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This is a comprehensive discography of Mayhem, a black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway. Mayhem has released six studio albums, five live albums, two EPs, five demos and singles, three compilation albums and four video albums.
| Mayhem discography | |
|---|---|
 Mayhem performing at Hole in the Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 2 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [1] |
AUT [2] |
FIN [3] |
SWE [4] |
SWI [5] |
US Heat. [6] | ||||
| De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
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35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Grand Declaration of War |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Chimera |
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28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ordo Ad Chao |
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12 | — | — | 57 | — | — | ||
| Esoteric Warfare |
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— | — | 32 | — | — | 14 | ||
| Daemon |
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— | 35 | 8 [15] |
32 | 37 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
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| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Live in Leipzig |
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| 1995 | The Dawn of the Black Hearts |
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| 1999 | Mediolanum Capta Est |
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| 2001 | Live in Marseille 2000 |
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| 2016 | Live in Zeitz |
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| 2016 | De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive |
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| 2017 | Live in Jessheim |
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| 2019 | Live in Sarpsborg |
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| 2023 | Daemonic Rites |
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| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Deathcrush |
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| 1997 | Wolf's Lair Abyss |
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| 2008 | Life Eternal | |
| 2021 | Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando |
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Pure Fucking Armageddon | Instrumental recording. Necrobutcher performed vocals during rehearsals[16] |
| 1987 | Deathrehearsal | Recorded between 17 and 18 January 1987. It is the first Mayhem release to feature Maniac as official vocalist[17] |
| 1992 | From The Darkest Past (Unofficial release) | Instrumental rehearsal featuring Euronymous, Varg, and Hellhammer |
| 1996 | Out from the Dark | Recorded in 1989 |
| 1996 | Freezing Moon/Carnage | Recorded 29 April 1990. Only studio-quality Mayhem recording to feature Dead as vocalist |
| 1997 | Ancient Skin/Necrolust | |
| 2009 | Life Eternal | Demo versions of songs from De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 2014 | Psywar[18] | |
| 2019 | Black Glass Communion | |
| 2021 | Voces Ab Alta |
- Rarities
- War and Sodomy: track incorporated later into Ye Entrancemperium by Emperor.
- Visual Aggression: cover of Celtic Frost
- Anno Vampyr
- Into the Lifeless: bonus track on Japanese edition of Esoteric Warfare, originally from the Budapest Sessions (a scrapped album)
- From Beyond the Event Horizon: also taken from the Budapest Sessions. It is the B-side on the 2014 Psywar single.
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | European Legions | Live songs and outtakes from Grand Declaration of War |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Studio Experience | Vinyl collection; contains all previous albums |
| 2018 | A Season In Blasphemy 2018 | Vinyl collection;
contains all remixed and remastered songs |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Rehearsal 1988 | It is the only Mayhem recording where the faces of Dead and Euronymous are clearly visible. |
| 1990 | Live In Jessheim 1990 | Released with Cursed In Eternity Box Set by Peaceville the entire video of the concert. |
| 1990 | Live In Sarpsborg 1990 | A video released by Peaceville with a new video of the concert. |
| 1998 | Live In Bischofswerda | Recorded in June 1997. It is the first concert since the Izmir one in December 1990. |
| 2001 | Live In Marseille 2000 | |
| 2002 | Mayhem – Cult of Aggression | Norwegian/Swedish documentary by Stefan Rydehed |
| 2008 | Pure Fucking Mayhem | English documentary by Stefan Rydehed |
- A film, Lords of Chaos (based on the book of the same name), which focuses on Mayhem, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. Mayhem gave permission to director Jonas Åkerlund to use their music.
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