MAYHEM ‎- Liturgy Of Death Mediabook-CD

Issued in a Mediabook with clear tray, 28-page booklet and alternaitve artwork and black disc. "Life Is A Corpse You Drag" is a bonus track.

It may be a far cry from the overt occultism and crackling cult trappings that typified their sound from their mid-80s founding through the release of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, but Liturgy Of Death is best described as the quintessential expression of what black metal has been about over the past couple decades. More so than even the obligatory bells and whistles in the instrumental and vocal department, the sum of this album’s parts is a generalized sentiment of darkness and sorrow that is completely becoming of the aesthetic that it carries. It will ring familiar to anyone that has kept up with Mayhem since the early 2010s, and it effectively walks the line between the rawness that most purists require and the more accessible production practices that have made the likes of Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth commercially ascendant. It might not carry the same mystique as their seminal offerings, but Liturgy Of Death proves a highly formidable and immersive experience for those with the courage to venture into the blackened realm.