77/100 across nine reviews. Mayhem are the very story of Norwegian black metal — its foundations, its dramas, its mythology. Liturgy of Death unfolds a veterans’ black metal, technically impeccable, duly glacial, with that sense of morbid theatre that remains the house signature.
The press is favourable without catching fire: a record that holds its rank without revolutionising the cult. For the faithful, that’s already plenty; for others, a respectable gateway to an institution. Rating: 7.5.
