Norwegian black metal band Mayhem will embark on a North American headlining tour in April this year. Support on the road will come from the bands Ludicra and Tombs.

April 07 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
April 08 - New York, NY Fillmore - Irving Plaza
April 09 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
April 10 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Electriques
April 11 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
April 13 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
April 14 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
April 15 - Winnipeg, MB - Royal Albert Arms
April 16 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
April 17 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
April 18 - Calgary, AB - Republik
April 20 - Vancouver, BC - The Commodore Ballroom
April 21 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
April 22 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
April 24 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
April 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Mayhem: Deconsecration Pt. II Tour [CANCELLED]

Members of Mayhem and their crew were arrested Monday morning after allegedly destroying a hotel room in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

The group performed Sunday night at the Hall Of Fame venue in Tilburg and had booked rooms for the night at Hotel Central.

A hotel employee arrived the next morning to find the hotel room to be a complete mess. Plants were thrown out onto the street, mirrors, a sink and bathroom curtains were torn apart and demolished. The beds and television were destroyed and walls were dirty and stained.

Damage was estimated at at least 5000 euros (approximately $7480).

The nine men, aged 21 to 45 years, hail from The Netherlands, Norway, Finland and France. The suspects are currently being held at a local jail and will not be released until they have reimbursed the hotel for repair costs.


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Source:	nos.nl
Band profile:	Mayhem

This year, Mayhem are about to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band and you are all welcome to the party! Thunderdome Touring and Season of Mist are proud to announce that the Norwegians veterans will team up with some of the strongest extreme metal acts to tour North America on next May and June! Enter the Blackenedfest, featuring: Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation and Withered.

Here are the tour dates:

21 May 09 - New York, NY (US) The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
22 May 09 - Baltimore, MD (US) Sonar (Maryland Deathfest)
23 May 09 - Atlanta, GA (US) Masquerade
24 May 09 - Orlando, FL (US) Club Firestone
26 May 09 - Houston, TX (US) Numbers
27 May 09 - San Antonio, TX (US) White Rabbit
29 May 09 - Albuquerque, NM (US) Sunshine Theater
30 May 09 - Tempe, AZ (US) Clubhouse
31 May 09 - San Diego, CA (US) House Of Blues
02 Jun 09 - Hollywood, CA (US) House Of Blues
03 Jun 09 - San Francisco, CA (US) DNA
04 Jun 09 - Portland, OR (US) Hawthorne Theatre
05 Jun 09 - Seattle, WA (US) Studio Seven
06 Jun 09 - Boise, ID (US) Knitting Factory Concert House
07 Jun 09 - Denver, CO (US) Gothic Theater
09 Jun 09 - St Paul, MN (US) Station 4
11 Jun 09 - Chicago, IL (US) House Of Blues
12 Jun 09 - Cleveland, OH (US) Peabody's
13 Jun 09 - Detroit, MI (US) The Majestic Theater
14 Jun 09 - Toronto, ON (CA) The Opera House
15 Jun 09 - Montreal, QC (CA) Les Foufounes Electriques

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Blackenedfest Tour

Behemoth have issued the following text on their official Myspace page:

"The band has just been officially confirmed for the USA Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour which is scheduled to kick off July 10 in Sacramento, California. The headlining bands of this tour are Slayer and Marilyn Manson. The other confirmed bands are Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, God Forbid, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Job For A Cowboy.

Behemoth will also play with Slayer on their 3-week pre-Mayhem Festival tour. That tour will include a dates in "B-markets" - smaller cities which the Mayhem Festival will not reach. We will update you with the dates and more information real soon.

Nergal's comments about Behemoth being part of this prestigious tour: "I cannot find words to express the enthusiasm that literally blows us up! It's a great ennoblement to be accompanied by Slayer and Marilyn Manson. This is the best reward that we could ever get after a dozen of years of hard work and wandering in various venues all over the world. I can promise that Behemoth will be at its best. We will play a cross-sectional set with some new material included!"

The dates are as follows:

Jul. 10 - Sacramento, CA
Jul. 11 - San Francisco, CA
Jul. 12 - San Bernardino, CA
Jul. 14 - Seattle, WA
Jul. 17 - Phoenix, AZ
Jul. 18 - Albuquerque, NM
Jul. 19 - Denver, CO
Jul. 21 - Kansas City
Jul. 22 - St. Louis, MO
Jul. 24 - Atlanta, GA
Jul. 25 - Indianapolis, IN
Jul. 26 - Chicago, IL
Jul. 28 - Toronto, ON
Jul. 29 - Scranton, PA
Jul. 31 - Cleveland, OH
Aug. 01 - Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 02 - Detroit, MI
Aug. 04 - Boston, MA
Aug. 06 - Virginia Beach, VA
Aug. 07 - Camden, NJ
Aug. 08 - Hartford, CT
Aug. 09 - Washington, DC
Aug. 11 - Tampa, FL
Aug. 12 - West Palm Beach, FL
Aug. 14 - Dallas, TX
Aug. 15 - Houston, TX
Aug. 16 - San Antonio, TX

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Behemoth
Event:	Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2009

RockTube.us has posted the newest sinister Mayhem video clip "Anti" online over at this location. "Anti" is featured on "Ordo Ad Chao", the latest album of Norwegian's blackest, released in April last year.

