Mayhem (Nor) - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 1994

Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth) : Guitars
Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg) : Drums
Attila Csihar : Vocals
Count Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes) : Bass
Blackthorn (Snorre Ruch): Guitars

Lyrics by Dead (partly rewritten by Blackthorn).

"De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas" means "Lord Satan's Secret Rites", or at least
that's what Euronymous wanted to write. In fact, the phrase isn't written in
correct Latin.
However, the little dot after "dom", as seen on the original cover, abbreviates
"domini", so the title means something like "about/of Lord Satan's mysteries".
Also "Mysterii" is not only translatable as mystery, but also as secret
worship/ritual/rite. So, when pluralized as it is in the title, "Mysteriis" can
indeed translate to Secret Rites, and Euronymous' intention with the title
actually turned out very accurately.

The murder of Euronymous by Varg happened right before the initial release of
the CD. Accordingly, the family of Euronymous asked Hellhammer to remove all
bass lines from the album, because Varg's contribution didn't deserve to be on
the CD, in their opinion. Hellhammer promised that he would replace bass lines
with his own, but he didn't know how to play bass, so the CD was left with
Varg's bass lines, although not heard as well as the other instruments because
of it being lowered. All the CD's contain on the back "A Tribute To Euronymous"
with promo photos of only Euronymous and Hellhammer. It doesn't show Attila,
Varg or Blackthorn being held responsible for the recording of the album, the
only persons credited are Euronymous and Hellhammer.

LP released by Deathlike Silence Production in 1994 is limited to 1000 copies.

The first CD pressing DID NOT HAVE a booklet with lyrics, and it DID NOT HAVE a
bar code. Just a fold-out cover with pictures of Hellhammer and Euronymous
inside. Coloring of the building on the front is blue. Matrix code : DURECO
[01] ANTIMOSH 06.

The 2nd pressing of the CD had a booklet with all lyrics. This release also had
the proper coloring on the front so the building appears purple, not blue.

Different (3rd??) pressing exists as well, still DSP Records, with bar code
(SPV84... number) and lyrics, but building again appears in blue.

Century Media/Century Black's CD pressing which is by far the most common one
available has no lyrics and the building on the front is blue.

- First picture LP released by Collectors Picture Disc Series in 1997 is
limited to 500 copies.
- 2001: Voices Of Hell: limited edition 666 blue LP (Bootleg)
- 2005: GMR: picture disc LP
- Re-released in 2006 by Back on Black Records. Gate fold LP
- Re-released in 2006 by Ancient Darkness Productions with gatefold cover and
40 page booklet.

1.	Funeral Fog	05:47
2.	Freezing Moon	06:23
3.	Cursed In Eternity	05:10
4.	Pagan Fears	06:21
5.	Life Eternal	06:57
6.	From The Dark Past	05:27
7.	Buried By Time And Dust	03:34
8.	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas	06:22
Total playing time		46:01

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