Psywar (Mayhem song)

"Psywar"
Single by Mayhem
from the album Esoteric Warfare
B-side	"From Beyond the Event Horizon"
Released	25 April 2014
Format	7" single
Genre	Black metal
Length	7:57
Label	Season of Mist

"Psywar" is a single by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Released on 25 April 2014 via Season of Mist, it serves as a teaser for their fifth full-length album, Esoteric Warfare.^[1] It contains two songs: one of them, the eponymous "Psywar", would ultimately appear on Esoteric Warfare, while the second one, "From Beyond the Event Horizon", is a previously unreleased track recorded in 2012.

The song's name is a colloquial abbreviation of the term "psychological warfare".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Psywar"	3:25
2.	"From Beyond the Event Horizon"	4:32

Personnel

Mayhem

• Attila Csihar — vocals
• Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) — bass
• Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg) — drums
• Teloch (Morten Iversen) — guitar

Additional personnel

• CERN (Christian Fleck) — lyrics
• Zbigniew Bielak — cover art
• Maor Appelbaum — mastering engineer

References

1. "Mayhem to release "Psywar" single in April; full-length album to follow in May". Blabbermouth.net. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-03-23.