Dawn of the Black Hearts

Dawn of the Black Hearts
Live album (bootleg) by Mayhem
Released	1995
Recorded	February 28, 1990 in Sarpsborg, Norway
Genre	Black metal
Length	48:33
Label	Warmaster Records
Mayhem chronology
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) Dawn of the Black Hearts (1995) Out from the Dark (1995)

Dawn of the Black Hearts is a bootleg live album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It is infamous for bearing a photograph of Mayhem's vocalist, Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin), after his suicide in April 1991.^[1] This photograph was allegedly taken by Mayhem's guitarist, Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth), upon discovering Dead's body.^[2] It was rated 1 out of "The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time" by Gigwise.com.^[3]

Despite only being a "semi-official" release,^[1] this notorious bootleg is commonly listed as one of the band's main albums.^[4][5][6]

The album was originally released in 1995 on vinyl in an edition of 300 copies by Warmaster Records by Mauricio "Bull Metal" Montoya, owner of Warmaster Records in Colombia and pen pal of Euronymous. This original version contains eight songs from a concert in Sarpsborg on 28 February 1990, as well Mayhem's logo and title in golden ink.

The album has been reissued many times by various independent record labels. Many of these reissues feature an extra four songs, recorded at a concert in Ski during 1986, with Messiah on vocals. Some of the re-releases erroneously claim that the additional songs come from a Lillehammer show and feature Maniac on vocals.

Track listing

Original track listing (recorded in 1990 with Dead as vocalist):

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deathcrush"	3:36
2.	"Necrolust"	4:19
3.	"Funeral Fog"	6:38
4.	"Freezing Moon"	6:06
5.	"Carnage"	4:18
6.	"Buried by Time and Dust"	5:46
7.	"Chainsaw Gutsfuck"	3:59
8.	"Pure Fucking Armaggedon"	3:15

Extra songs included on many reissues, recorded in 1986 with Messiah as vocalist and Manheim as drummer:

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Danse Macabre" (Celtic Frost cover)	1:10
10.	"Black Metal" (Venom cover)	3:00
11.	"Procreation of the Wicked" (Celtic Frost cover)	2:40
12.	"Welcome to Hell" (Venom cover)	3:46

• Some of the reissues featuring bonus songs combine Danse Macabre and Black Metal in one track.
• Certain versions containing the bonus song mistitle Danse Macabre as Dance Macabre.

Credits

Original track listing:

• Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin) - vocals
• Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth) - electric guitar
• Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) - bass guitar
• Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg) - drums

Re-release Bonus Tracks:

• "Billy" Messiah (Eirik Nordheim) - vocals
• Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth) - electric guitar
• Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) - bass guitar
• Manheim (Kjetil Manheim) - drums

See also

• Mayhem discography

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Mayhem". MusicMight. http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{DF67FF97-A189-4743-B27E-E8F0AF8. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
2. ^ Kahn Harris 2007, p. 45
3. ^ http://www.gigwise.com/photos/41675/52/The-50-Most-Controversial-Album-Covers-Of-All-Time
4. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Mayhem". About.com. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/mayhem/p/pro_mayhem.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
5. ^ "Mayhem Career Albums". MusicMight. http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{DF67FF97-A189-4743-B27E-E8F0AF8. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
6. ^ "Mayhem Main Albums". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p44861/discography. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 

References

• Kahn-Harris, Keith (2007). Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. Oxford: Berg Publishers. ISBN 1845203992. 

External links

• Dawn of the Black Hearts on discogs.com
• Dawn of the Black Hearts on Encyclopedia Metallum
• Dawn of the Black Hearts on the official Mayhem website