7.6 | 333 votes |
Release date: 1987
Style: Death metal

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01. Silvester Anfang
02. Deathcrush
03. Chainsaw Gutsfuck
04. Witching Hour [Venom cover]
05. Necrolust
06. (Weird) Manheim
07. Pure Fucking Armageddon
08. Outro

Additional info
The outro only appeared on the original demo tape, original LP, and 1998 picture disc LP. It can also be downloaded via the band's official website.

Guest review by
Zombie, M.D.
Rating:
9.0
Before the Black Circle, before Deads suicide, before the murder of Euronymous, before the church burnings, before black metal as we now know it, there was Deathcrush! In 1987, the now legendary Mayhem birthed what would become one of the most influential black metal albums ever. This album is almost entirely responsible for what we know black metal as today. Perhaps Venom coined the phrase "Black Metal" but this album (along with a few others) is what was really responsible for the genre from a technical standpoint. The simplicity, the atmosphere, the production, the aggression, this is what black metal is all about!

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published 03.10.2004 | Comments (7)

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06.08.2012 - 01:29
Cüca Beludo
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I love the raw sound of this album
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02.02.2013 - 07:09
Rating: 9
squidrick420

I like to think of this as the missing link between 1st and 2nd wave. There are definite thrash and death influences, but there is also that whole shriek and blast beat thing going on, without a doubt this is 50% 50% when it comes to the whole "BM waves" thing.
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28.01.2014 - 02:28
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Only two comments? Blasphemy.

Fantastic Ep, raw as fuck. Heavy too, for standard tuning.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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28.01.2015 - 03:17
Dead Eternity
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Insane riffing, insane drumming, insane vocals, insane lyrics, everything insane! And Chainsaw Gutsfuck is the shit.
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14.02.2015 - 17:23
Rating: 9
metalfan1999

The album is awesome therefore a rating of 9. The only annoying thing are the overly high vocals from maniac.
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09.06.2015 - 23:52
Rating: 7
Ruchesko

Good music. Crap vocals.
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18.09.2017 - 18:15
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
30 FUCKING YEARS.
No matter my mood, every time I hear that opening intro on Deathcrush my mind goes apeshit somehow and I start making poses (in my head when Im with people) a la Immortal. Animalistic stuff.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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18.09.2017 - 19:05
Maco
Pvt Funderground
They weren't good by the time yet.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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18.09.2017 - 22:00
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Indeed, they were great.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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26.01.2021 - 02:08
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
I think Silvester Anfang has been stuck in my head for ten years.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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17.11.2021 - 18:13
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Changed my mind.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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17.11.2021 - 22:04
Rating: 8
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by Maco on 17.11.2021 at 18:13

Changed my mind.

Some raw/bestial bm does that to you, yeah.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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17.11.2021 - 23:36
Rating: 7
Metal Rasputin

That intro always baffled me. It was composed by a German cult synth musician Conrad Schnitzler who really doesn't have anything to do with metal music other than this. Allegedly Euronymous was a huge fan of his work and once even slept outside his apartment since the man wouldn't let him in, so at the end Schnitzler agreed to compose him something without even knowing what kind of music Mayhem were playing. Some other story goes that he just sent them a tape via mail after they asked politely, but I prefer the first one.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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25.08.2023 - 20:06
Rating: 8
suryanshkalia

This ep absolutely kills
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