MAYHEM Life Eternal EP Numbered Ltd Edition CD

There are bands that play black metal, and then there is Mayhem, the Norwegian band whose existence has been so catastrophically eventful that their music almost becomes secondary to the mythology, except it isn't, because the music is genuinely terrifying.

Life Eternal is the EP that arrived in the wake of Ordo Ad Chao, a record that reminded everyone why Mayhem still matter when so many of their imitators had gone soft. This mini album captures the band in a particularly bleak and uncompromising stretch, the kind of gothic darkness that doesn't perform itself, it simply is. The title track in particular is one of those pieces of black metal that gets under your skin and stays there. Owning a numbered pressing, copy 661 of 3000, is the kind of thing that matters to people who understand why it matters.

Format: Mini Album EP on CD. Numbered limited edition, this copy is #661/3000. Origin: Norway. Genre: Black Metal. Original release: 2008.

Fans of: Darkthrone, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Deathspell Omega.