Tape 1 - De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas | |||
Side A | |||
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2. | Freezing Moon | 06:23 | Show lyrics |
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3. | Cursed in Eternity | 05:10 | Show lyrics |
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4. | Pagan Fears | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
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Side B | |||
5. | Life Eternal | 06:57 | Show lyrics |
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6. | From the Dark Past | 05:27 | Show lyrics |
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7. | Buried by Time and Dust | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
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8. | De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | 06:22 | Show lyrics |
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Tape 2 - Life Eternal | |||
Side A | |||
1. | Cursed in Eternity | ||
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2. | Pagan Fears | ||
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3. | Freezing Moon | ||
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4. | Funeral Fog | ||
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5. | Life Eternal | ||
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Side B | |||
1. | Cursed in Eternity | ||
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2. | Pagan Fears | ||
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3. | Freezing Moon | ||
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4. | Funeral Fog | ||
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5. | Life Eternal | ||
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Tape 3 - De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas Alive | |||
Side A | |||
1. | Funeral Fog | ||
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2. | Freezing Moon | ||
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3. | Cursed in Eternity | ||
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4. | Pagan Fears | ||
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Side B | |||
5. | Life Eternal | ||
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6. | From the Dark Past | ||
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7. | Buried by Time and Dust | ||
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8. | De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas | ||
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Euronymous (R.I.P. 1993) | Guitars, Lyrics (track 5), Songwriting |
Hellhammer | Drums, Songwriting |
Guest/Session | |
Attila Csihar | Vocals (uncredited) |
Varg Vikernes | Bass (uncredited) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Blackthorn | Photography, Lyrics (editing), Songwriting |
Dye | Design (cover) |
Necrobutcher | Lyrics (track 3), Songwriting |
Hellhammer | Producer, Mixing |
Euronymous (R.I.P. 1993) | Producer, Mixing |
Pytten | Mixing, Producer |
Dead (R.I.P. 1991) | Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4-8) |
Additional line-up | |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Harvest of Eyes | Layout |
Fernando Serani | Layout live photography |
Original line-up | |
Euronymous (R.I.P. 1993) | Guitars, Lyrics (track 5), Songwriting |
Hellhammer | Drums, Songwriting |
Original line-up | |
Attila Csihar | Vocals (uncredited) |
Varg Vikernes | Bass (uncredited) |
Original line-up | |
Blackthorn | Photography, Lyrics (editing), Songwriting |
Dye | Design (cover) |
Necrobutcher | Lyrics (track 3), Songwriting |
Hellhammer | Producer, Mixing |
Euronymous (R.I.P. 1993) | Producer, Mixing |
Pytten | Mixing, Producer |
Dead (R.I.P. 1991) | Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4-8) |
Additional line-up | |
Harvest of Eyes | Layout |
Fernando Serani | Layout live photography |
lmao | 66% | Annable Courts | February 19th, 2024 | |
Nah man, the mystery is why... | 86% | ZombiHolocaust | March 20th, 2022 | |
Not perfect, but still amazing | 90% | Slater922 | June 7th, 2021 | |
Timeless Dark Art | 100% | HviteGuden | March 4th, 2021 | |
Good album, but not as good... | 83% | Kumorto | November 5th, 2020 | |
Epitome of Black Metal | 100% | SpectralSorrow91 | April 28th, 2020 | |
One of metal's greatest... | 100% | Absinthe1979 | February 28th, 2020 | |
MY ULTIMATE MUSICAL COMFORT... | 90% | prometeus | April 7th, 2019 | |
R.I.P. Euronymous | 100% | Demiror_Moritur | November 26th, 2018 | |
