MAYHEM – Esoteric Warfare – November 7, 2016

MAYHEM have announced North American and European dates for winter and spring 2017. The black metal icons will embark on the ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’ tour performing their landmark debut album in full.

MAYHEM will kick off the ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’ tour in Montreal, Canada together with labelmates INQUISITION and support act BLACK ANVIL on January and continues to ravage throughout twenty more states before concluding at the Gramercy Theater in New York on the 19th of February. A list of all confirmed shows can be found below.

MAYHEM North America + INQUISITION + BLACK ANVIL
20 Jan 17 Montreal, CA Club Soda
21 Jan 17 Toronto, CA Phoenix Theater
22 Jan 17 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
23 Jan 17 Chicago, IL Metro
24 Jan 17 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
25 Jan 17 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
27 Jan 17 Denver, CO Gothic Theater
28 Jan 17 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
30 Jan 17 Calgary, CA Marquee
31 Jan 17 Edmonton CA Starlite Room
02 Feb 17 Seattle, WA El Corazon
03 Feb 17 Vancouver, CA Rickshaw
04 Feb 17 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
06 Feb 17 San Francisco, CA Social Hall SF
07 Feb 17 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
08 Feb 17 Phoenix, AZ Club Red
10 Feb 17 San Antonio, TX Alamo Music Hall
11 Feb 17 Dallas, TX Trees
13 Feb 17 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
14 Feb 17 Wilmington, NC Thorne Theater
15 Feb 17 Washington, DC The Howard Theater
16 Feb 17 Philadelphia, PA Theter of the Living Arts
17 Feb 17 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Theater
18 Feb 17 Boston, MA Royale
19 Feb 17 New York, NY Gramercy Theater

The black onslaught will reach Europe on March 24th in Karlstad, Sweden and wreak havoc throughout thirteen more countries before the final curtain in Munich, Germany on the 16th of April.

MAYHEM Europe
24 Mar 17 Karlstad (SE) Nöjesfabriken
25 Mar 17 Stockholm (SE) En Arena
26 Mar 17 København (DK) Amager Bio
27 Mar 17 Aarhus (DK) Train
29 Mar 17 London (UK) Electric Ballroom
30 Mar 17 Manchester (UK) Club Academy
31 Mar 17 Dublin (IE Academy
01 Apr 17 Glasgow (UK) Lords of the Land
05 Apr 17 Lausanne (CH) Les Docks
06 Apr 17 Milano (IT) Live Club
07 Apr 17 Nova Gorica (SI) Mostovna
08 Apr 17 Wien (AT) Metal Meeting
09 Apr 17 Zagreb (HR) Vintage Club
10 Apr 17 Belgrade (RS) Dom Omladine
11 Apr 17 Sofia (BG) Mixtape5
12 Apr 17 Brasov (RO) Club Rockstadt
13 Apr 17 Athens (GR) Fuzz Club
15 Apr 17 Budapest (HU) Durer Kert
16 Apr 17 München (DE) Dark Easter Metal Meeting

Regarding both tours, MAYHEM vocalist Attila Csihar comments: “The first time I ever heard from Mayhem was in ’91-’92 when I received a letter from Euronymous. I did not know that message was going to change my whole life. They were looking for a new vocalist to replace Dead on their debut album. Of course, I agreed to their offer and in 1993 we recorded ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’, which to me remains one of the most magical albums of all time. The music opened some unfathomable dimensions that reached beyond what we were able to handle and it unleashed a complete chaos, which ended up at burning churches and eventually a murder within the band. It was almost impossible to release that record, but when it finally came out under the sun in ’94, it left a lasting impact on the whole metal scene. The so-called “2nd wave of black metal” was born in the cold and dark underground of Oslo. At the same time MAYHEM collapsed and got burned down as well. From those ashes, the band had to rise again, when MAYHEM reunited with some old and new members. Yet that album always remained so strong and so unique that even after my reunion with MAYHEM in 2004, we were still not comfortable to present it live in full. Time passed and the whole band got stronger and more experienced. In 2016 we suddenly felt that it was time to finally play the whole record in order to unleash That Beast after more than two decades. ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathans’ will soon become alive!”

MAYHEM’s latest album ‘Esoteric Warfare’ can still be ordered from the Season of Mist shop.

Join MAYHEM on their official Facebook page.