Mayhem, Hate, Abigail Williams at Emo's [Show Preview]

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Mayhem, more at Emo’s
Sunday, December 4
Emo\'s (603 Red River)
$22
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The roots of black metal stretch back to Norway and to a group of friends and musicians who milled around or worked in a record store called "Helvete" - hell. In 1987, a band called Mayhem that formed out of this milieu released the Deathcrush EP, twenty minutes that laid out the path for the genre. Much has been written with regard to these early days of the band - its history is dominated by murder, suicide, and arson - but despite a difficult (and criminal) past, Mayhem has survived and evolved.

Necrobutcher (bass) is the only founding member still playing with Mayhem, though longstanding drummer Hellhammer has been with the band on and off since the late '80s, and vocalist Attila Csihar performed on their game changing record De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas from 1994.

Mayhem's thirty-six date United States tour began at the beginning of November, and these Texas dates are part of the very last leg. They're joined at Emo's inside tonight by Abigail Williams, a Los Angeles band whose third record, Becoming, is in the process of being mixed and completed for release by the resolute Candlelight record label. Poland's Hate also perform (a band we covered during their last appearance at Emo's with Rotting Christ) and Keep of Kalessin.

Mayhem: [official]
Abigail Williams: [facebook]
Hate: [official]
Keep of Kalessin: [official]