Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War Vinyl LP turntable listening package creative director Ann Druyan

creative director Ann Druyan

Pariah came onto everyone’s radar with the critical Dilla-via-DMZ sample chop-fest “Detroit Falls” in 2010

The band plays with loud-soft-loud-soft dynamics throughout the album to great effect

where the enormous sound systems would play

Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War Vinyl LP turntable listening package creative director Ann Druyan"We declare not peace but war." Sophomore full length from controversial black metal pioneers, Mayhem. The infamous Norwegian band is known equally for their disturbing history which includes a suicide, a murder, and a string of church burnings (movie coming soon), as their extreme musical style. Grand Declaration Of War was originally released in 2000 and found the band evolving (with inspiration from Friedrich Nietzsche), beyond the usual black