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

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

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Mysticum at Facebook

Mysticum at MySpace
Norwegian black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1992 Musical groups from Akershus Musicians from Asker {{authority control