MAYHEM — Live in Leipzig (review)

MAYHEM — Live in Leipzig album cover Live album · 1993 · Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
siLLy puPPy
Just like their debut album, LIVE IN LEIPZIG captures the true dark spirit of MAYHEM as it exudes the hooliganism vibe of this era . It is one of the rare official releases to hear a still living Dead on vocals. The album was actually recorded on 26 November 1990 at the Eiskeller Club in Leipzig, Germany. It was released the year before the debut and kind of makes up for the gap between “Deathcrush” and “De Mysteriis...” The music on here is in fact from the demo “Pure Fucking Armageddon,” “Deathcrush” and “De Mysteriis..”

The production on here is as you would expect for a lo-fi black metal release but it is actually quite good for what it is being of much better quality than previous releases. The guitars and bass are really loud and highly distorted creating the famous wall of noise. Dead delivers the insanity of Maniac on this release and is perfect for the part.

I'm actually sad that this isn't available as a video because the band was famous for their extreme props such as impaled pig heads and tossing rotting meat into the audience. An interesting perspective into the band's darkest years is presented right here and although it really doesn't create anything new in their sound, it certainly emphasizes with gusto that which they had already accomplished. A very confident and brash MAYHEM was rockin' the town on this night and black metal was their game. Great stuff.
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siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yeah crazy indeed. You're lucky that you are situated close to where all these kinds of bands were coming from. That's one thing i cannot stand is when i pay to see a band live and they can't perform because they are wasted. I probably wouldn't be a fan if i experienced that. I am only a fan after the fact. The legacy is probably more interesting than it was at the time

UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I´ve seen Mayhem live twice. I think both times were with Maniac (I´m not a huge fan, so I´m not sure if the first time was with Attila). They did indeed have pigs heads and other nasty meat hanging from the ceiling of the concert venue at the first show I attended. The next show was at a much smaller club, and Maniac was so high on drugs or maybe just pissed drunk, that he didn´t make it through the show. About 30 minutes into the show he fell to the floor and had to be dragged down from the stage by their crew. One of the other guys took over the vocal duties for the rest of the show, which was cut very short. Before he fell to the floor, Maniac had cut himself repeatedly with a knife across his chest and on his arms and stagedived into the audience...with the knife!!! Yeah they are pretty crazy.

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