Catalogue Number:
Posercorpse Music FRANK 001
Recorded at Creative Studios, Kolbotn, Norway, during February/March 1987
Produced by Erik Avnskog and Mayhem
All songs by Mayhem except Silvester Anfang composed and recorded by Conrad Schnitzer and Witching Hour by Venom.
Logo by Nella. Cover: Cut-Off hands on exhibition, Mauritania.
Versions:
Posercorpse: 1987 [tape/LP 1000 copies] Hand Numbered
Deathlike Silence: 1993 [mCD] (with and without bar code) and LP limited 1000 copies
Vinyl Maniac Records: 2003 [Picture LP 1000 copies]
Back on Black: 2006 [Gate fold LP 1000 copies]
The original Deathcrush LP from 1987 had a pressing error that made the color
of the sleeve come out pink, not red.
The 1993 cd/lp were both properly printed red, however the 1998 bootleg picture disc LP is pink like the original 1987 LP.
There are many bootleg versions, in all thinkable fashions, the Posercorpse Picture Disc from 1998 is a bootleg.
The tape release had a different cover.
On some editions, "(Weird) Manheim" and "Pure Fucking Armageddon" are combined into one track.
The outro only appeared on the original demo tape, original LP and many bootlegs, it was unlisted on the cover.
It could previously also be downloaded via the band's official website.
The outro appears in a "supermix" on the LP - it runs faster than on the MC.
The intro is a composition by Conrad Schnitzler of Tangerine Dream. Contrarly to popular belief, Schnitzler did not create the piece specifically for Mayhem: when
Euronymous asked for an intro he just gave him a random piece of music he found in his archives, it became "Silvester Anfang".