| Live in Leipzig | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 26 November 1990 | |||
| Venue | Eiskeller (Leipzig) | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 46:51 | |||
| Label | Obscure Plasma | |||
| Producer | Mayhem | |||
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Live in Leipzig is alive album by the Norwegianblack metal bandMayhem. It was recorded at theEiskeller club inLeipzig,Germany on 26 November 1990 but not released until 1993. The songs performed during the concert were from thePure Fucking Armageddon demo (1986), theDeathcrush EP (1987) and the as-yet-unrecorded albumDe Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994). It is one of the band's few official releases withDead as vocalist, albeit posthumous.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
AllMusic critic Steve Huey wrote, "With a shortage of official Mayhem material featuring this [classic] lineup, it's a necessary item for devoted fans, even in spite of the less-than-ideal sound quality."[1]
German magazineRock Hard included it in the list "250 Black-Metal-Alben, die man kennen sollte" ("250 Black Metal Albums You Should Know").[2]
Andrew O'Neill wrote in their bookA History of Heavy Metal thatLive in Leipzig can be seen as the black metal equivalent ofThe Who'sLive at Leeds.[3]
In 2015,Peaceville Records re-releasedLive in Leipzig to mark the 25th anniversary of the performance. This release also included Mayhem's performance atBergisdorf nearZeitz,[4] which was part of the same tour, as well as a concert inAnnaberg-Buchholz. The performance in Bergisdorf was later released as an album on its own,Live in Zeitz.[5][6]
Songwriting credits according toLords of Chaos (2018) end credits.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Deathcrush" | Jørn Stubberud,Øystein Aerseth | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Necrolust" | 3:46 | |
| 3. | "Funeral Fog" | Stubberud, Aerseth,Per Yngve Ohlin | 6:31 |
| 4. | "The Freezing Moon" | Ohlin, Aerseth, Stubberud,Jan Axel Blomberg | 7:05 |
| 5. | "Carnage" | 4:06 | |
| 6. | "Buried by Time and Dust" | 5:29 | |
| 7. | "Pagan Fears" | Ohlin, Aerseth, Stubberud, Blomberg | 7:00 |
| 8. | "Chainsaw Gutsfuck" | 5:07 | |
| 9. | "Pure Fucking Armageddon" | Stubberud, Aerseth | 3:10 |
| Total length: | 46:51 | ||
