• Live Recording
• Includes printed inner sleeve
• Peaceville insert with sticker on shrink
• Import
  
  

Mayhem captured a legendary live performance on November 2nd, 1998 at the Rainbow Club in Milan, Italy—a moment that would eventually surface as Mediolanum Capta Est in 2023. The Norwegian black metal architects were already a decade into their reign of sonic devastation by then, and this document stands as a raw document of their command over both the raw and the composed within their catalog. A live recording from this era offers unfiltered access to how Mayhem wielded their signature blend of corrosive black metal and rock physicality in real time.

The setlist spans their most brutal and architecturally ambitious material: "Silvester Anfang" opens the assault, while tracks like "Deathcrush," "Fall Of Seraphs," and "Carnage" showcase the group's ability to shift between crushing velocity and deliberate, suffocating passages. "Necrolust" and "Ancient Skin" demonstrate the hypnotic undercurrents running beneath Mayhem's abrasive exterior. Recorded live without studio overdubs, the album captures the band's interplay—the textural density of their arrangements and the way their riffs corrode and reassert themselves across the venue's acoustic space.

This 2023 Peaceville reissue restores a crucial live document to vinyl format, arriving with printed inner sleeves and supplementary artwork insert. For collectors seeking a document of Mayhem's live presence from a pivotal moment in their history, this pressing delivers the performance as it happened.

Tracklist:

A1. Silvester Anfang (1:50)
A2. Deathcrush (3:30)
A3. Fall Of Seraphs (6:35)
A4. Carnage (4:42)
A5. Necrolust (3:48)
A6. Ancient Skin (5:42)
B1. Freezing Moon (6:50)
B2. Symbols Of Bloodswords (4:50)
B3. From The Dark Past (5:13)
B4. Chainsaw Gutsfuck (5:16)
B5. I Am Thy Labyrinth (6:15)
B6. Pure Fucking Armageddon (1:01)