Mayhem discography explained

This is a comprehensive discography of Mayhem, a black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway. Mayhem has released six 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]	AUT [2]	FIN [3]	SWE [4]	SWI [5]	US Heat. [6]
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas	Released: 24 May 1994 Label: Deathlike Silence, Century Black Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[7]	35	—	—	—	—	—
Grand Declaration of War	Released: 27 March 2000 Label: Season of Mist, Necropolis Records Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[8]	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chimera	Released: 17 January 2004 Label: Season of Mist Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[9]	28	—	—	—	—	—
Ordo Ad Chao	Released: 16 April 2007 Label: Season of Mist Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[10]	12	—	—	57	—	—
Esoteric Warfare	Released: 6 June 2014 Label: Season of Mist Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download[11]	—	—	32	—	—	14	US: 1,900+[12] [13] [14]
Daemon	Released: 25 October 2019 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	—	35	8 [15]	32	37	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year	Title	Details
1993	Live in Leipzig	Recorded: 1990 Released: 1993 Label: Obscure Plasma Records, Avantgarde Records
1995	The Dawn of the Black Hearts	Recorded: 28 February 1990 Released: 17 February 1995 Label: Warmaster Records Bootleg release
1999	Mediolanum Capta Est	Released: 7 December 1999 Label: Avant Garde
2001	Live in Marseille 2000	Released: 16 June 2001 Label: Black Metal Records
2016	Live in Zeitz	Recorded: 1990 Released: 16 September 2016 Label: Peaceville
2016	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive	Released: 13 December 2016 Label: Mayhem Self-released
2017	Live in Jessheim	Recorded: 1990 Released: 3 November 2017 Label: Peaceville
2019	Live in Sarpsborg	Recorded: 1990 Released: 29 March 2019 Label: Peaceville
2023	Daemonic Rites	Recorded: Released: 15 September 2023 Label: Century Media Records

EPs

Year	Title	Details
1987	Deathcrush	Released: August 1987 Label: Posercorpse (1000 copies), Deathlike Silence (1993 reissue)
1997	Wolf's Lair Abyss	Released: 12 November 1997 Label: Misanthropy Records
2008	Life Eternal	Released: 20 October 2008https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mayhem/Life_Eternal/223993 Label: Saturnus Production
2021	Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando	Released: 9 July 2021 Label: Century Media

Demos and singles

Year	Title	Notes
1986	Pure Fucking Armageddon	Instrumental recording. Necrobutcher performed vocals during rehearsals[16]
1987	Deathrehearsal	Recorded between 17 and 18 January 1987. It is the first Mayhem release to feature Maniac as official vocalist[17]
1992	From The Darkest Past (Unofficial release)	Instrumental rehearsal featuring Euronymous, Varg, and Hellhammer
1996	Out from the Dark	Recorded in 1989
1996	Freezing Moon/Carnage	Recorded 29 April 1990. Only studio-quality Mayhem recording to feature Dead as vocalist
1997	Ancient Skin/Necrolust
2009	Life Eternal	Demo versions of songs from De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2014	Psywar[18]
2019	Black Glass Communion https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mayhem/Black_Glass_Communion/946621
2021	Voces Ab Alta https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mayhem/Voces_ab_Alta/952644

Rarities

• War and Sodomy: track incorporated later into Ye Entrancemperium by Emperor.
• Visual Aggression: cover of Celtic Frost
• Anno Vampyr
• Into the Lifeless: bonus track on Japanese edition of Esoteric Warfare, originally from the Budapest Sessions (a scrapped album)
• From Beyond the Event Horizon: also taken from the Budapest Sessions. It is the B-side on the 2014 Psywar single.

Box sets

Year	Title	Notes
2002	The Studio Experience	Vinyl collection; contains all previous albums
2018	A Season In Blasphemy 2018	Vinyl collection;contains all remixed and remastered songs

Videography

Year	Title	Notes
1988	Rehearsal 1988	It is the only Mayhem recording where the faces of Dead and Euronymous are clearly visible.
1990	Live In Jessheim 1990	Released with Cursed In Eternity Box Set by Peaceville the entire video of the concert.
1990	Live In Sarpsborg 1990	A video released by Peaceville with a new video of the concert.
1998	Live In Bischofswerda	Recorded in June 1997. It is the first concert since the Izmir one in December 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

• A film, Lords of Chaos (based on the book of the same name), which focuses on Mayhem, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. Mayhem gave permission to director Jonas Åkerlund to use their music.

External links

• Mayhem's official website
• https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mayhem/67

Notes and References

1. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal . Steffen Hung . norwegiancharts.com . 15 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102124706/http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Mayhem&cat=a . 2 November 2012 .
2. Web site: Discographie Mayhem. austriancharts.at. 21 November 2019.
3. Web site: finnishcharts.com - Finnish charts portal. Steffen Hung. finnishcharts.com. 15 May 2016.
4. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. Steffen Hung. swedishcharts.com. 15 May 2016.
5. Web site: Discographie Mayhem. hitparade.ch. 21 November 2019.
6. Mayhem Chart History: Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. 21 November 2019.
7. Web site: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem on iTunes. 24 May 1994 . itunes.apple.com. 15 May 2016.
8. Web site: Grand Declaration of War by Mayhem on iTunes. January 2000 . itunes.apple.com. 15 May 2016.
9. Web site: Chimera by Mayhem on iTunes. January 2004 . itunes.apple.com. 15 May 2016.
10. Web site: Ordo Ad Chao by Mayhem on iTunes. January 2007 . itunes.apple.com. 15 May 2016.
11. Web site: Esoteric Warfare by Mayhem on iTunes. itunes.apple.com. 10 June 2014 . 15 May 2016.
12. Web site: Metal By Numbers 6/18: Can we get a Hellyeah? Metal Insider. 18 June 2014 . metalinsider.net. 15 May 2016.
13. Web site: Metal By Numbers 7/9: You can't fight the Seether Metal Insider. 9 July 2014 . metalinsider.net. 15 May 2016.
14. Web site: Metal By Numbers 7/2: Once more 'round the charts Metal Insider. 2 July 2014. metalinsider.net. 15 May 2016.
15. Web site: Suomen Virallinen Lista.
16. Web site: Mayhem - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. metal-archives.com. 15 May 2016.
17. Web site: Mayhem - Deathrehearsal - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. metal-archives.com. 15 May 2016.
18. Web site: Mayhem To Release 'Psywar' Single In April; Full Length Album To Follow In May - Blabbermouth.net. 18 February 2014. blabbermouth.net. 15 May 2016.