MAYHEM - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive
Label: Season of Mist
Released: 2016
It's MAYHEM Alive 3 and it's in three formats, not counting big package with the patches and t-shirt. Now if it were a long-sleeve then it would be worth it. Whatafuck, where do I start? Well first off the question needs to be asked; What would Øystein Aarseth, aka: Euronymous, say? Ya think he's turning in his grave over this? A few years back the Norwegian Seismology Dept in Oslo reported some tremor activity which surprisingly enough coincided with Varg's release from prison. Further tremors were recorded on the same days new BURZUM releases came out. Well that was just for the first two, for the next ones it was quit calm.
As for me I think Euronymous would be proud. I mean think about it. This was his opus, his masterpiece which turned out to be the greatest black metal album of all time. (Don't even try to argue) The huge popularity and respect he craved while alive has finally come to bare. Actually this is a good idea for the band as well since that last studio release, Esoteric Warfare, was weak and the tour was ho hum as far as ticket sales. Also ever since Attila Csihar returned to the band in 2004, fans have been asking for this, craving for this.
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive was recorded at Black Christmass in Norrköping, Sweden on December 18, 2015. After all these years that was the first time this classic album was performed in it's entity live. About damm time but then again I don't think former guitarist, Rune Eriksen aka: Blasphemer, was keen on the whole idea. But now with guitarist's Ghul aka: Charles Edward and Teloch aka: Morten Bergeton (who's played live with a who's who of Norwegian black metal acts over the years) we the fans can finally get as close to the whole Euronymous/Blackthorn sound as possible.
Production quality is perfect, not too much crowd noise but then again they were probably too in awe or too busy taking pictures/recording the performance on their I-phones. Like I mentioned earlier, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive is being released on three formats. You got your double live vinyl, on cd and dvd. I've seen parts of the dvd and it looks cool as well. One more thing, I know there's a few other live MAYHEM releases out there but they're bootlegs. About 9 or 10 years ago all of those recordings were floating on the internet for people to download for free. I know I've got them. I have more MAYHEM releases (studio, live, official and boots) then any other black metal band. So if you're full of yourself right now by clutching some live MAYHEM boot that you paid for, you're a sucker. Nuff Said.
Rating: 5/5
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