Live in Leipzig [Live]

Mayhem | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HO0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,408 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #87 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Norway

Track Listings

1. Deathcrush

2. Necrolust

3. Funeral Fog

4. The Freezing Moon

5. Carnage

6. Buried by Time and Dust

7. Pagan Fears

8. Chainsaw Gutstuck

9. Pure Fucking Armageddon

Editorial Reviews

2007 reissue of this live album from the Norwegian Black Metal band, originally released in 1990. Features nine tracks including 'Deathcrush', 'Carnage' and 'Funeral Fog'. Peaceville. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crazy People, Occultists, and Murderers Rejoice... This CD is for You!, July 21, 2005

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Randy Bratvold (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in Leipzig (Audio CD)

When they weren't busy burning churches or killing each other these crazy kids from Norway found time to be a band. Not just any band, this is Mayhem, pioneers of black metal. Influenced by Venom, Bathory, Slayer, and the like, Mayhem set out to be harder and scarier than any band that came before. This CD, Live at Leipzig, serves as a snapshot of what they were at the time. It is aggressive and raw. It is also supposedly one of the only recordings that has Dead, Euronymous, and Count Grisnackh (Varg Vikerness) all playing on it.

Live at Leipzig is to black metal what the Stooges' Raw Power is to punk. It captures the unfiltered essence of the genre. The musicianship is loose. The guitars are in the red and the vocals are high wails and rough snarls. With songs like "Chainsaw Gutsf***", there is no easy listening here. In this live format the track "Pure F***ing Armageddon" lives up to it's name.

Is Live at Leipzig a good CD? Well... I can't dance to it. It scares the hell out of my girlfriend and my pets. Musically, lyrically, and in overall production it is creepy and appalling. However, black metal is supposed to be creepy and appalling. Black metal taps into anger, aggression, and violent fantasy. Here Mayhem succeed. They did exactly what they set out to do, they are harder and scarier than all of their influences. It must be difficult having a career where you constantly submerge yourself in anger and violence because, unfortunately, this line-up of Mayhem didn't survive very long past this recording. The handful of early Mayhem recordings laid the groundwork for all subsequent black metal bands. If you are interested in the genre and can stomach the violence and occult imagery than I recommend Live at Leipzig.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting record from the dark past, September 24, 2006

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atfield "atfield" (At the south of Peru) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live in Leipzig (Audio CD)

OK the sound quality is very low and the production is very poor, but hey this live show was recorded not to be an album is because of dead's death that the band decided to make a tribute CD to him and of all their live recordings they made, Live in Leipzig got the best sound of all so they decided to make this show an official live album.

Don't expect good sound of the musical instruments here. But dead's voice is very clear and loud. So I recommend this CD only to people that want to know how dead's voice was and how the band played some songs of de mysteriis with him.

If you are new with this band don't listen to this CD yet, get de mysteriis or deathcrush first and then if you like them and want to know about dead's voice then try this live CD

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Into Black Metal for 7+yrs and this is STILL my fave. album!, September 25, 2000

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"ladykimberlyn" (Salem) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live in Leipzig (Audio CD)

Let's face it, when it comes to Mayhem we all have our preferred vocalist. Mine is Dead, my boyfriend's is Maniac, and my friends is Attila.. either way we all agree that Live In Leipzig is a hellofa album! I heard people bitching about the sound quality.. but do those people really know anything about Black Metal history??? The members of this band were starving at times! Lets see you put out a high quality sound album in a dinky recording studio in Norway..! Back to the subject,.. if its great lyrics, loud music, tremendous musicians, and a memorable album your looking for.. then this one is for you! I personally think it's better than De Mysteriis.. but that is only my opinion.. I have been a Black Metal fan for well over 7 years and I still think this is the BEST album I own. You also might try picking up "Tribute To The Black Emperors" Mayhem/Morbid split if you fall in love with this album.. Don't let the people saying the sound quality is bad discourage you from buying this album.. the sound quality is NOT bad at all.. (Put it this way.. it does NOT sound like it was recorded in someone's bathroom with shotty mics.) Do yourself a favor and buy!!