Henhouse Recordings

Mayhem's legendary 1989 rehearsal surfaces on this official vinyl release, containing classic tracks and unreleased songs. Including cover artwork featuring the Henhouse location itself.

The CD features the audio recordings, and the DVD features the rehearsal footage with an extended running time including additional track renditions.

Mayhem, the Norwegian pioneers responsible for invigorating a global scene alongside originators such as Venom, Celtic Frost, and Bathory, formed in 1984. With a long history of tragedy, intrigue, and infamy, they have become truly revered legends of black metal, with a large part of their legacy established in the late 80s and early 90s.

Guitarist Euronymous and bassist Necrobutcher welcomed Hellhammer on drums and Dead on vocals to help shape a new era of darkness and Armageddon. Henhouse Recordings contains tracks from Mayhem's rehearsal sessions conducted at their rehearsal place in 1989, featuring material from the Deathcrush release, and also tracks which would eventually surface in 1994 on the band's debut album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.

A never-released track is also included, parts of which would later be used by Norwegian legends, Emperor. One of only a handful of Mayhem recordings to feature iconic vocalist, Per "Dead" Ohlin before his suicide in 1991, Henhouse Recordings is another essential piece of black metal history available on vinyl 30 years after the recordings took place.