List of Mayhem band members

1984–1993

Mayhem was formed in 1984 by Necrobutcher with Euronymous and Manheim. After two years of rehearsals, the trio released its first demo Pure Fucking Armageddon in early 1986.^[2] Shortly after its release, the group became a four-piece when Eirik "Messiah" Norheim took over vocals from Euronymous.^[3] Within a year, the vocalist had been replaced by Sven Erik "Maniac" Kristiansen, who performed on the group's first EP Deathcrush.^[2] Both Maniac and Manheim left shortly after the EP's release, and were briefly replaced by Vomit members Kittil Kittilsen and Torben Grue, respectively.^[3]

During early 1988, Euronymous and Necrobutcher rebuilt Mayhem with the addition of new vocalist Per "Dead" Ohlin and drummer Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg.^[3] The new incarnation remained stable for several years, recording several live releases, but did not issue a full-length studio album.^[4] On 8 April 1991, Dead died by suicide at a house shared with Euronymous and Hellhammer.^[5] Due to his death, and the guitarist's subsequent actions (including taking photos of his body, one of which was later used as the cover for a bootleg release), Necrobutcher left Mayhem.^[6]

After a brief stint with Stian "Occultus" Johannsen, the band returned in late 1991 with Attila Csihar on vocals and Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes on bass.^[7][8] This lineup recorded Mayhem's long-awaited full-length debut De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, which featured material written by Dead and Necrobutcher.^[9] However, before it could be released, Vikernes murdered Euronymous on August 10, 1993, stabbing the guitarist 23 times after growing tensions and business disputes.^[10] The group consequently disbanded, with De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas receiving a release in 1994.^[11]

Since 1995

In late 1995, Mayhem was reformed with a lineup including Hellhammer, former members Maniac (vocals) and Necrobutcher (bass), and new guitarist Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen.^[9] This incarnation remained intact for almost nine years, issuing the group's second and third full-length studio albums, Grand Declaration of War and Chimera.^[12] In November 2004, Maniac left the band and was replaced by another former vocalist, Attila Csihar.^[13] One more album followed, Ordo Ad Chao, before Blasphemer left in August 2008 claiming that he "simply [didn't] see any future for me in the band anymore".^[14]

Blasphemer was replaced on tour by Krister "Morfeus" Dreyer starting in October 2008,^[15] who was joined by French guitarist Silmaeth starting in March 2009.^[16] Just under two years later, Silmaeth was replaced by Morten Bergeton "Teloch" Iversen,^[17] and in 2012 Morfeus was replaced by Charles "Ghul" Hedger.^[18]

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Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud)	1984–1991 1995–present	bass vocals (1984–1986)	all Mayhem releases, except De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994),[19] and Life Eternal (2008)
	Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg)	1988–1993 1995–present	drums	all Mayhem releases from Studio Tracks (1990) onwards
	Attila Csihar	1992–1993 2004–present	vocals	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) Mediolanum Capta Est (1999) – guest appearance on one track only all Mayhem releases from Ordo Ad Chao (2007) onwards, except retrospective live releases
	Teloch (Morten Bergeton Iversen)	2011–present	guitar	all Mayhem releases from Esoteric Warfare (2014) onwards, except retrospective live releases
	Ghul (Charles Hedger)	2012–present

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Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth)	1984–1993 (until his death)	guitar vocals (1984–1986)	all Mayhem releases from Pure Fucking Armageddon (1986) to Out from the Dark (1996) Life Eternal (2008) Live in Zeitz (2016) Live in Sarpsborg (2017) Live in Jessheim (2017)
	Nils Brekke Svensson	1984 (temporary)	vocals	none
	Ståle Redalen
	Per Nilsen		guitar
	Kjetil Manheim	1984–1987	drums piano	Pure Fucking Armageddon (1986) Deathcrush (1987) The Dawn of the Black Hearts (1995) – bonus tracks only
	Messiah (Eirik Norheim)	1986	vocals	Deathcrush (1987) – three tracks only, The Dawn of the Black Hearts (1995) – Bonus tracks only, Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando (2021) – guest appearance on 1 track
	Maniac (Sven Erik Kristiansen)	1986–1987 1995–2004		Deathcrush (1987) all Mayhem releases from Wolf's Lair Abyss (1997) to Chimera (2004) and Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando (2021) – guest appearance on 1 track
	Kittil Kittilsen	1987–1988 (temporary)		none
	Torben Grue		drums
	Dead (Per Ohlin)	1988–1991 (until his death)	vocals	Studio Tracks (1990) Live in Leipzig (1993) The Dawn of the Black Hearts (1995) Out from the Dark (1996) Live in Zeitz (2016) Live in Sarpsborg (2017) Live in Jessheim (2017)
	Occultus (Stian Johannsen)	1991	vocals bass	Helvete (The Occultus Sessions 1991)
	Count Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes)	1992–1993	bass	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) Life Eternal (2008)
	Blackthorn (Snorre Ruch)	1992–1993	rhythm guitar	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) [20] (songwriting only)
	Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen)	1995–2008	guitar bass (2006)	all Mayhem releases from Wolf's Lair Abyss (1997) to Ordo Ad Chao (2007)
	Alexander Nordgaren	1997–1998 (touring only)	guitar	none
	Sanrabb (Morten Furuly)	2004 (touring only)
	Ihizahg (Tom Johansen)	2004–2005 (touring only)
	Morfeus (Krister Dreyer)	2008–2012 (touring only)
	Silmaeth (aka Vagus Nox, real name unknown)	2009–2011 (touring only)

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