In other news, Mayhem's "Pure Fucking Mayhem" documentary saw its world premier at the Rokumentti Film Festival, which took place on November 13th - 16th in Joensuu, Finland. A "Pure Fucking Mayhem" trailer can be viewed here. The documentary is set for a 24 November release, and was directed by Stefan Rydehed.

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Source:	rocktube.us
Band profile:	Mayhem

Originals news, posted on 17.09.2008

Norwegian's blackest Mayhem have announced new South American tour dates in October.

Here are the dates for the South America Invasion:

Oct. 24 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Bar de Tom
Oct. 25 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Easy
Oct. 26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - El Teatro
Oct. 29 - Santiago, Chile - Club Cadillac
Oct. 30 - Lima, Peru -
Oct. 31 - Quito, Ecuador -

Mayhem is planning an US tour in early 2009. The tour will reportedly consist of 21 shows and will kick off in the early spring. The exact cities and dates will be announced soon. Also the band promised an Australian tour is in the works.

UPDATE

Mayhem have joined forces with guitarist Morfeus (Ancient, Dimension F3H, Limbonic Art) for their upcoming South America Fucking Armageddon tour.

Morfeus states: "I'm very happy to head over to South America with Mayhem. Their music is awesome, and I'm looking forward to kick some ass. Expect a set heavy as fuck!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Mayhem: South America Fucking Armageddon Tour

Mayhem guitarist / songwriter Blasphemer has decided to leave the band. Here's the musician's comment:

"It is with these written words that I hereby retract myself from my position as the guitar player of Mayhem.

The main reason behind this conclusion lies in the fact that I simply don't see any future for me in the band anymore, at least not a future I'd like to participate in over the coming years. I've been playing my part in the band now for more than 13 years already, having composed, produced and released several albums with great vision, dedication and craftsmanship, to arrive at this crossroad of opposites. Sooner or later, all things comes to an end, and in my case, this circle is complete.

For some of you this might not come as the biggest surprise, as I've clearly stated in several interviews that I was not sure what the next step would be. These "hints" were partly rooted in the fact that our latest album fulfilled all of the expectations, visions and aspects of negativity that I felt I wanted to express with this band, and also, of similar importance, that I felt tired of both the touring aspects, amidst its turbulence and personal differences, and also my role in the band.

It has been a dark, devoted and spellbinding journey, and as some beings and entities develop, others remain the same. I've developed my essence. No questions. However, the legacy of MAYHEM will / must always remain what it always has been, and I wish to thank all parts involved and to wish them all the best for the future. I also would like to thank my followers over the years, from "Wolf's Lair..." to "Ordo...", my vision has been clear. I'm also sure the band will continue with a respectful formation, and that an eventual album will be placed "up there", where it (should) belong.

I have now personally chosen to focus on other paths in terms of creativity and vision. My "child of heart" AVA INFERI has already a busy schedule for the future and our third album is being crafted as we speak. I will also re-surface with new will and blood in a future extreme project. You have not heard the last of me, on the contrary. It's all about to begin.

Note that the few already scheduled shows will go on as planned WITH me.

Rune Eriksen/Blasphemer".

Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem

Due to the recent amendments of the entertainment visa requirements set by the Australian Immigration Department, Mayhem will not be able to get their visas approved in time for their scheduled Australian and NZ tour dates. As a result, tour promoter Just Say Rock in conjunction with Mayhem, have decided to postpone the tour to later this year.

All parties are now working on new dates for the Mayhem tour. The new dates will be released ASAP.

Any patron wishing to obtain a refund for their current ticket can do so by returning it to the point of sale to get the face value refunded. However, tickets will still be good for the rescheduled show.

Source:	metalobsession.net
Band profile:	Mayhem

Season Of Mist are very proud to inform that legendary Norwegian black metallers Mayhem were honoured in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann Awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards) for their latest release, "Ordo Ad Chao". The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show was held last Saturday, February 2nd at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway and was broadcast live on the Norwegian channel TV2.
Click here for a picture of the winning band receiving their Award.

The nominees in the "Metal" category were as follows:

Mayhem - "Ordo Ad Chao"
Red Harvest - "A Greater Darkness"
Dimmu Borgir - "In Sorte Diaboli"
Audrey Horne - "Le Fol"

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem

The first part (out of five) of the sequel to the acclaimed Norwegian/Swedish documentary "Cult of Aggression", focusing on the Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem, has been posted on the band's official web site, for stream and download. Entitled "Pure Fucking Mayhem", the new documentary was financed by the film's director, Stefan Rydehed, and "will be shown at film festivals around the globe", according to Rydehed. "If any company wants to release it, they can contact me; otherwise it will be released through the Internet".

