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Mayhem - Announce Headlining Tour, To Play Entire Debut Album

Legendary black metal band Mayhem have announced a very special North American headlining tour along with Inquisition and Black Anvil. This tour marks the first time in Mayhem's history where the band will be playing De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in its entirety in North America.

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Posted: 25.10.2016 by MetalDoomMaster | Comments (11)


Mayhem - Release Music Video

The controversial Mayhem have unveiled a new video for the track "Watchers". The video, directed and shot by Magnetar Studio is streaming now online. "Watchers" is taken from the band's latest album, Esoteric Warfare, considered the Best Black Metal Album Of 2014 on Metal Storm Awards. You can watch the band on their live environment as the video contains footage professionally shot by nine separate cameras. The performance was captured during the Baltimore stop of the Black Metal Warfare II Tour.

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Posted: 23.06.2016 by BloodTears | Comments (1)


Mayhem - To Perform 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas' In Its Entirety

The Norwegian Black metal pioneers of Mayhem have been announced to perform 1994's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, the band's debut album, in its entirety at Bristol, UK's Temples Festival, taking place at the Motion venue from June 3rd to 5th, with a pre-party taking place on the 2nd. Mayhem will headline the first night of the festival.

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Event: Temples Festival 2016 [CANCELLED]
Posted: 07.03.2016 by Unknown user | Comments (16)


Mayhem Festival - Co-Founder Pens Open Letter Regarding Tour Controversy

There has been much discussion around Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this year and not the good kind. The festival's co-founder Kevin Lyman said in an interview that "metal got gray, bald and fat" and that pissed a lot of people. Then Slayer's Kerry King got involved, criticized the organization of the event and blamed the festival's low attendances on the fact that the 2015 Mayhem lineup sucks, angering some of the smaller bands. Now co-founder of the festival, John Reese, has penned an "open letter" to the heavy metal community, asking everyone to support the genre and not continue to make divisive comments regarding the event. A bit of damage control it seems but things already got out of hand.

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Event: Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2015
Posted: 30.07.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


Watain - Announce Tour With Mayhem, Rotting Christ

Three black metal heavyweights are joining forces for a U.S. tour. Watain, Mayhem and Rotting Christ will be touring together in November. This will be the last Watain U.S. tour for The Wild Hunt, their latest record. You can see all the dates of the Black Metal Warfare Pt.II below the flyer. Don't miss this black metal invasion later this year.

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Posted: 21.07.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (3)


Brutal Assault 2015 - Mayhem, Arcturus And More Confirmed

Brutal Assault 2015 promises to be a veritable feast for fans of all kinds of metal. The festival is taking place in Czech Republic in Jaroměř from 05-08 August 2015 and despite its long list of bands confirmed so far, the organizers continue to announce big names. The latest confirmations include cult black metal act Mayhem, avantgarde metallers Arcturus, Dødheimsgard, Blood Red Throne, Ad Nauseam, Atari Teenage Riot, Hed PE, Perturbator and Sebkha-Chott.

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Event: Brutal Assault 2015
Posted: 04.05.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (5)


Slayer - Headlining Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

Slayer have just been confirmed as the headliners for this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, the self-proclaimed world's biggest heavy music touring festival. The festival enters its eighth year with Slayer, who recently completed their new album, headlining the shows. Additional performances from King Diamond, Hellyeah, and The Devil Wears Prada will round off the Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage. The Victory Records Stage will feature Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, Jungle Rot, Sister Sin, Sworn In, Shattered Sun, Feed Her To The Sharks, Code Orange, and Kissing Candice.

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Posted: 13.04.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (7)


Mayhem - To Tour North America With Watain

Two black metal bands, Mayhem and Watain, are joining forces in a North American tour that will happen in January 2015. The Norwegian black metal pioneers will be touring in support of their critically-acclaimed new album, Esoteric Warfare. The Canadians Revenge will be opening all shows. A full list of the tour dates can be found below. Check it out, maybe it's your lucky day.

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Posted: 14.10.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (8)


Mayhem - Announce Second Leg Of 30-Year Anniversary Tour

Black metal legends Mayhem just announced more European dates for their 30-year anniversary tour. In addition to celebrating 30 years of existence, they also released a new album this year - their first in 7 years, Esoteric Warfare. Blodhemn will accompany Mayhem on this trek that includes stops in Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland this November.

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Posted: 25.08.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (1)


Mayhem - Streaming Entire New Album

As black metallers Mayhem have already released several songs from their forthcoming album, it is only natural that the band now shares the entire opus for streaming online. You can enjoy it in its entirety right this moment at several locations, including here or over here. You can finally have the complete picture of the record. How would you rate Esoteric Warfare?

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Posted: 28.05.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (20)


Mayhem - Another New Song Streaming Online

Mayhem continue sharing new songs from their new album Esoteric Warfare this week. Today the black metal band premieres "Throne Of Time" and you get to listen to it on the Soundcloud player below. With four new songs unveiled so far, you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect come June 6th in Europe (June 10th in North America) when Season Of Mist releases it. What's your opinion about "Throne Of Time"?

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Posted: 12.05.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (16)


Mayhem - Debut New Song

Mayhem just premiered the third song off Esoteric Warfare. You can't really complain because the black metal band has shared quite a bit of new material before the album release. Today, the song chosen is "Trinity" and you can click on the Soundcloud player below to listen to it. It should help you wait until May 23rd (May 27th in North America) when Season Of Mist will unleash Esoteric Warfare unto the world. Enjoy!

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Posted: 29.04.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (12)


Mayhem - Another New Song Streaming Online

You have already listened to the first single from legendary Norwegian black metal legion Mayhem but today the band has premiered a second song from Esoteric Warfare. This one is entitled "VI.Sec." and is now streaming online, which means you can listen to it here now. What are you waiting for? Enjoy some new Mayhem.

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Posted: 08.04.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (11)


Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival - 2014 Line-Up Revealed

The world's biggest heavy music touring festival, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in its seventh annual sojourn, is pleased to announce the official 2014 artist line-up with the boldest, largest, loudest and most diverse lineup to date!

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Event: Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2014
Posted: 01.04.2014 by D.T. Metal | Comments (8)


Mayhem - New Album Cover Art Revealed

Are you filled with curiosity about how the new Mayhem's opus cover art will look like? Take a deep breath and look at it below. It was designed by Polish artist and architect Zbigniew M. Bielak. Tell us about your impressions. The band's fifth full-length studio album Esoteric Warfare will be released on May 23rd (May 27th in North America) via Season Of Mist.

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Posted: 19.03.2014 by Paz | Comments (14)