Mayhem

The Norwegian black metal band Mayhem are one of the heaviest bands I have seen live, but I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. From the stylised vocals, to the constant shredding of the guitar, and their quirky props such as a skulls head, the show was electric and exciting. Since the release of the EP back in the late 80s, they’ve had a loyal following, many of whom were at the concert I saw them at. Their experimental elements of the black metal make their shows exciting and innovative, and also won them an award for their album Ordo Ad Chao.
They opened the show with a lengthy instrumental performance that I hadn’t heard before, which really got the audience in the spirit for the show. It’s always great to hear new material by talented musicians, and this went down really well. Their set and costumes were also visually incredible, and added to the performance, putting an element of excited fear in the audience.
They played a selection of tracks from Ordo Ad Chao, as well as many from their newest album, Esoteric Warfare, which was epic to hear after such anticipation of the new album. The band put on a brilliant show, which really blew everyone away.

Once we got in, the first opening band Black Anvil only took a few minutes to take the stage, once they started i was immediately in the mood for the show, they were a great opener and got the crowd in a good mood. About 10-15 minutes after they finished up Inquisition came out to an already packed crowd in the Ballroom. Inquisition completely blew me away, so much so that I bought their new album on vinyl, and a T-Shirt. About 20 minutes of setting up the stage later the theatrics started for Mayhem, and when Funeral Fog kicked in the place went crazy, with a huge pit taking up around half the floor. Mayhem was incredible and it was truly a once in a lifetime kind of show.

Just went to the MDF 24' , their performance was worth going and the time amount they got to play was good. This was a very good, festival and I feel like they got the crowd very energetic and most people went to watch them. Seeing the darkest band in history was hard to believe but I would totally go see them again, HellHammer was my favorite on the drums. Very Amazing Performance.

Sounded amazing! I drank a shit load of beer. What a treat to hear De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas live. The crowd was scary as shit and my ears are still ringing.