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One of the first black metal bands I ever started listening to... What do you people think? Which one of all the vocalists that have ever performed in Mayhem have made the biggest impression to you? Personally I like each and every one of them in a different way' date= so it's pretty much impossible to decide.
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is my favorite black metal album, and one of the reasons is Attila's performance. He gets my vote, but that's not to downplay the vocals of Dead, Maniac, or Messiah. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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To me Dead put his real life emotions into his music, just listen to Freezing Moon. He, in my opinion,was Mayhem. He took what he felt and put it into his lyrics and performances. Black Metal focuses on negativity and Dead made all of his lyrics truly negative and depressive in every way. Plus those vocals are amazing.

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To me Dead put his real life emotions into his music' date=' just listen to Freezing Moon. He, in my opinion,was Mayhem. He took what he felt and put it into his lyrics and performances. Black Metal focuses on negativity and Dead made all of his lyrics truly negative and depressive in every way. Plus those vocals are amazing.[/quote'] Exactly, It took a Swede to make this Norweigan band big haha. No im not serious. I liked Dead's vocals. Attilas are good aswell, Maniac on the other hand... I think i despise him more than Vikernes even.
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Exactly, It took a Swede to make this Norweigan band big haha. No im not serious. I liked Dead's vocals. Attilas are good aswell, Maniac on the other hand... I think i despise him more than Vikernes even.
I liked Dead too, but Attila always put me off. I liked Maniac better. He was a fucking beast live, too. What don't you like about his vocals?
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I liked Dead too' date=' but Attila always put me off. I liked Maniac better. He was a fucking beast live, too. What don't you like about his vocals?[/quote'] Attila is a love him or hate him vocalist, and I definitely fall in the former camp. His delivery is so powerful, original, and morbid, it gave Mayhem's music an added boost that turned De Mysteriis from excellence to a masterpiece. I like Maniac's vocals, but I don't feel that they fit as well with Mayhem as Dead or Attila. Check out his work with Skitliv, his voice really shines there. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I'm liking Skitliv so far, thanks for the recommendation. His vocals are a bit more laid-back here, but they sound great. His tone/delivery reminds me a bit of Grutle and the guy from Leviathan. As far as Attila's performance on De Mysteriis goes, I know we've exchanged views on it before, but it's also been several years since the last time I gave it a shot. I'll dig it back out and see what I think.

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I'm liking Skitliv so far, thanks for the recommendation. His vocals are a bit more laid-back here, but they sound great. His tone/delivery reminds me a bit of Grutle and the guy from Leviathan. As far as Attila's performance on De Mysteriis goes, I know we've exchanged views on it before, but it's also been several years since the last time I gave it a shot. I'll dig it back out and see what I think.
If you don't like it, you should at least give his more conventional performances a try, like with Aborym and Tormentor. He has a really nasty black metal sound in his higher vocals, and I love how they compliment Tormentor's music especially, but De Mysteriis remains my favorite recording of his. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Ok, I'm just about through De Mysteriis again. The last time I listened to it was six or seven years ago. Impressions: It sounds just like I recall, but I like it better now. The guitars are good, but rarely stand out for me (still prefer older Darkthrone's take on black metal guitar). The drums are really, really good. Vocals. Um. I'm on both sides of the fence here. The raspy "growls" still just sound like a caricature to me. I prefer the intensity of someone like Garm (probably my favorite black metal vocalist). But where the vocals really come out is in the melodic passages - for some reason these really connect with me now. Unique and well-done. They deserve everything that people say about them. I'm going to keep giving this album a third chance. Thanks for bringing it all back up.

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Well, for me the best vocalist was Dead. Than Maniac - especially on Deathcrush - those vocals are fucking possessed! And about Attila - it's one of those vocalists which you love or hate. And I think in the second way - I simply cannot stand how much he ruined De Misteriis, and I will propably not change my mind very soon. Dead would do it way better (and he actually partly did, as I heard somewhere rawer version of Freezing Moon with his vocals).

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Well' date=' for me the best vocalist was Dead. Than Maniac - especially on Deathcrush - those vocals are fucking possessed! And about Attila - it's one of those vocalists which you love or hate. And I think in the second way - I simply cannot stand how much he ruined De Misteriis, and I will propably not change my mind very soon. Dead would do it way better (and he actually partly did, as I heard somewhere rawer version of Freezing Moon with his vocals).[/quote'] Maniac only did vocals on half of Deathcrush, Messiah did the other half (Witching Hour, Pure Fucking Armageddon, and the outro). But yes, his vocals shine when he does do them. I actually prefer his newer vocals with Skitliv than with Mayhem, despite liking Grand Declaration of War a great deal. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Maniac VS Dead VS Void 

Who had the best vocals and who the worst.

In my opinion Void has the best vocals, but Dead's vocals had something special, what makes them so dark and black as you expect from Mayhem. Freezing Moon with Dead is actually a different song than with Void. 

And Maniac, I don't like his vocals and Deathcrush EP at all. 

 

 

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9 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Moved to one of the threads we already have about this topic.

Since trying to give DMDS and Attila another chance 9 years ago, I have come back around to my previous, obviously objectively correct opinion. Attila sucks. Amateur hour. 

I must admit that Attila's vocals aren't the best for black metal, but he can synchronize them with the melody. After all it's still better than having poser Varg there...

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Varg played bass for Mayhem briefly (as Count Grishnackh) when Necrobutcher had quit for a bit. But he wasn't on vocals and he wasn't with the band long enough to make it onto any of their albums. At least he's not credited.

I never really got fully onboard with Mayhem. Deathcrush is the only thing I've ever really enjoyed from them but I have no idea how many years it's been since the last time I gave that one a go. DMDS would have likely become an all time favorite black metal album of mine if they'd only used a different vocalist. Varg would have been a huge improvement if you ask me.

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I always prefer Dead's vocals over the Attila's or Maniacs. It's sad that Dead's vocals aren't on some official release, but records from Leipzig are enough for me... And newer albums aren't the real Mayhem anymore. Mayhem died with Euronymous. But there are still good bands, that can make great black metal. Such as Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse (2022)

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On 12/15/2022 at 6:22 PM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

But he wasn't on vocals and he wasn't with the band long enough to make it onto any of their albums. At least he's not credited

He plays on DMDS, though as you say it's uncredited. Euronymous parents asked the band not to use them, and were told they'd be rerecorded, but it didn't happen...not that you could tell since they were buried as hell in the mix anyway

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Attila is my favorite, Maniac second. None of the others made much impression on me. Nothing about Dead's vocals sound special to me, and I always just assumed people were into him because of the story and his personality. I'm sure some people genuinely appreciate his performances, but I've just never heard anything special about them.

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On 12/15/2022 at 3:22 PM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Varg played bass for Mayhem briefly (as Count Grishnackh) when Necrobutcher had quit for a bit. But he wasn't on vocals and he wasn't with the band long enough to make it onto any of their albums. At least he's not credited

I thought he played bass on De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas?  I remember reading somewhere that Euronymous' family wanted his contributions removed, but that they were eventually retained to ensure the album would have kvlt status.

Regarding the thread: My eternally unpopular metal opinion will probably always be that the albums with Maniac as the vocalist are the band's best---in large part due to the vocals.

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