European Legions
Encyclopedia
European Legions is a compilation album
by the Norwegian
black metal
band Mayhem
. Tracks 1-7 are live tracks, and tracks 8-12 are pre-production tracks from the Grand Declaration of War
sessions.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Mayhem
Mayhem (band)
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
. Tracks 1-7 are live tracks, and tracks 8-12 are pre-production tracks from the Grand Declaration of War
Grand Declaration of War
Grand Declaration of War is the second full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, released through Necropolis Records, on 16 May 2000.-Track listing:...
sessions.
Track listing
Credits
- Maniac (Sven Erik KristiansenSven Erik KristiansenSven Erik Kristiansen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the former vocalist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name Maniac.-Personal life:...
) - Vocals - Blasphemer (Rune EricksonRune EricksonRune Eriksen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the former guitarist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name, Blasphemer which he took from a Sodom song. He joined the band in 1995, but parted ways in late 2008...
) - Guitar - Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) - Bass
- Hellhammer (Jan Axel BlombergJan Axel BlombergJan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg is a three time Spellemannprisen award-winning heavy metal drummer. He is most well known for his drumming with the band Mayhem, with which he began his career...
) - Drums