Artist: Mayhem
Album: Deathcrush
Released: 1987
Type: EP
Origin: Norway
Genre: Black Metal
Lyrical themes: Satanism, Death, Gore
Deathcrush is an EP by
the Norwegian black
metal band Mayhem. It was released on 16 August 1987 by the
Posercorpse record label, and was the first studio release by any band in the
Norwegian black metal scene. Despite its limited print run, the mini-album
appeared in the top 20 on Kerrang! magazine's
album charts. The song "Chainsaw Gutsfuck" was voted "Most
Gruesome Lyrics Ever" by Blender in 2006.
Though
influential to black metal, its lyrics and sound were largely influenced by
early death metal bands. After vocalist Dead joined the group, the band
adopted darker lyrical topics and guitarist Euronymous (Øystein
Aarseth) started rejecting most death metal bands as their lyrics turned
towards "social awareness" and "normal" topics instead
of death worship; he "wanted things to be more serious and
extreme". Dead stated that the lyrics "aren't bad at all, but
they are later what would become gore and trendy".
The
opening track, "Silvester Anfang", is a cover of a piece by German
electronic composer Conrad
Schnitzler (known for having worked with the krautrock bands Tangerine
Dream and Kluster). According to Dead, most, but not all of the lyrics
were written by bassist Necrobutcher.
Maniac performed vocals on all of the
tracks except "Pure Fucking Armageddon" and Venom cover
"Witching Hour", both of which were sung by Messiah. Manheim
played piano on "(Weird) Manheim".
Original
line-up:
Maniac - Vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5)
Euronymous
(R.I.P. 1993) - Guitars
Manheim
- Piano (track 6), Drums
Necrobutcher - Bass
Track
list:
1. Silvester Anfang 01:56 instrumental
2. Deathcrush 03:33
3. Chainsaw Gutsfuck 03:32
4. Witching Hour (Venom cover) 01:49
5. Necrolust 03:37 Show
lyrics
6. (Weird) Manheim 00:48 instrumental
7. Pure Fucking Armageddon 02:09
8. Outro 01:09
Instrumental
Total 18:33
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