Neseblod Records, originally 'Helvete' in Oslo, Norway, was damaged by fire. The blaze apparently started in the record store’s basement. The late Euronymous (Mayhem) used to own it back in the day. The current owner turned it into a black metal archive, a museum of sorts, and keeping the historical black metal graffiti on the wall that became a famous backdrop for many band and fan photos. A go fund me page has been created to help the owner try and restore what he can.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/neseblod-records-fire-fund

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Norwegian Black Metal pioneers Mayhem released a new EP last month titled "Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando", featuring material from the "Daemon" recording sessions in addition to some covers of classic underground punk songs. The band has now made a new music video available for the EP's second track, "Black Glass Communion". Check it out below:



The video was edited by Zev Deans, who has worked on music videos in the past for a wide variety of artists, including the likes of Ghost, Portal and Behemoth.

Norwegian Black Metal legends Mayhem have just revealed the details for their upcoming 2022 tour of Europe. The band will be accompanied by Mortiis, who will be performing material from their mid-90s "Era I" period to fit the occasion. Other guests will be announced later on as the tour approaches.

Check out the flyer below:



Here's a list of the specific venue details:

15-04-2022: Orebro (SE) - Frimis Salonger *
16-04-2022: Oslo (NO) - Inferno Festival *
19-04-2022: Goteborg (SE) - Pustervik
20-04-2022: Stockholm (SE) - Fallan
21-04-2022: Malmo (SE) - KB
22-04-2022: Berlin (DE) - ...

Norwegian Black Metal pioneers Mayhem will be releasing their brand new EP, which is titled "Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando", on the 9th of July through Century Media records. Leading up to the release, the label has just uploaded another song from the EP to their YouTube channel. The song is titled "Everlasting Dying Flame", and is the third track on the EP:



In case you missed it, the label already made the EP's opening track, "Voces Ab Alta", available for listening last month:



"Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando" will include material from the "Daemon" recording sessions, and ...

Norwegian Black Metal pioneers Mayhem are scheduled to release a new EP, titled "Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando", on the 9th of July through Century Media Records. While we wait, the label has made the track "Voces Ab Alta" available for listening (and watching) earlier today, with the accompanying video composed by Costin Chioreanu:



"Voces Ab Alta" is the first song to be made available from the upcoming EP, which will include material not only from the "Daemon" recording sessions, but also some covers of classic punk songs by the likes of Ramones and Discharge, hence the dual/split ...

Norwegian pioneers Mayhem have just announced that they are scheduled to release a new EP on the 9th of July through Century Media Records.

The new release will be split into two halves, with the first half featuring three songs originally from the "Daemon" recording sessions, and the second half featuring four covers of some punk classics.

We're releasing this essentially as a split EP, to highlight the duality of the featured material, and with dual cover artwork to accommodate, courtesy of Daniele Valeriani.

Here is a closer look at the aforementioned artwork by Daniele Valeriani, who ...

Today we proudly present what will be an extensive series of articles titled Kings of Black, presenting background information and detailed biographies for some of Black Metal's most prolific and well known bands.

We will start off by presenting two of Scandinavia's most influential and long lasting Black Metal bands: Mayhem from Norway, and Marduk from Sweden.

Mayhem

For Mayhem, being one of the most controversial Black Metal bands, we have focused slightly on resuming the well known albeit frequently exaggerated events surrounding the band during the early years of the Norwegian Black ...