Deathcrush

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Deathcrush
Extended play by Mayhem

Publication
(s)

1987

Label (s) Posercorpse Music

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Black metal , death metal

Title (number)

6th

running time

17 min 25 s

occupation
  • Guest vocals: Messiah (Eirik Nordheim)
  • Bass: Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud)
  • Drums: Kjetil Manheim

production

Erik Avnskog and Mayhem

Studio (s)

Creative Studios, Kolbotn , Norway

chronology
Pure Fucking Armageddon (Demo)
(1986) 		Deathcrush Live in Leipzig
(1993)

Deathcrush is an EP by Mayhem , first released in 1987, that has achieved cult status in the black metal scene. The EP is considered to be one of the first releases of the genre.

History of origin

After the release of the demo Pure Fucking Armageddon , the first edition of which was limited to 100 pieces, and several small concerts, including in Germany, Mayhem parted ways with the then singer Eirik “Messiah” Nordheim in the summer of 1986. He was then replaced by Sven Erik "Maniac" Kristiansen , whom they knew from the one-man band Septic Cunts. After several rehearsals, the material for their second demo Deathcrush was created in 1987 . The band recorded the material in the Creative Studios in Kolbotn from February to March . An LP version was released on the band's own label Posercorpse Music and was limited to 1000 copies. This first publication is considered a sought-after rarity today. The cover showed the severed hands of a thief in Mauritania against a red background. The first publication appeared with a pink background due to a typographical error. On the back there is a dedication to Metalion vom Slayer - Fanzine and the "No Fun - No Core - No Mosh - No Trends" logo. In a circle with a line through it is the death metal producer legend Scott Burns , who at that time embodied everything for Mayhem that bothered her about the current situation in death metal. Deathcrush was also the last release with Manheim and initially also with Maniac, both of which left the band shortly afterwards.

The uncompromising style of this release made Mayhem well known in the underground . Due to the financial situation, however, six years should pass before the CD version and a vinyl edition should be released on Euronymous' label Deathlike Silence Productions .

"It's a big trend today to look totally normal with these goddamn jogging suits and sing about" important matters ", and call it Death Metal. These people can die, they have betrayed the scene. Death Metal is for brutal people who are capable of killing, it's not for idiotic children who want to have funny hobby after school. [...]. I'd like to see a scene where the music is something gruesome and evil that normal people fear, and where the people in the scene all look like Hellhammer or old Sarcofago, spikes and chains rule! "

“It's a big trend these days to look absolutely normal, with those damn jogging suits and singing about“ important things ”and then call it Death Metal. These people can die, they betrayed the scene. Death metal is music for brutal people who are capable of killing, not idiotic kids who want a fun after school hobby. [...] I want to see a scene in which the music is so cruel and evil that normal people are afraid of it, and in which the members of this scene all look like Hellhammer or the old Sarcófago . Rivets and chains are great! "

- Euronymous : in an interview with Slayer magazine No. 8, 1991.

On the cover there is the addition "the true" above the band logo, since several bands with the name "Mayhem" existed.

Track list

  1. New Year's Eve - 1:56
  2. Deathcrush - 3:33
  3. Chainsaw Gutsfuck - 3:32
  4. Witching Hour - 1:49
  5. Necrolust - 3:37
  6. (Weird) Manheim / Pure Fucking Armageddon - 2:58

Song info

New Year's Eve , the album's intro , was composed by Conrad Schnitzler , a Berlin pioneer of experimental synthesizer music. Aarseth was a fan of Schnitzler's music and had previously met him in Germany.

Witching Hour is a cover version of Venom . (Weird) Manheim is a piano intro to the song Pure Fucking Armageddon played by Manheim . Pure Fucking Armageddon is a re-recording of a track from the demo recording of the same name .

There was an outro on the demo and the first LP version , which did not appear on later releases. The outro could temporarily be downloaded from the band's official website .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MAYHEM ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicmight.com
  2. ^ Mayhem ( memento of October 26, 2009 on WebCite ). In: Slayer , No. 8, 1991, p. 33.
  3. ↑ Knut Steen: Maniac: 13 years with Norway's most notorious band (Part 1). June 5, 2005, accessed January 8, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Knut Steen: Maniac: 13 år med Norges mest beryktede band. January 21, 2005, accessed January 8, 2010 (Norwegian).
  5. ^ Matthias Herr: The Black Metal Bible, Berlin: Eigenverlag, 1998, p. 348ff.
  6. ↑ Conrad Schnitzler on Euronymous ( Memento from February 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Official Homepage ( Memento from June 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )