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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=3085 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:18:47 -0400 Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:36:42 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=3085 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/after-making-their-masterpiece-this-game-changing-metal-band-went-in-a-completely-different-and-unexpected-direction-25-years-later-is-this-album-a-worthy-successor-181151 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/after-making-their-masterpiece-this-game-changing-metal-band-went-in-a-completely-different-and-unexpected-direction-25-years-later-is-this-album-a-worthy-successor-181151 Features: "It's a wake-up call for all the people who are going to die when the supermarket closes."]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:18:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/not_everyone_can_be_a_metal_musician_mayhems_necrobutcher_explains_it_has_to_choose_you.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/not_everyone_can_be_a_metal_musician_mayhems_necrobutcher_explains_it_has_to_choose_you.html Music News: "This is a very *** narrow way, road, to be a metal musician."]]> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:15:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_streaming_visualizer_for_new_track_everlasting_dying_flame.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_streaming_visualizer_for_new_track_everlasting_dying_flame.html New Releases: New EP "Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando" is due out on July 9.]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:42:49 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_recalls_emotional_reaction_to_lords_of_chaos_explains_what_worried_him_about_the_movie.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_recalls_emotional_reaction_to_lords_of_chaos_explains_what_worried_him_about_the_movie.html Music News: The bassist also talks about emotional Mayhem fans crying during shows.]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:14:55 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_dead_loved_to_fuck_with_people.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_dead_loved_to_fuck_with_people.html Music News: "A couple of times, I actually felt like cutting myself too," the bassist says.]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:39:21 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_explains_meaning_of_his_name_says_the_rolling_stones_is_a_stupid_band_name.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_explains_meaning_of_his_name_says_the_rolling_stones_is_a_stupid_band_name.html Music News: "The name Necrobutcher has nothing to do with being a necrophiliac or something like that," the bassist says.]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:05:43 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_says_he_planned_to_kill_euronymous_himself_but_varg_beat_him_to_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhems_necrobutcher_says_he_planned_to_kill_euronymous_himself_but_varg_beat_him_to_it.html Music News: "It's funny with the karma, you know, bad karma there," the bassist says.]]> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:21:05 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_streaming_new_song_worthless_abominations_destroyed.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_streaming_new_song_worthless_abominations_destroyed.html New Releases: New album "Daemon" coming out on October 25.]]> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:14:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/a_brief_history_of_the_early_norwegian_black_metal_scene_part_2_10_albums_that_shaped_the_genre-93955 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/a_brief_history_of_the_early_norwegian_black_metal_scene_part_2_10_albums_that_shaped_the_genre-93955 Features: From ashes and graves, the black blossoms sprout.]]> Sun, 21 Jul 2019 18:27:53 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/lords_of_chaos_director_explains_why_characters_dont_have_scandinavian_accents_actor_reacts_to_vargs_fat_jew_comments.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/lords_of_chaos_director_explains_why_characters_dont_have_scandinavian_accents_actor_reacts_to_vargs_fat_jew_comments.html Music News: "For us to work in an accent was never really an option," Jonas Akerlund says.]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:04:43 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/lords_of_chaos_actor_thinks_mayhem_secretly_want_to_be_rockstars_director_reacts_to_fan_hate.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/lords_of_chaos_actor_thinks_mayhem_secretly_want_to_be_rockstars_director_reacts_to_fan_hate.html Music News: Jonas Akerlund says the band "probably" sees Ghost as "sellouts."]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:44:59 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you_can_now_buy_a_piece_of_skull_of_late_mayhem_singer_per_dead_ohlin_this_is_how_much_it_costs.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you_can_now_buy_a_piece_of_skull_of_late_mayhem_singer_per_dead_ohlin_this_is_how_much_it_costs.html Music News: The fragment comes as part of a letter written by late guitarist Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth.]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:14:09 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/mayhem_announce_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_tour_immolation_and_black_anvil_as_support.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/mayhem_announce_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_tour_immolation_and_black_anvil_as_support.html Community Feed: The trek will rage on through the US this November and December.]]> Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:55:45 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/mayhem_announce_second_leg_of_european_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/mayhem_announce_second_leg_of_european_tour.html Community Feed: Nineteen new shows to ravage over Europe.]]> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 22:06:15 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/mayhem_to_use_euronymous_hologram_on_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/mayhem_to_use_euronymous_hologram_on_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_tour.html Wtf?: No word has been given yet on whether his image will be used for one song or for the whole performance, but it's sure to be a decision which is divisive among fans.]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 09:12:42 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/mayhem_gearing_up_for_spring_european_tour_dates.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/mayhem_gearing_up_for_spring_european_tour_dates.html Community Feed: Mayhem are commemorating the release of their 1994 landmark "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" full-length.]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:38:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_streaming_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_alive_album_in_full.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_streaming_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_alive_album_in_full.html New Releases: The offering is available now on CD, LP, and DVD.]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:33:33 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_release_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_alive_announce_2017_shows.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_release_de_mysteriis_dom_sathanas_alive_announce_2017_shows.html New Releases: Norwegian black metal legends are celebrating the release of 1994 landmark "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" album.]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:24:17 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jonas_akerlund_to_direct_lords_of_chaos_film_based_on_mayhems_euronymous.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jonas_akerlund_to_direct_lords_of_chaos_film_based_on_mayhems_euronymous.html Music News: Mayhem bassist Necrobutcher: "I will do everything I can to stop this film."]]> Tue, 05 May 2015 09:50:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_releasing_new_album_in_may_streaming_single_psywar.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_releasing_new_album_in_may_streaming_single_psywar.html Music News: Record title still unknown, single pre-orders available now.]]> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:13:31 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/new_mayhem_record_scheduled_for_early_2014_release.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/new_mayhem_record_scheduled_for_early_2014_release.html New Releases: Norwegian black metal icons kick off the new record's mixing process.]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:02:16 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_bassist_undergoes_exorcism_on_norwegian_national_tv.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_bassist_undergoes_exorcism_on_norwegian_national_tv.html Music News: Bob Larson, an American radio and television evangelist, conducted an exorcism in August on Jørn Stubberud, best known as Necrobutcher of Mayhem.]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:37:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/mayhem_orchestrated_chaos_in_black.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/mayhem_orchestrated_chaos_in_black.html Interviews: Certainly by now everyone knows the history of these Norwegian black metallers, but what of their sound? What makes Mayhem sound like Mayhem?]]> Fri, 30 May 2008 12:04:40 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_more_tour_dates_announced.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_more_tour_dates_announced.html Music News: Mayhem was honored in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann awards for their latest release, "Ordo Ad Chao".]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:39:00 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_first_part_of_documentary_online.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_first_part_of_documentary_online.html Music News: The first part (out of five) of the sequel to the acclaimed Norwegian/Swedish documentary "Cult of Aggression".]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:44:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_us_tour_cancelled.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_us_tour_cancelled.html Music News: Mayhem have wrote a message regarding the US Tour Cancelled on their official website.]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:07:11 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_set_album_title.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_set_album_title.html New Releases: Norwegian black metallers Mayhem have set "Ordo Ab Chao" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in late 2005/early 2006 via Season of Mist.]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:18:43 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_writing_new_album.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/mayhem_writing_new_album.html New Releases: Norweigan black metallers Mayhem are currently working on their next studio album.]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:48:27 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_prepare_for_an_attack_like_no_other.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mayhem_prepare_for_an_attack_like_no_other.html Music News: Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM have vowed to go make their next studio effort, "Chimera", "much more back to basics and much more brutal".]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:36:42 -0400