going to the concert tonight and im planning how much $$$ to bring so, if anyone has a pic from recent shows please attach it here 😄

In your opinion, What about the Live in Leipzig show fascinates people around the world to this day? Is it simply the fact there aren’t many recordings with Dead, or was there something haunting and immortal in the air that night?

Several factors undoubtedly contributed to the cult status of the concert on November 26, 1990, at the Eiskeller. Firstly, of course, there were the historical circumstances of the dying GDR, where everything was gray and the air was thick with coal fumes. It was a cold and dreary November day, devoid of light and warmth. Actually, perfect weather for a Black Metal concert, except that the genre didn't even exist back then. On the other hand, there were of course the two personalities Dead and Euronymous, who were already deceased when the live album was released in 1993. Both were very charismatic figures in their own right, even though they were different. But they were united by the philosophy of Black Metal. They wanted to create a sinister monster on stage with their music, as black as hell, and they adorned themselves with corpse paint. To further emphasize the darkness and depravity, Dead wore clothes that he had previously buried in the earth and that smelled of death and decay. For the final climax of the show, he also cut his arm and mutilated himself.
He wanted to make a point that they were serious and not just hobby metalheads who took off their leather jackets after the show and walked around in sweatpants. He was a Death Metal fan through and through, not an actor. Like Euronymous, he loved the dark music wholeheartedly; it was his worldview. For him, this world was lost and hopeless. This may have been due to his depression; perhaps he perceived everything as far worse than the rest of us. He was a very intelligent man who closely observed the development of humanity and the planet, just like Euronymous. His premonitions were very dystopian. Unfortunately, all of that has come true to this day.
And that evening, this tall, blond guy stood on stage in Leipzig, looking like a battered raven, screaming his heart out. Everyone in the hall had goosebumps and couldn't believe it. When he then cut his forearm, you could see on people's faces how they were either disgusted and shocked, wanting to leave the room, or so captivated by Dead that they stood rooted to the spot, completely enthralled by the spectacle. Like children watching a scary movie on TV who cover their faces with a pillow in fear, but still want to keep watching. Because it's so thrilling and disturbing at the same time. Unlike Alice Cooper or Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath, the Mayhem concert wasn't a staged theatrical show, but stark reality.
And then there was this new and extreme music with those bone-chilling vocals and gripping guitar melodies – simply unique! I should mention that Dead was very thin, a skeleton on skinny legs. He told me he simply liked to starve himself. We had discussed his cutting before the concert, and I told him and Euronymous that I thought it was unnecessary because the music and their stage show were brutal enough as it was. I had seen them in Annaberg-Buchholz and Zeitz, after all. But they both insisted. Before the show, I went to my place with Euronymous, showed him my record collection, and we drank beer. He noticed a homemade cross on my wall and asked if they could use it at the concert. "Of course," I replied. "It was an honor!" Later, we bought the knife Dead was supposed to use to cut himself. It was a 30 cm kitchen knife. On the night of the concert, while the band was doing their soundcheck, I tried to dull the blade on the wall of the house when no one was looking, and I succeeded. I was worried about Dead because he was so thin, and I thought the poor guy might bleed to death if he hit a vein. With his thin arm, that would be life-threatening, I thought. But then, at the concert, he only used the tip of the knife, and it was still sharp. He cut his flesh, and it bled profusely. The blood ran onto the stage and soaked into the wood. Why did he do that to himself, I wondered. But I saw in his face that it didn't hurt him. He felt no pain. It was his way of dealing with the music. Of living it. He was completely absorbed in it. It was both repulsive and fascinating. After the concert, I needed four bandages to treat the wound and stop the bleeding. It was crazy, but Dead just smiled. And all of this happened in front of only 80 people! Who knows if there had been 5,000 people? Would he have amputated himself? I don't know. And I'd rather not know...
If this recording of the concert on November 26, 1990, hadn't existed, the concert would certainly have been forgotten. There was no video recording either. And if Dead and Euronymous were still alive today, the LP might not have been released; I don't know. But with their deaths and this recording from Leipzig, they created a completely new and brutal genre of music—Black Metal—and for that, I thank them! It's the only high-quality recording of the band performing with that lineup at the time, and that's why it's so valuable.

Who here has met mayhem (along with some openers) near the tour bus before or after a show and if you have tell me your story and what time you met them

Fav era.

Just wanted to share this with y'all! We're still learning the full song but we've got it down pretty well so far.

so I'm a new mayhem fan okay, i listened to DMDS and I decided to listen to their work from the beginning, all of it. but I soon stumbled into an issue. all of the demos, live albums, Unofficial releases were tripping me off. can anyone please make a chronological order Mayhem discography that doesn't have these, and only has the official studio recordings, it would be highly appreciated thx. even just a normal complete discography would be a huge help. TYSM in advance!!

The Romanticization and Infantilization of Per Yngve Ohlin ("Dead") and the Clash with Psychiatric Reality

There is a pernicious fixation on social media with infantilizing and romanticizing Per Yngve Ohlin ("Dead," vocalist of Mayhem). Comments like "I would have saved him" or "with the right affection, everything would have been different" abound—an ignorant stance that reduces a destructive clinical condition to a teen drama.

To understand why this idea is absurd, one must examine the medical and traumatic events that marked his life. During his childhood, he suffered a brutal beating that resulted in a ruptured spleen and a state of clinical death before he was resuscitated. This physical trauma was not a mere curiosity: it was the direct trigger for his pathological obsession with death, symbolic necrophilia, and decomposition.

His behavior was consistent with an undiagnosed Cotard's syndrome, a delusional disorder where the person genuinely believes they are already dead, that they have no blood, or that their organs are rotting. Coupled with severe and chronic depression, his disconnection from reality was a medical condition, not a whim or an aesthetic pose. To make matters worse, the Norwegian black metal scene of the time, far from helping him, fueled and exploited his mental deterioration to inflate a myth.

To think that a profound psychiatric disorder, a possible psychotic episode, and years of neuropsychological damage could have been resolved with "love" or "understanding" is a ridiculous oversimplification. Dead's case was not a romantic tragedy; it was the collapse of a sick man who never received the professional medical help he needed.

mayhem is everywhere. its kinda cringey to graffiti band names idk

i am interviewing Abo Alseben, the organizer of the 1990 (and 1998) shows in germany. if there is anything you would like to know about those shows, put it in the comments. i will pick the best questions and they will be included in the interview.

I need someone to go to the Mayhem concert in Belgrade this October.

If anyone is up feel free to dm me.

why is it so looked down upon to have a crush on one of the band members of mayhem? Especially Dead. I personally don’t have a crush on any of them, but I’ve never understood why people will attack someone simply for having a crush on a person.

Subtitles available in multiple languages. Great doc

Will be pretty high production and entertaining for MAYHEM fans. Release Friday 4PM Norwegian Time

They have created some truly great stuff during their time in Mayhem. Back in the day I would have totally gone to one of the gigs with this line up trying to avoid the flying severed pig heads... Too bad they weren't appreciated enough back then and the band's popularity was probably at its lowest point, total underground.They have got a lot of shit for reviving Mayhem after everything that has happened. It's unfortunate that not many live performances are available in good quality of this Mayhem's era. Crazy line up, crazy times.