Influential black metal band MAYHEM will release its seventh studio album, ‘Liturgy Of Death’, on February 6, 2026 via Century Media.
With this new opus, MAYHEM reaffirms its status as the most uncompromising force in extreme metal music. Four decades into their career, MAYHEM turns its focus toward the inescapable reality of death.
‘Liturgy Of Death’ examines loss, fear of dying, powerlessness and the fragility of existence through a stark and unrelenting lens.
The LP’s second single, ‘Despair’, captures this vision in its most visceral form. The track unravels the collapse of being through ritualistic chants, Latin invocations, and blistering blast beats that echo like the pulse of annihilation.
‘Liturgy Of Death’ is the follow-up to MAYHEM‘s sixth studio album, ‘Daemon’, which came out in October 2019 via Century Media. A live album, ‘Daemonic Rites’, arrived in September 2023.
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