According to the director, "Pure Fucking Mayhem" covers Mayhem's history from the early days to the present day and it is a totally new documentary. Included in the film is a brand new interview with singer Attila Csihar, conducted on February 4th, 2007 at the infamous Shining gig in Halmstad, Sweden. "With the documentary there will also be a soundtrack for it - black metal songs played on piano", Rydehed says.

The original film, "Cult of Aggression", was released in 2002 and received its world premiere in 2004 at the Oslo Filmfestival, where it was shown twice.

"The first documentary about Mayhem, 'Cult of Aggression', was about their history - mainly about their music, but, of course, if a band has such a bloody history as Mayhem, you can't that out of the documentary", Rydehed previously states. "'Cult of Aggression' was mainly with Manheim and Necrobutcher but had a few parts about Dead when I used a voice-over and some folks who lived in Kråkstad when the band had their rehearsal / living place there. The new version of , which will be totally new except Manheim's part, will still focus about the music, events, albums, members and session members and people who have been involved in the scene. So it will be a pretty huge documentary. Still underground!"

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem

The following message was posted on Mayhem's official website:

"Season of Mist, Thunderdome Booking and Decibel Magazine regret to inform you of the cancellation of Mayhem's "Deconsecrate the States" 2007 US Tour that was scheduled to hit this coming July. During his recent stint across the US with fellow countrymen Dimmu Borgir, elder Mayhem member and battery, Hellhammer, has suffered an unfortunate and serious injury to his right limb. It is impossible for him to play any time soon as he is currently scheduling surgery and will need rest and rehabilitation in order to heal his impaired arm. Being such an indispensable part of the band, fellow members Necrobutcher, Blasphemer and Attila realized that they are not complete without him and had no choice but to cancel this current US jaunt.
The band have issued this statement, the power of Mayhem must come at full force and without Hellhammer, it is impossible for us to accomplish this feat. We deeply regret having to cancel the tour but we feel that there truly was no other option. We shall however return stronger than ever to deconsecrate your shores as soon as humanly possible!"

For the good news, the official Mayhem Myspace is up and running. You can find it at this location.

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Source:	thetruemayhem.com
Band profile:	Mayhem

Sad news for Black Metal fans? Hellhammer, drummer of Mayhem, broke an arm.

Therefore, Mayhem will not be able to play at Hellfest this year. In order to stay consistent, we decided that the Norwegian band Enslaved will take over their time slot! We hope that you will understand this last minute change and that this replacement of choice will comfort you!

Some news about the Sin Cession battle of the bands now. "End.", a band from Toulouse (France) http://www.myspace.com/end1freefr won the contest that took place last week in Lyon. Their music is powerful with some dark, loud and oppressive atmopheres. "End." is really loud and crushing on stage and can be considered one of the most promising band from France. Don't miss them on Sunday 24 at 2:15 PM on the discover Stage!

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Source:	hellfest.fr
Event:	Hellfest Summer Open Air 2007

Norwegian Black Metallers Mayhem have lined up the following U.S. tour dates:

July 17 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre
July 18 - West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
July 20 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
July 22 - Chicago, IL @ Joe's
July 23 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
July 24 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx

More shows will be announced soon.

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Mayhem: US Summer Tour [CANCELLED]

Season Of Mist has set an April 23 release date for the new Mayhem album, "Ordo Ab Chao". A track from the CD, entitled "Anti", is available for download at this location.

"Ordo Ab Chao" (view cover artwork here) tracklisting:

01. A Wise Birthgiver
02. Wall Of Water
03. Great Work Of Ages
04. Deconsecrate
05. Illuminate Eliminate
06. Psychic Horns
07. Key To The Storms
08. Anti

Commented guitarist Blasphemer (a.k.a. Rune Erickson): "The sound is raw and powerful, and listening to it, it reminds me of the 'Wolf's Lair Abyss' era, only more varied and more philosophical. The album also contains the most aggressive songs in the Mayhem history as well as the most wicked and darkest."

The upcoming CD will mark Mayhem's first release since 1993 with vocalist Attila Csihar back behind the microphone.

Csihar rejoined Mayhem in November 2004 as the replacement for departed singer Maniac (real name Sven Erik Kristiansen).

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Mayhem

Season Of Mist Records have made a new Mayhem track, 'Anti', available for download at this location.

The track is to be featured on Mayhem's new album, "Ordo Ad Chao", tentatively scheduled for release in April.

Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer (aka Rune Erickson) recently commented on the forthcoming new album, stating: "The sound is raw and powerful, and listening to it, it reminds me of the Wolf's Lair Abyss era, only more varied and more philosophical. The album also contains the most aggressive songs in the Mayhem history as well as the most wicked and darkest."

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem