With their new opus Liturgy of Death, MAYHEM reaffirm their status as the most uncompromising force in Norwegian Black Metal.
After four decades of extremity, the band has reached a new apex of darkness: faster, fiercer, and more sinister than anything in their recent catalog.
 
The album unfolds as a relentless meditation on death in all its manifestations – existential, spiritual, and absolute.
From the furious chaos of “Despair” and “Funeral of Existence” to the bleak grandeur of “Ephemeral Eternity” and “Aeon’s End”, each track drags the listener deeper into a ritual of misery and transcendence.
“Propitious Death” and “The Sentence of Absolution intertwine brutality with ominous atmosphere, while “Life Is a Corpse You Drag” and “Sancta Mendacia” leave no doubt that Mayhem remain unmatched in channeling despair into sound.
 
With Necrobutcher, Hellhammer, Attila, Teloch, and Ghul locked into a unit tighter than ever, Liturgy of Death presents a band not content to rest on legacy but determined to push the boundaries of extremity itself.
The result is a merciless record – dark, fast, and unrelenting – that captures Mayhem in their most dangerous and vital form.
Forty years since their birth in Langhus, MAYHEM continue to embody chaos, proving once more that Norwegian Black Metal is a force without end.

Label
Century Media
Genre
Metal LP - SIDE A
Ephemeral Eternity
Despair
Weep for Nothing
Aeons End
LP - SIDE B
Funeral of Existence
Realm of Endless Misery
Propitious Death
The Sentence of Absolution

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