Mysticum is a Norwegian
industrial black metal
Industrial metal is the fusion of Heavy metal music, heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating Heavy metal guitar, metal guitar riffs, sampling (music), sampling, synthesizer or music sequencer, sequencer lines, and Distor ...
band from
Asker
Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...
. They formed in 1992 under the name Sabazios, but changed shortly after with the demo release of "Medusa's Tears" in 1993.
They are known as pioneers of the
industrial black metal
Industrial metal is the fusion of Heavy metal music, heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating Heavy metal guitar, metal guitar riffs, sampling (music), sampling, synthesizer or music sequencer, sequencer lines, and Distor ...
subgenre.
Line-up
Current
* Preben "Prime Evil" Mulvik, also known as "Ravn" or "Svartravn" (Raven) - vocals, guitar
* Benny "Herr General Cerastes" Laumann - vocals, guitar, programming
* Robin "Dr. Best" Malmberg - bass guitar, programming
Past
*
Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg - drums (Never recorded. As stated by the band, computer-controlled drums is created with the sound to match their style. Hellhammer was just briefly in the band's line-up.)
*
Ivar Bjørnson
Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson (born 27 November 1977), is a Norwegian musician and composer. He is a founding member and the main songwriter of the extreme metal band Enslaved, and has previously been a memb ...
- guitars
Discography
References
External links
*
Mysticum at FacebookMysticum at MySpace
Norwegian black metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1992
Musical groups from Akershus
Musicians from Asker
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