Wolf's Lair Abyss

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Wolf's Lair Abyss
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EP by
Released3 November 1997
Genre Black metal
Length24:41
Label Misanthropy
Producer Kristoffer Rygg
Mayhem chronology
Out from the Dark
(1996)
Wolf's Lair Abyss
(1997)
Mediolanum Capta Est
(1999)
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Wolf's Lair Abyss is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem.

Contents

According to the band's website, it is the first part of Grand Declaration of War . [2] The main riff of the last track, "Symbols of Bloodswords", is used in "A Grand Declaration of War" and "View from Nihil (Part II)".

This EP was the first Mayhem release without guitarist Euronymous, who was murdered in 1993. The new line-up's material displayed across the songs is notably far more technical than that of earlier incarnations of the band; apart from the intro, each track contains at least two separate sections and is played at high tempo with consistent blast beats.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mayhem

No.TitleLength
1."The Vortex Void of Inhumanity (Intro)"2:21
2."I Am Thy Labyrinth"5:26
3."Fall of Seraphs"6:02
4."Ancient Skin"5:28
5."Symbols of Bloodswords"5:24

Personnel

Mayhem
Production

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