Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, we highlight Mayhem’s latest single “Despair.”

As the cold months descend, the icy blasts of Norwegian black metal feel apropos. And there’s no better source for such disharmony than the pioneers of the genre, Mayhem , who are back this week with the second single from their forthcoming album Liturgy of Death .

The six-minute “Despair” picks up with blast beats (Hellhammer is dialed in here) and the atmospheric wash of rapid riffing, Attila Csihar’s voice barely peaking through the smothered sonic mix. Again, as he did on previous single “Weep for Nothing,” Attila jumps between gnarled growls and more discernible, operatic bellows

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