TheMayhemisablack metal band,foundedin1984 inOslo, Norway.It isconsideredoneof the bestandmostimportantbandsinthe historyof blackmetalworld.Thenamecamefrom thebandMayhem"MayhemWithMercy",found on the album"WelcometoHell"(1981),theBritish bandVenom, consideredthefirstblack metal bandin history.Thebandsoongainedgreat reputationaroundtheworldbecause ofcontroversialeventsin theearly'90s,includingthesuicideofDead, the murder ofEuronymousbyVargVikernesandthe burning ofNorwegian churches.
TheMayhemhas gone throughavarietyofstyles withintheBlackMetaland isconsideredbymanyasoneof the bestandoneofthe pillarsof Norwegian Black Metal .
Como podemos saber quem é 'real' e quem não é, quando a maioria das pessoas que se denominam 'real' não passam de idiotas normais?(Øystein Aarseth)