MAYHEM: Australian Tour Postponed
April 17, 2008Due to the recent amendments of the entertainment visa requirements set by the Australian Immigration Department, Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM will not be able to get their visas approved in time for their scheduled Australian and New Zealand tour dates (which were slated to take place late May). As a result, tour promoter Just Say Rock, in conjunction with MAYHEM, has decided to postpone the tour to later this year. All parties are now working on new dates for the MAYHEM tour. The new dates will be released as soon as possible.
You can get a refund if you want it, by returning it to the point of sale to get the face value refunded. However all current purchased tickets will be valid for the new dates, once they are announced.
Fan-filmed video footage of MAYHEM performing the song "Ancient Skin" on February 26, 2008 at the Barfly in Birmingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of "daveingham").
Revolution-Music.dk conducted an interview with MAYHEM singer Attila Csihar at the Royal Metal Fest, which took place this past February in rhus, Denmark. Download the 28-minute audio file at this location.
MAYHEM was honored in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards) for their latest release, "Ordo Ad Chao". The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show was held on February 2 at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway and was broadcast live on the Norwegian channel TV2.
A photo of MAYHEM members Jan Axel Blomberg (a.k.a. Hellhammer; drums) and Jrn Stubberud (a.k.a. Necrobutcher; bass) with their Spellemann award can be viewed at Dagbladet.no.
Speaking to Dagbladet.no, Stubberud implied that MAYHEM might have released its last album ever with "Ordo Ad Chao". "For us to make a record is such a great undertaking that I have to admit I can't entertain the idea of starting a new one," he said. "We'll see in a couple of years, but I can't guarantee anything whatsoever."
"Ordo Ad Chao" entered the Norwegian album chart at position No. 12, the band's highest position ever.
MAYHEM had only once before been on the Norwegian charts, when the band's last album, "Chimaira", reached No. 28 in 2004.
(Thanks: FasterLouder)
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