MAYHEM – Esoteric Warfare – May 28, 2014

Posted on May 28, 2014

More information about Esoteric Warfare

Norwegian legends MAYHEM are now premiering their long-awaited full-length ‘Esoteric Warfare’, due June 6th (June 10th in North America). You can listen to the album in its entirety via the following partners’ websites:

Kill Your Stereo (AU)
Spark (CZ)
Metal Hammer (DE)
This Is Metal (ES)
Inferno (FI)
VS-Webzine (FR)
Rocking (GR)
Kronos Mortus (HU)
Lords of Metal (NL)
Metal Hammer (NO)
Musick (PL)
Loud! (PT)
Terrorizer (UK)
Pitchfork (US)

‘Esoteric Warfare’ will be released in various formats, including a collector’s LP + CD box set limited to 1000 copies, a deluxe Digipak CD and exclusive coloured LPs for seven select countries. See details below.

The collector’s box set is a folder including blood red coloured double vinyl in gatefold sleeve with bonus track “Into The Lifeless” (record during the infamous 2012 Budapest Sessions), vinyl effect CD with bonus track, 10 posters, and numbered certificate of authenticity.

The Digipak edition is made of special board with booksleeve and a 24 page booklet of special paper.

Here is the list of vinyl double LPs, all coming in a gatefold sleeve:

  • Transparent clear limited to 800 copies
  • Transparent clear with red splatters limited to 450 copies
  • Solid blue limited to 150 copies, exclusively sold in Italy through Audioglobe
  • Transparent purple limited to 300 copies, exclusively sold in the UK through Plastic Head
  • Solid yellow limited to 150 copies, exclusively sold in Australia through Rocket
  • Solid red limited to 300 copies, exclusively sold in Sweden through Sound Pollution
  • Solid grey limited to 300 copies, exclusively sold in Germany through Soulfood
  • Solid orange limited to 250 copies, exclusively sold in Benelux and Spain through Bertus
  • Transparent blue limited to 700 copies, exclusively sold in Norway through Indie
  • Regular black

Cassette editions and various merchandising items will also be released. Except for the seven coloured LPs exclusive to the countries listed above, all formats are available for pre-order on Season of Mist’s e-shop.

The cover artwork of ‘Esoteric Warfare’ was created by Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak. You can see it below:

  1. Watchers
  2. Psywar
  3. Trinity
  4. Pandaemon
  5. MILAB
  6. VI.Sec.
  7. Throne of Time
  8. Corpse of Care
  9. Posthuman
  10. Aion Suntelia

A lyric video for “Psywar” can be watched on YouTube.

MAYHEM have previously announced a first set of European shows in support of ‘Esoteric Warfare’. Here is the remainder of tour dates:

28 May 14 Berlin (DE) C-Club
29 May 14 Warszawa (PL) Proxima
30 May 14 Plzen (CZ) Metalfest Open Air Festival
31 May 14 København (DK) Pumpehuset
28 Jun 14 Lausanne (CH) Les Docks (Inferno Festival Swiss Edition)
08 Aug 14 Øya (NO) Tøyenparken (Øya Festival)

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