Mayhem Has the Wildest Story in Black Metal. Somehow, It’s Turning 40. The Norwegian band’s early years were punctuated by headlines about death and church burnings.

Since their 2010 debut Phantom Knights, Deathhammer have been consistently blasting out rippers, with Onward to the Pits ...

The true Mayhem needs no introduction. No, we're not talking about Lady Gaga’s new album. The notorious Norwegian black-metal band has become so synonymous with extreme music and controversy ...

Filmmaker Jonas Åkerlund’s latest tells the real-life story of Mayhem, a Norwegian black metal band whose demonic members unleashed mayhem and bloody murder.

The Jonas Åkerlund film about the early-'90s Norwegian black metal scene debuted in the U.S. in February. In it, the killing canonized in metal lore gets a fictionalized account shown from ...

Rory Culkin plays Euronymous in Lords Of Chaos, Jonas Akerlund's film about Norwegian Black Metal, murder, satanism, and church arson.

Over 30 years, through numerous line-up changes, murderous scandals and tumult, Norwegian black metal band Mayhem has defied death.

'Lords of Chaos' filmmaker Jonas Akerlund talks Norwegian black metal, biopics and why it took so long to bring Mayhem's story to the big screen.

Rory Culkin is typically charismatic as the leader of the True Norwegian Black Metal scene. He formed the groundbreaking band Mayhem, positioning himself as a ghoulish Satanist in a cloak and a ...

Members of legendary Norwegian black metal band Mayhem look back at their bloody, convoluted past.

Deceased black metal legend Euronymous of the band Mayhem was the front-runner in a contest that would've had his likeness on the tailfin of Norwegian Air jets. The airline has removed the ...

Over 40 years since Venom coined the phrase "black metal" and spawned metal's most infernal subgenre, it continues to thrive. Although many of its forces are now reaching venerable veteran status ...