ƚBM [INSPIRED BY BLACK METAL]

ƚBM focuses on the influence of black metal anno 2014 and is a response to the current prevalence of the genre. Not coincidentally 30 years after the establishment of legendary Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Nor coincidentally 20 years after the release of their debut ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’ - one of the most influential black metal albums ever.

MAYHEM -30th anniversary (Nor.)

Norway's black metal legends Mayhem have returned! Extreme metal's most infamous band will release their long-awaited new album in May. Entitled ‘Esoteric Warfare’, Mayhem’s fifth full-length will be the follow-up to 2007's critically acclaimed 'Ordo Ad Chao'.

2014 sees Mayhem welcome the 30th anniversary of the single most notorious and important band in the history of black metal.

With the band's four revolutionary full-lengths, a legacy of boundless extremity, and an ethic rooted
firmly in the principle of no compromise, Mayhem are the archetype that three generations of black metal bands follow as law.

After a 30 year history, Mayhem reign as kings of the underground; ensuring that their shadow will be cast not just over the first 30 years of an entire genre to date, but for the next 30 years to come as well. Mayhem is the Alpha and the Omega of black metal.

Mayhem's new full length showcases a band who follow their own path in extreme music, one that is equally violent and turbulent.

Belgian melodic black metal band Saille will open the evening. They already have two albums to their name: ‘Irreversible Decay’ (from ’11) and ‘Ritu’ (from ’13). Metal Underground mag wrote: “While the big names have slowly become caricatures of themselves and lost credibility over time, Saille is a symphonic black metal act that keeps the dark flame burning.”