Plague Rages Podcast #6: Mayhem's 'Grand Declaration of War'
In the sixth episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk about a bunch of junk including:
1:48: Steve Dave talks about playing a show with Cradle of Filth and we ponder why Cradle of Filth is tolerable now
5:00: Steve Dave and Wolf roll logs for the new Nite album, Voices of the Kronian Moon [https://nitemetal.bandcamp.com/album/voices-of-the-kronian-moon], out 3/1 on Season of Mist
6:06: Steve Dave and Wolf get sidetracked again and talk about Keanu Reeves
8:17: An update on Hands of Goro [https://www.facebook.com/thehandsofgoro/]
8:48: The show starts
9:12: CORRECTIONS. Wolf’s embarrassing vocabulary and how they got the email account banned
11:23: WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave has been listening to Night Demon [https://nightdemon.bandcamp.com/]. The band has a podcast [https://nightdemon.net/podcast].
14:10: Steve Dave saw Metallica. We then get sidetracked talking about bad albums with good production
18:09: Wolf doesn’t want to listen to music because they made a top 50 for 2021 [https://plaguerages.substack.com/p/vacczine-10-wolf-rambatzs-top-50]
18:40: Shoutout to our new podcast friends on Twitter, the Butt Metal Blast Cast [https://buttblastpodcast.libsyn.com/]. Reliably, Wolf screws up the name
21:55: ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War (2000)
23:37: Wolf runs the stats on Grand Declaration of War
28:17: How did we get here? Wolf needs to split this into two sections
29:20: Wolf tries to condense Mayhem’s backstory to a minute
32:22: Wolf gives Steve Dave a test on Mayhem
42:20: Wolf reveals the answers
50:45: Steve Dave and Wolf offer their brief assessments of Grand Declaration of War
57:30: What is good about Grand Declaration of War?
64:55: What is the worst part of Grand Declaration of War?
71:22: Steve Dave and Wolf rate Grand Declaration of War?
74:26: Wolf unveils the next ALC assignment, Celtic Frost’s Cold Lake [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWnF-1-PNQ&list=PLUr55OCtC9gq0_ReJ7h54mtfDHwl5y9nb]
Music in this episode:
* Darkthrone - “Too Old Too Cold [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kze6ULtcIlE]”
* Cradle of Filth - “Crawling King Chaos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wks1aBh49sQ]”
* Nite - “Kronian Moon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRp0eSuVTg]”
* Night Demon - “Vysteria [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlfe92gdcs0]”
* Oscar Ortega Megamix (Cystectomy [https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/deprive-to-hollowness], Decortication [https://pathologicallyexplicit.bandcamp.com/album/decortication-my-knife-is-still], Engulfed in Repugnance [https://pathologicallyexplicit.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-repugnance-consummation-of-chtonic], Septycemia [https://pathologicallyexplicit.bandcamp.com/album/septycemia-yersinia-pestis], Servants of the Sword [https://pathologicallyexplicit.bandcamp.com/album/servants-of-the-sword-execute-human-hunting-the-enemies], Undeciphered [https://amputatedveinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-gentle-smile])
* Mayhem - “A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun (Part II of II) [https://open.spotify.com/track/7IGOUxIB8X9jQV84P1cUit?si=0892f7e3373043e2]”
* Spiral Architect - “Insect [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiGimh1TtAU]”
* Cadaver - “Bypassed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3bilCCg8-U]”
* Lengsel - “Revival [https://open.spotify.com/track/2hyzqQxr3fXBD3CZPkWPJG?si=a96fd6190adf456c]”
* Checker Patrol - “Jägermeister [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWC7Yu1c2UQ]”
* Thorns - “Lovely Children [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96quX83IWfA]”
* Mayhem - “Freezing Moon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySoWnxfOnIs]”
* Mayhem - “A Grand Declaration of War [https://open.spotify.com/track/4X5ZmlYt3ZUTHVBpcF8pbC?si=d1b5e99045504199]”
* Ulver - “Lost in Moments [https://open.spotify.com/track/09dDCafsdztHE4gIADZmZ6?si=ec11d07ba29d4768]”
* Aborym - “Our Sentence [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiDUdp21HUM]”
* Mayhem - “Ancient Skin [https://open.spotify.com/track/0BjkWrMADqJzNDlJWG9VM2?si=85b436317c8340c9]”
* Mayhem - “Crystalized Pain in Deconstruction [https://open.spotify.com/track/501PcZZUyjQrtpkt9Susba?si=57cf70cd589a44a9]”
* Aura Noir - “Grave Dwellers [https://auranoir.bandcamp.com/album/aura-noire]”
* Mayhem - “A Grand Declaration of War [https://open.spotify.com/track/3QF5Ociez3g7mxZlQiVsQP?si=03705703c05543a8]” (2018)
* Mayhem - “Psywar [https://open.spotify.com/track/6BoRU9drfNFMO3Bv8CqsOz?si=b8ed74d76c9545f3]”
