Grand Declaration of War

Grand Declaration of War
Studio album by
Mayhem
Released6 June 2000
RecordedNovember 1999 – January 2000
StudioFagerborg and Top Room
Genre
Length45:58
Label
Producer
  • Mayhem
  • Børge Finstad
Mayhem chronology
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
(1994) 		Grand Declaration of War
(2000) 		European Legions
(2001)
Alternative cover
2018 reissue

Grand Declaration of War is the second full-length studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, released by Season of Mist and Necropolis Records on 6 June 2000.[3] A re-release of the album came out in December 2018, with Jaime Gomez Arellano overseeing the production.[4]

The album's title and some of the lyrics are taken from the writings of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, particularly his books Twilight of the Idols—Nietzsche called Twilight of the Idols "a grand declaration of war" („eine grosse Kriegserklärung“).[5]

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  3. ^ "Grand Declaration of War review". CMJ New Music Report. 62 (666): 24. 15 May 2000. ISSN 0890-0795.
  4. ^ Dayal Patterson (13 December 2018). "Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War (2018) album review". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. ^ Friedrich Nietzsche: Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Studienausgabe in 15 Bänden. Herausgegeben von Giorgio Colli und Mazzino Montinari. Volume 6: Der Fall Wagner u.a. Neuausgabe 1999, DTV, p. 58.