r/Mayhem

I found it recently on Vinted for like, 20 euro and I've never seen this before. Is this rare?

Just decided to drop it now 'cuz noticed that this is the only media where I haven't shared this yet

Dead's death in 1991 changed Mayhem forever. But sometimes I wonder what would have happened if he had survived.

He was already becoming an important part of Mayhem's identity, alongside Euronymous, and the early 1990s lineup became one of the most iconic periods in black metal history.

If Dead had survived, do you think Mayhem would have developed in a completely different direction?

Would Dead and Euronymous have remained together in the band for many more years? Would their relationship and musical ideas have evolved? And how different do you think the Norwegian black metal scene would have become?

I'm not asking this to romanticize what happened to Dead. I'm genuinely interested in imagining the alternative history — the Mayhem that might have existed if that tragedy had never happened.

What do you think?

Would Dead still be considered one of the defining voices of black metal today, or do you think his legacy would have evolved into something completely different?

Alright, the proportions on this one might be a bit off, considering it's just a sketch.I cut some black cardstock to make a border for it.

33 years ago today you've left this world. Gone but may your legacy always live on within metal. Hail Euronymous🕯

Hi all. I picked up this Deathcrush LP by chance at a local record store and was surprised to find it was signed. Can anyone identify whose signature this is? Thanks in advance.

“He was always the same guy for me. He never put up a persona thing for me. Never.. He always joked around that we had to do some evilness, but that was his thing from the start. He was always down to earth and a nice guy, except his communism thing, ha ha! I sent him fonts and pictures from our library at Rjukan. That place was packed with those things. The Albania 45 logo that he used on his letters and tapes? Who do you think sent him that? I did. I sent him tons of communist shit from that library.”

“In the beginning, it was political. He said that an LP should not cost more than you could afford to pay for it. He was extremely like that. Until he realized that this was a really bad business model. ‘If I’m continuing doing it like this, my business will go to hell'. So he had to start asking for money for his records. And then things changed.”

Maniac in the Cursed in Eternity booklet, 2018

How do you remember Øystein some 25 years on?

"Brand Builder. RiffMaster. Tape Trader/Label Owner. Misanthrope. Megalomaniac. Totalitarian Communist. Evil Genius. Perhaps a bit of a “wanna-be” Chemist/Scientist/Showman with some P.T. Barnum mixed in!?!  He may have been strangely flattered by my descriptions here. He did have a wicked sense of humor too, after all. To clarify, these shouldn’t be read as insults to the dead.I like to remember him as a friend and someone who was excited about the movement behind black metal. I knew him from the calls we did and the letters we shared. That’s one way of knowing someone, I suppose. Others have their own memories, I’m sure. In other ways, I agree with what [Mayhem bassist] Necrobutcher has said lately in the way he treated Dead’s death. I have a conflicts about that for sure.”

Typhon (Necropolis Records, the one who put together the Nordic Metal compilation

“There I sat with my guitar, learning riffs. From my great hero. Call it a workshop or masterclass. Øystein was interested in the Norwegian scene and wanted to professionalize it, to take it to a higher level. He seemed passionate about presenting his vision. But despite his authority - and a ten year age difference - it felt collegial to sit and play with him.

“Both Øystein and Snorre developed theories about guitar playing. They talked about building cathedrals - or walls - of sound. [...] Instead of the usual way of playing all six strings on one guitar, Øystein’s idea was to play only one string on six guitars! It was supposed to sound big and megalomaniacal, like a Gothic building. That’s why it was so fitting that Mayhem had the Nidaros Cathedral on their cover - a black cathedral of sound. Both Øystein and Snorre worked a lot with chords, sometimes also in the direction of symphony orchestra and jazz thinking.”

Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) in 666 Shades of Black by Harald Fossberg, 2026

“[...] So we had a shot of vodka while listening to De Mysteriis…I left him [Euronymous] on a very high note and I’m really happy that I did that meeting and had that last conversation. In retrospect, he was looking like he was turning into a different kind of guy that we never got to see, but that he probably realized himself that he could only go so far with this total extreme approach. Maybe he needed to make some friends in different places and not only appeal to the most extreme people.”

Anders Odden (Cadaver etc.) in Born for Burning - The History of Black Metal, by Matías Gallardo, 2026 (emphasis within the quote by me)

Mayhem - Deathcrush

1998-07-28

Center Cam

Covered Wagon Saloon

San Francisco, CA, USA

VHS-1->AVI->MP4->REDDIT

When I was walking in the city Middelkerke in Belgium, I found a cool Mayhem graffiti on the wall off a German bunker used in WO II that is located there. I found it cool and just wanted to share with you people even when I know you people maybe don't care about it.