FROM THE CRYPTS - CELEBRATING PAST ALBUM RELEASES in the HISTORY of HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL…
On November 3, 1997, Mayhem released their second EP “Wolf's Lair Abyss” via Misanthropy Records.
Background:
According to the band's website, it is the first part of Grand Declaration of War. The main riff of the last track, Symbols of Bloodswords, is used in A Grand Declaration of War and View from Nihil (Part II).
This EP was the first Mayhem release without guitarist Øystein Aarseth (Euronymous), who was murdered in 1993. The new line-up's material displayed across the songs is notably far more technical than that of earlier incarnations of the band; apart from the intro, each track contains at least two separate sections and is played at high tempo with consistent blast beats. It was also the bands first album featuring Rune Eriksen (Blasphemer) on guitar.
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