Norwegian black metal veterans MAYHEM will release their sixth studio album, titled "Daemon", on October 25.

By the power of darkness and with the might of black-hearted will no two MAYHEM albums have been or will ever be the same. Over the course of MAYHEM's storied and groundbreaking 35-year career — from "Deathcrush" (1987) through "Esoteric Warfare" (2014) — the Norwegians have continuously challenged the orthodoxy of the genre they helped create. Originally informed by greats HELLHAMMER, VENOM, BATHORY and SODOM, MAYHEM eventually imbued its damnable attack with influences from all over the music extreme spectrum, indicated first on the harsh and angular "Wolf's Lair Abyss" (1997) EP and foremost on the enterprisingly brutal and revolutionary "Grand Declaration Of War" (2000).

"Daemon" isn't a direct follow-up to "Esoteric Warfare". Like all MAYHEM albums of their time, "Daemon" is unto itself. The wolf solitary and singular. Indeed, "Daemon" also isn't a new chapter in MAYHEM's storied career. Rather, it's a new tome, authoritative yet wild in character. Composed and decomposed with the same lineup — Necrobutcher (bass), Hellhammer (drums), Attila (vocals), Teloch (guitars) and Ghul (guitars) — that handled "Esoteric Warfare" and performed "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" in its entirety over the last few years, "Daemon" isn't a retrofit of classic songs like "Freezing Moon", "Pagan Fears" or "Buried By Time And Dust" either. That's what the live album, "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive" (2016), was for. "Daemon" is change, an opportunity for the maw of hell to open wider.

MAYHEM sortira son nouvel EP, intitulé Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando, le 9 juillet 2021 via Century Media Records.

Le nouvel EP présente du matériel supplémentaire des sessions d’enregistrement du dernier album Daemon paru en 2019, ainsi que des reprises de groupes comme DISCHARGE, DEAD KENNEDYS, RUDIMENTARY PENI et RAMONES qui ont inspirées les bases de la formations. Le groupe a invité les anciens chanteurs Messiah et Maniac sur deux chansons. Les illustrations sont de nouveau l’œuvre de Daniele Valeriani qui s’est déjà occupé de l’artwork sur Daemon.