Mysticum

Mysticum (1992 - 2000) was a Norwegian industrial black metal band.

Biography

In 1992 a band called Sabazios, rose from the fertile ashes of Norway's hateful black metal. They were one of a kind in this scene with their cold and aggressive sound, as they chose to use the industrial drumming from a drum machine. Their first demos, "Wintermass" and "Medusas tears" were released in 1993. Euronymous of Mayhem signed Mysticum on his Deathlike Silence Productions (DSP) label immediately after hearing them. After their first demos, the band decided to change their name to something more recognizable than Sabazios: Mysticum.

In 1996 drummer Hellhammer of Mayhem joined the band for a short time, but it did not work out. Mysticum decided to release their debut "In The Streams of Inferno" on Fullmoon Productions. They also contributed with the songs "Kingdom Comes" and "In Your Grave" on the Nordic Metal: A tribute to Euronymous compilation album. Some songs for their second album "Planet Satan" were recorded but for some reason never released and in the year 2000 the band broke up. Recently one of those songs, "Black Magic Mushrooms" was released as one of the two songs on the Audiopain / Mysticum split 7" vinyl, released on Worship Him Records.

Line up

*"Robin "Mean" Malmberg" - Bass, programming
*"Cerastes (Benny)" - Guitars, vocals
*"Prime Evil (Preben)" - Guitars - Also of Amok and Aborym

Former members

*"Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg)" - Drums for a short period of time after the release of "In The Streams Of Inferno", but never recorded anything with the band.

Discography

* Medusa's Tears Demo, 1993
* Wintermass Demo, 1993
* Mysticum / Ulver Split, 1994
* Piss Off Demo, 1995
* Nordic Metal: A tribute to Euronymous/Compilation, 1995
* In the Streams of Inferno Full-length, 1996 Full Moon Productions
* Audiopain / Mysticum Split, 2003
* Lost Masters of the Universe Best of/Compilation, 2004

External links

* [http://www.mysticum.com/ Mysticum Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mysticum/ Mysticum on MySpace]
* [http://www.fmp666.com Official Full Moon Productions Site]