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Given such a disturbing
turnover rate, my guess is that there are not many players
volunteering to join this Norwegian black metal ensemble. First,
there was a replacement vocalist who committed suicide. Then
there was the second guitarist murdered by the new bassist.
Ironically, this band seemingly lives and perishes
beneath the brutality
and turmoil they bellow about.
Read the classified ad carefully: Only
diehards need apply.
This mostly “live” album was recorded during last year's
Grand Declaration of War tour, supporting the 2k disc by which
most of the Scandinavian press has hailed as
the genre's latest pinnacle. As one of the few doom bands to
structure their work on tricky melodic content, long-drawn
ideas, as well as visceral, sure-kill riffs, Mayhem are just not
digging the same ditch, but descending into a much deeper
musical purgatory.
Given the artillery-like
percussive blasts from drummer Hellhammer, the overall sound of
the concert tracks here is overly dense and purely
destructive.
The real interest
for true fans may be the inclusion bonus of Declaration's
pre-production tracks that are worthy of a release on their own.
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Mayhem |
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U.S. Legions |
| Label |
Renegade |
| Reviewer |
Richard Proplesch |
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