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Inspired by groups such as Venom, Slayer, and Celtic Frost, Mayhem was founded in 1984 by guitarist/vocalist Øystein Aarseth (Euronymous), bass guitarist Jørn Stubberud (Necrobutcher), and drummer Kjetil Manheim (Manheim). The band name is taken from the Venom song, "Mayhem with Mercy." This lineup recorded and released the demo Pure ******** Armageddon. Euronymous concentrated solely on guitar following the hire of a vocalist in 1986. During 1986 and 1987, Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac) and Eirik Nordheim (Messiah) were recruited as vocalists. This lineup recorded the band's first album, Deathcrush, and released it through Euronymous's newly formed label Posercorpse Music. An initial release of 1,000 copies of Deathcrush quickly sold out, and was later repressed in 1993, by the Posercorpse Music label, since having been renamed Deathlike Silence Productions as a joint venture with Euronymous's Oslo specialist record shop Helvete. Euronymous's plans for this new outlet included that it was to be "...like a black church in the future. We've thought about having total darkness inside, so that people would have to carry torches to be able to see the records.By mid-1988 both Manheim and Maniac had left the band: Manheim left to find a mainstream job, and Maniac left due to depression
After two brief replacements, their positions were filled by Swedish vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin (Dead) and local drummer Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer). With Dead as vocalist, the band's concerts became notorious. Whilst performing, Dead would often cut himself with hunting knives and broken glass. Additionally, the band often had pig or sheep heads impaled on stakes and planted at the front of their stage.
At some point in 1990, the members of Mayhem moved to "an old house in the forest" near Oslo. They began writing songs for their next album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. On 8 April 1991, Dead committed suicide in the house owned by the band. He was found by Euronymous with slit wrists and a shotgun round to the head. Dead's suicide note read "Excuse all the blood" and included an apology for firing the weapon indoors. Instead of calling the police, Euronymous went to a nearby store and bought a disposable camera to photograph the corpse, after re-arranging some items. One of these photographs was later stolen and used as the cover of a bootleg live album entitled Dawn of the Black Hearts.Eventually, rumors surfaced that Euronymous made a stew with pieces of Dead's brain, and made necklaces with fragments of Dead's skull. The band later stated that the former rumor was false, but that the latter was true. Additionally, Euronymous claimed to have given these necklaces to musicians he deemed worthy.
This Is When Mayhem Should Have Stopped.....I Havn't Tried Listening To Any Of Their New Stuff. After A Few Years After Did Commited Suicide The Linup Came Back. Euronymous Was Kill By Varg Of Burzum A Couple Months After Dead Died. They Will Forever Live On For Their Acts....I Thank Hellhammer For Keeping It Going.....But With Dead And Euronymous The Band Could Have Went So Much Farther. Varg Is In Prision And Will Be Released In 2012. He Got The Maxium Sentence of 12 Years For Murder. Dead And Euronymous May You Rest In Peace.
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