Mezzerschmitt is a

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band, a spinoff of Mayhem. It was formed in 2000 by Mayhem members

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(Hellhammer) and

Rune Eriksen Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975) is a Norwegian Spellemann award-winning musician and composer. He is best known as the former guitarist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name Blasphemer, which he took from a Sodom song. He jo ...

(Blasphemer), collaborating with Lars Sørensen from

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. They intended to create an

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band, but their sound soon shifted towards black metal while still incorporating industrial elements. Mezzerschmitt have released only one EP so far, ''

Weltherrschaft ''Weltherrschaft'' is the first EP and sole release by the black metal band Mezzerschmitt. It was released in 2002 on Season of Mist productions. Weltherrschaft is a German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (hi ...

''. The band was incorrectly associated with supporting

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due to the band's image resembling with

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's uniforms, symbol use, etc., as well as having

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s and song titles. Eriksen stated that ''Weltherrschaft'' is an imaginary place created in his mind. The purpose of the band would be to let out steam, while being

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Band members

Herr Schmitt Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975) is a Norwegian Spellemann award-winning musician and composer. He is best known as the former guitarist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name Blasphemer, which he took from a Sodom song. He jo ...

(

, Blasphemer) - Vocals, guitars, bass *

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(Lars Sørensen) - Keyboards *

Hauptman Hammer Jan Axel Blomberg (born 2 August 1969) is a Norwegian heavy metal drummer known professionally as Hellhammer. He is best known as the drummer of Mayhem, which he joined in 1988. In 1987 Blomberg formed the avant-garde black metal band Arcturu ...

(

, Hellhammer) - Drums

Discography

*''

'' (EP, 2002)

Sources

2002 EP Review - Rock Hard2002 EP Review - Metal.de

External links

Mezzerschmitt page at Season of MistMezzerschmitt at Encyclopaedia Metallum
Norwegian black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2000 2000 establishments in Norway Season of Mist artists Musical groups from Norway with local place of origin missing {{Norway-band-stub