A significant (imperfect)... | 78% | Beast of Burden | July 31st, 2018 | |
Satan approves | 100% | CrnaMisa | September 14th, 2017 | |
Essential | 100% | Felix 1666 | January 1st, 2017 | |
Mayhem's finest hour | 97% | BlackMetal213 | March 25th, 2016 | |
Hatred-inspired perfection. | 98% | ConorFynes | March 11th, 2016 | |
Over praised, but to each... | 60% | KVIKZTIK | November 2nd, 2015 | |
Subtly deep | 92% | gasmask_colostomy | October 28th, 2015 | |
The quintessence of black... | 100% | ColdWindRider | July 6th, 2014 | |
I'll See Your Euronymous... | 40% | hailmarduk666 | April 4th, 2013 | |
Raw metaphysical theatre | 78% | Tomb_of_Cunt | March 22nd, 2013 | |
An incredible slab of angry... | 90% | psychosisholocausto | February 13th, 2013 | |
HAIL!!!!!!! | 100% | TheEndIsNigh | August 3rd, 2012 | |
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom... | 100% | Orbitball | February 2nd, 2012 | |
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom... | 90% | TowardsMorthond | April 12th, 2011 | |
First round draft picks... | 83% | autothrall | January 14th, 2011 | |
Highly Overrated | 27% | XuL_Excelsi | June 3rd, 2010 | |
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom... | 100% | SaturnineDevil | March 4th, 2009 | |
Expanding the morbid vision | 100% | Jarnroth | January 12th, 2009 | |
Pretty amazing in all respects | 97% | Noktorn | July 22nd, 2008 | |
A zenith before the plummet. | 91% | hells_unicorn | December 14th, 2007 | |
Important piece of black... | 75% | NausikaDalazBlindaz | April 19th, 2007 | |
As cold as death | 90% | okkvlt | April 14th, 2007 | |
Pure darkness and evil! | 100% | _orc_ | March 23rd, 2007 | |
Praised with good reason | 100% | Darkwinterdweller | March 18th, 2007 | |
Mayhem's Finest Hour | 93% | Zoanthropic_Paranoia | February 18th, 2007 | |
Last will and testament | 90% | DaBuddha | November 4th, 2006 | |
Black Metal History. | 90% | Perplexed_Sjel | July 2nd, 2006 | |
Well, it's dark... | 80% | noinnocentvictim | December 22nd, 2005 | |
Not the best black metal... | 85% | PseudoGoatKill | November 29th, 2004 | |
Masterpiece? No. But good... | 82% | Shadow0fDeath | August 9th, 2004 | |
A Cornerstone For Sure | 85% | corviderrant | February 24th, 2004 |
25th anniversary box, hand-numbered copies. Includes “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas”, “Life Eternal” and “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive” on cassette, 3 posters, 3 postcards, patch, metal-pin, certificate and a massive booklet.
Front cover is a drawing of the Nidaros cathedral located in Trondheim, Norway.
"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".
"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, also with the word "Sathanas", is not the correct word for Satan in Latin; the correct word would be "Satanas" (without the 'h') or "diabolus". Moreover, the title-track "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" contains phrases written in a rough Latin with typos and wrong cases/declensions that can lead to various translations.
The murder of Euronymous by Varg Vikernes 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 it, 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 album 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 a promo photo of only Euronymous and Hellhammer. Attila, Varg and Blackthorn's contributions are not mentioned anywhere. The CD itself features a very dark photo showing the faces of Euronymous and Hellhammer, and a third face which is believed to be Attila (although this has never been confirmed by the band).
Contrary to popular belief, Blackthorn did not record guitars on this album, although he and Euronymous often exchanged musical ideas and so Euronymous incorporated several riffs written by Snorre.
The lyrics of "Life Eternal" were originally written by Dead as a gift to Bull Metal, who played in Masacre and Typhon. Later on, the lyrics were used in De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. As a posthumous tribute to Dead and Euronymous, Typhon used the lyrics for Life Eternal in their album Unholy Trilogy.
A bootlegged rehearsal of this album called From the Darkest Past was distributed sometime in the early 90s, featuring instrumental tracks recorded on May 16th 1992.
Recording information:
Tapes 1 and 2 recorded at The Grieg Memorial Hall, Bergen - Norway, 1992-'93.
Tape 3 recorded live in Norrköping, Sweden on December 18th, 2015.
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