Original sentence: "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" is stated as meaning "Lord Satan's Secret Rites" (lit.'The Occult Mysteries of Satan').According to Hellhammer, he decided that it was somehow fitting that murderer and victim should be together on this album.Apart from this dark history, the album is also widely acclaimed as one of the masterpieces of the black metal genre, and it's bleak aesthetics and vampiric lyrics (Inspired by Ohlin's delusion that he was in fact undead after a near-death experience as a child) have often been cited as an inspiration by other black metal groups.Die-hard fans of Mayhem's early works, however, criticise it as lacking atmosphere, and particularly identify Attila's vocals as being sub-par when compared to Dead's.In an example of tragic irony, the bass parts on the album are played by Varg 'Grishnack' Vikernes, Aarseth's killer.They are somewhat atypical for Black Metal, and have provoked a mixed reception from some fans.This part of the albums history is rife with controversy, as is much surrounding the murder of Euronymus
Edited sentence: "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" means "Lord Satan's Secret Rites".According to Hellhammer, he decided that murderer and victim should be together on this album.By a tragic irony, the bass parts on the album are played by Varg 'Grishnack' Vikernes, Aarseth's killer.Despite this for some it was dissapointment, because the album lost the dark vibe of early Mayehem's material and vocal performance of Attila Csihar hardly resembled the one of Dead.The album is concidered to be a Black Metal masterpiece, especially by Mayhem's fans.They were not typical for Black Metal, thus the attitude towards them is dual