# Mayhem discography

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.

## Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | NOR | AUT | FIN | SWE | SWI | US Heat. | Sales |
| De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | Released: 24 May 1994 Label: Deathlike Silence, Century Black Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Grand Declaration of War | Released: 27 March 2000 Label: Season of Mist, Necropolis Records Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chimera | Released: 17 January 2004 Label: Season of Mist Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ordo Ad Chao | Released: 16 April 2007 Label: Season of Mist Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download | 12 | — | — | 57 | — | — | |
| Esoteric Warfare | Released: 6 June 2014 Label: Season of Mist Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download | — | — | 32 | — | — | 14 | US: 1,900+ |
| Daemon | Released: 25 October 2019 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | — | 35 | 8 | 32 | 37 | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||

## Live albums

| Year | Title | Details |
| 1993 | Live in Leipzig | Recorded: 1990 Released: 1993 Label: Obscure Plasma Records, Avantgarde Records |
| 1995 | The Dawn of the Black Hearts | Recorded: 28 February 1990 Released: 17 February 1995 Label: Warmaster Records Bootleg release |
| 1999 | Mediolanum Capta Est | Released: 7 December 1999 Label: Avant Garde |
| 2001 | Live in Marseille 2000 | Released: 16 June 2001 Label: Black Metal Records |
| 2016 | Live in Zeitz | Recorded: 1990 Released: 16 September 2016 Label: Peaceville |
| 2016 | De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive | Released: 13 December 2016 Label: Mayhem Self-released |
| 2017 | Live in Jessheim | Recorded: 1990 Released: 3 November 2017 Label: Peaceville |
| 2019 | Live in Sarpsborg | Recorded: 1990 Released: 29 March 2019 Label: Peaceville |
| 2023 | Daemonic Rites | Recorded: Released: 15 September 2023 Label: Century Media Records |

## EPs

| Year | Title | Details |
| 1987 | Deathcrush | Released: August 1987 Label: Posercorpse (1000 copies), Deathlike Silence (1993 reissue) |
| 1997 | Wolf's Lair Abyss | Released: 12 November 1997 Label: Misanthropy Records |
| 2008 | Life Eternal | Released: 20 October 2008 Label: Saturnus Production |
| 2021 | Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando | Released: 9 July 2021 Label: Century Media |

## Demos and singles

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1986 | Pure Fucking Armageddon | Instrumental recording. Necrobutcher performed vocals during rehearsals |
| 1987 | Deathrehearsal | Recorded between 17 and 18 January 1987. It is the first Mayhem release to feature Maniac as official vocalist |
| 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 | |
| 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.

## Compilation albums

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2001 | European Legions | Live songs and outtakes from Grand Declaration of War |

## Box sets

| 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 |

## Videography

| 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.