The Dawn of the Black Hearts (1995 CD)

The Dawn of the Black Hearts is a bootleg live album made by ANTI GRISHNACKH 001. It was released in February 17, 1995.

History
The band Mayhem went to Sarpsborg, Norway to perform in 1990. As they were performing, vocalist Dead cut his arms with a hunting knife and threw dead pig heads to the crowd. Many people were outraged and left the concert, but some stayed.

On April 8, 1991, Pelle "Dead" Ohlin committed suicide by slitting his wrists and throat, then shooting himself with a shotgun. When Euronymous came to the house and saw his body, he went to the convenient store and bought a disposable camera. He then returned to the house to take pictures of the body, even moving the weapons.

After Euronymous was murdered in 1993, his father went to his apartment to collect his stuff. When he saw the photos of Dead, he felt disgusted, and shredded them with a paper shredder. However, he kept one and went to Euronymous's former band-mates to discuss what to do with it. Necrobutcher suggested getting rid of it, but Attila and Maniac said they should keep it. They eventually voted to destroy the remaining photo by burning it. As they were preparing the burning, however, Attila and Maniac made copies of the photo, preserving it. After the burning, they passed the copies of the photos out to high ranking members of the Inner Circle.

In 1995, a person who went by the pseudonym "Anti-Grishnackh" decided to release a bootleg tape of the Saprsborg concert. He had one of the photos that was handed out by Attila and Maniac. He released it on CD.

Track listing
The original track listing (recorded in 1990 with Dead as vocalist and Hellhammer as drummer):

title1 = Deathcrush

length1 = 3:36

title2 = Necrolust

length2 = 4:19

title3 = Funeral Fog

length3 = 6:38

title4 = Freezing Moon

length4 = 6:06

title5 = Carnage

length5 = 4:18

title6 = Buried by Time and Dust

length6 = 5:46

title7 = Chainsaw Gutsfuck

length7 = 3:59

title8 = Pure Fucking Armageddon

length8 = 3:15

total_length = 37:57

Extra songs included on many reissues (recorded in 1985 with Messiah as vocalist and Manheim as drummer):

title9 = Danse Macabre

note9 = Celtic Frost cover

length9 = 1:10

title10 = Black Metal

note10 = Venom cover

length10 = 3:00

title11 = Procreation of the Wicked

note11 = Celtic Frost cover

length11 = 2:40

title12 = Welcome to Hell

note12 = Venom cover

length12 = 3:46

total_length = 48:30