Mayhem

Live In Leipzig

The best recording out there of Black Metal's best voice!

Review Score:

(10/10)
I'm a big fan of Mayhem, especially Dead. I started my Mayhem collection with Live In Leipzig. It's just sad that people will remember Dead's best recorded performance on this album. If he had been around for the recording of the "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" album it would've done his legacy much more justice than this. The recording could be very well a bootleg and the sound quality is poor but captures Dead's voice better than any other bootleg I own with him performing (I'm referring to the "Dawn Of The Black Hearts" and "Ha Elm Zalag" bootlegs).

Whenever I listen to the Mediolanum Capta Est-Live album I just shake my head and wish it was Dead's voice on that excellent production instead. I've got nothing against Maniac but he had to fill in big shoes in taking Dead's place. Such a shame since he was only 21 yrs old when he killed himself and he really loved what he did for the band. His tortured blowtorch-type voice fit Mayhem perfectly and he took their sound to another level. He has influenced many people and made copycats everywhere now in the genre along with Euronymous' necro-style riffing. If you want to know where Black Metal really started don't start with Venom, just go to Leipzig instead and join them. The Legend Lives Forever! R.I.P. Per Yngve Ohlin (Dead) and Oystein Aarseth (Euronymous). The true black emperors.

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