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De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album cover
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994 6:23
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Mayhem Black Metal 1994 E minor
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Freezing Moon

"Freezing Moon" by Mayhem is a defining track from the 1994 debut album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, widely regarded as one of the most influential black metal records ever made. The album's turbulent history — marked by the deaths of key members before its release — gives the material a dark weight that resonates through every riff. For electric guitarists, the song offers a masterclass in cold, tremolo-picked black metal riffing and the stark, raw tones that defined the Norwegian black metal sound.

  • Guitarist Euronymous was murdered before the album's 1994 release, making his recorded parts here a final musical statement.
  • The tremolo-picked riff style on this track became a foundational template for black metal guitar technique worldwide.
  • Songwriting for De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas began as early as 1987, meaning these riffs gestated for nearly seven years.
Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

While Euronymous favored the Custom model, the Les Paul Standard shares the same moderate-output humbuckers that preserve note clarity within Mayhem's heavily distorted, dissonant chord voicings. The guitar's inherent sustain and midrange body are essential for letting those icy, chainsaw-like intervals cut through without muddiness.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Gibson Les Paul Custom

Euronymous relied on this guitar for its stock humbuckers and rich sustain, which allowed his dissonant intervals to ring distinctly even under extreme distortion. The Les Paul Custom's midrange-focused character became foundational to Mayhem's thin, icy black metal tone when paired with his scooped Marshall JCM800.

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Marshall JCM800

Euronymous used the JCM800's natural tube saturation and scooped midrange setting to create Mayhem's signature thin, icy tone rather than thick gain. Driven hard with minimal effects beyond the Boss HM-2, the amp's inherent character defined the band's raw, chainsaw-like distortion sound.

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Peavey 5150

Blasphemer adopted the 5150 for its tighter gain structure and precise articulation, which suited his more rhythmically complex tremolo picking. The amp's focused response kept note definition clean at high gain, complementing his shift toward EMG 81 pickups for compressed clarity.

EMG 81
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EMG 81

Blasphemer and Teloch use EMG 81s in the bridge position for their tight, compressed response that maintains note definition during fast tremolo picking at extreme gain levels. These active pickups suit Mayhem's precision-focused approach more than ultra-high-output alternatives.

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