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Mayhem Announce Name And Track Listing For New Album Plus Live Dates

Written by Johnson Stephen on August 14, 2019

MAYHEM will release their sixth studio album, entitled ‘Daemon’ on October 25th 2019 .

‘Daemon’ is unto itself. Indeed, ‘Daemon’ also isn’t a new chapter in Mayhem’s career. Rather, it’s a new tome, authoritative yet wild in character. Composed and decomposed with the same lineup – Necrobutcher (bass), Hellhammer (drums), Attila (vocals), Teloch (guitars), and Ghul (guitars) – ‘Daemon’ is change, an opportunity for the maw of hell to open wider.

Recording Process

Mayhem entered NBS Audio Studio (aka Necromorbus Studio) in Söderfors, Sweden to record drums and vocals with producer/engineer Tore Stjerna. Newly consecrated Studio A (Stjerna’s Stockholm studio will continue to operate as Studio B) in an old church, Hellhammer and Csihar recorded their respective parts for “Daemon”. The band then had Ghul record his guitars in the Netherlands, while the bass was engineered by Teloch and performed by Necrobutcher at Lupercal Studio in Oslo, Norway. Teloch took his guitar tracking to SleikBallaMi Studio, also in Oslo. ‘Daemon’ was then brought back to Stjerna for mixing and sent off to Thomas Johansson at The Panic Room for mastering. The whole album took about three months to nail down.

Track Listing

The Dying False King
Agenda Ignis
Bad Blood
Malum
Falsified And Hated
Aeon Daemonium
Worthless Abomination Destroyed
Daemon Spawn
Of Worms And Ruins
Invoke The Oath

The pre-order for all formats will start on August 30^th –detailed info on all different formats will be made available soon!

Album Cover Art Details

Certainly, the art of the album cover can be hit or miss. Not for Mayhem. For ‘Daemon’, Mayhem enlisted Italian designer Daniele Valeriani (Lucifer’s Child, Dark Funeral) to understand, conceive, and deliver the cover art. The Norwegians have crafted an aesthetic that’s both harrowing and insidious.

Mayhem’s Teloch explains what can be expected from the new album ‘Daemon’

“I think this album will be most pleasing for old and new fans,” says Teloch. “As most of our devoted fans know, Mayhem has never released two albums that sound the same. That’s the case this time around as well. As I said, we simplified stuff, but at the same time tried out some new stuff to keep it interesting for ourselves and, also for our fans that dig that we are doing something new on each album.”

Live Dates

Soon after the release of ‘Daemon’ Mayhem will embark on a European headline tour with special guests Gaahls WYRD and Gost. Please find the dates below:

31.10. Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
01.11. Leiden, Netherlands – Gebr De Nobel
02.11. Leeds, UK – Damnation Festival
03.11. Dublin, Ireland – Academy
04.11. London, UK – The Electric Ballroom
05.11. Paris, France – La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
06.11. Rennes, France – L’Etage
07.11. Lyon, France – CCD
08.11. Toulouse, France – Le Metronum
09.11. Barcelona, Spain – Salamandra
10.11. Madrid, Spain – Mon Madrid
12.11. Milano, Italy – Magazzini Generali
13.11. Génova, Switzerland – PTR
14.11. Vienna, Austria – Szene
15.11. Prague, Czech Republic – Meet Factory
16.11. Berlin, Germany – Astra
17.11. Lille, France – Tyrant Fest
19.11. Kassel, Germany – Musik Theater 130BPM
20.11. Wetzikon, Switzerland – Hall Of Fame
21.11. Mannheim, Germany – MS Connexion Complex
22.11. Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinehalle
23.11. Vosselaar, Belgium – Biebob
24.11. Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset
26.11. Tampere, Finland – Pakkahuone
27.11. Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
29.11. Stockholm, Sweden – Fryshuset Klubben
30.11. Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik