Before there was "kvlt" there was Mayhem ... "black metal" and "death metal" were general descriptors at best; they weren't in widespread use as acknowledged genres of their own. Even after ...

In honor of their 40th anniversary, black ... shows, Mayhem will also be playing Maryland Deathfest 2024 in Baltimore, MD from May 23-26. Ahead of those epic and historic performances, the band shared ...

But with Mayhem, the band’s extracurricular activities were very much aligned with its art. Onstage, Dead favored blood, self-mutilation and the black-and-white makeup known as corpse paint.

“We were repulsed by music about love and kindness – we just hated it,” says Jan Axel Blomberg, drummer for the pioneering Norwegian black-metal band Mayhem ... black-and-white face paint ...