* Mayhem - “Completion in Science of Agony (Part I of II) [https://open.spotify.com/track/5yFuPQtElhF8zll9biRcpW?si=1b3f40bf65ef4eb8]”
* Mayhem - “In the Lies Where upon You Lay [https://open.spotify.com/track/5HvjgRIVQjFR9sCyqDOxZe?si=110bc1ba69194769]”
* Thorns - “Stellar Master Elite [https://open.spotify.com/track/0IyGZfPT9dcPAfjwhMVvaV?si=8ef1f0edc66a4b09]”
* Arcturus - “To Thou Who Dwellest in the Night [https://open.spotify.com/track/7lSK6m97Anp8NkD4H9AJXJ?si=7ca5b60440b54c44]”
* Enslaved - “Større enn tid - Tyngre enn natt [https://open.spotify.com/track/0uysqXykfblDEQyIKgcLdq?si=ed05005743724a1a]”
* Emperor - “The Tongue of Fire [https://open.spotify.com/track/4J6KELFY4NsDsBXKVRmJPF?si=e9997ecf2d7d4bd8]”
* Thor - “Lightning Strikes Again [https://open.spotify.com/track/7lmHa0uiTajkUG2OjshE6e?si=fd2da188f60b441e]”
* Celtic Frost - “Cherry Orchards [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN8N_5vQUpc]”
You can listen to a full Spotify playlist of nearly every song mentioned here [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/668Wuwk5dTh3449ebPDgwj?si=cfdab045ed6941f4].
Other media:
* Journey - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9aA]”
* RECORD SCRATCH - Sound Effect [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OfnWIecOaE]
* The Matrix Resurrections [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpvWBuTfrc] - Official Trailer 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpvWBuTfrc]
* Mortal Kombat [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo68Rdc9WYE] 1 Arcade - Test Your Might (1992) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo68Rdc9WYE]
* Flashback Sound Effect [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuUvPZDA25o]
* Sound Effect - Spin Back [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q94GRwXkisk]
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCTtkA8Z1L8&list=PLvNp0Boas721Im_ZBhvDEuCqzLsRvlKb3&index=15] - Special Stage [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCTtkA8Z1L8&list=PLvNp0Boas721Im_ZBhvDEuCqzLsRvlKb3&index=15]
* Tense Quiz Music Ideal for a Quiz TV Show or Podcast Segment [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OfTu8giFI]
* Correct Answer/Idea | Sound Effects [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQehU7Jo84]
* Wrong Buzzer - Sound Effect [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2naim9F4010]
* Walk Hard [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMJvhR6McfI] (2007)
Citations:
* “The Legend of Keanu Reeves [https://www.gq.com/story/the-legend-of-keanu-reeves],” by Alex Pappademas, published in GQ
* Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground [https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Chaos-Satanic-Underground-Extreme/dp/0922915946], by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind, published by Feral House
* Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult [https://www.amazon.com/Black-Metal-Evolution-Cult-Extreme/dp/1936239752], by Dayal Patterson, published by Feral House
* Blood, Fire, and Death: The Swedish Metal Story [https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Fire-Death-Swedish-Extreme/dp/1627310673], by Ika Johannsesson and Jon Klingberg, published by Feral House
* “Interview with Hellhammer [https://web.archive.org/web/20080219143612/http://www.thetruemayhem.com/interviews/previous/hh-june1998.htm],” by Dmitry Basik
* Letters from the Dead - In memory of Pelle Ohlin [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37585003-letters-from-the-dead---in-memory-of-pelle-ohlin], by Per Yngve Ohlin, published by Deathlike SIlence Productions
* METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries [https://www.bazillionpoints.com/books/metalion-the-slayer-mag-diaries-by-jon-metalion-kristiansen/], by Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen, published by Bazillion Points
* “Mayhem’s Long, Dark Road to Reviving a Black-Metal Classic [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mayhems-long-dark-road-to-reviving-a-black-metal-classic-129097/]” by Kory Grow, published in Rolling Stone
* “Mayhem’s Necrobutcher: I was on my way to kill Euronymous myself [https://consequence.net/2019/10/mayhem-necrobutcher-euronymous/],” published in Consequence
* “Editorial: Regarding Euronymous’ Claim that ‘Almost ALL Norwegian Bands are More or Less Nazis’ [https://www.metalsucks.net/2017/01/05/editorial-regarding-euronymous-claim-that-almost-all-norwegian-bands-are-more-or-less-nazis/],” by Axl Rosenberg, published in Metal Sucks
* “Satan’s Cheerleaders [https://books.google.com/books?id=td2yO_T3DPEC&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false],” by Darcey Steinke, published in Spin
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