MYSTICUM

BIOGRAPHY


1995

February: Mysticum enters Bondi studio to record two songs for the "Nordic Metal - A Tribute to Euronymous" compilation-CD. The songs are "Kingdom Comes" and "In Your Grave" and the sampler gets released by Necropolis Records later the same year.

April: Mysticum signs a record deal with Full Moon Productions and the recording of the debut album takes place shortly after. Not entitled "Where the Raven Flies", as initially planned, Mysticum renames it to "In the Streams of Inferno" instead.

June: The promotional tape "Piss Off!!!" is released, containing 5 songs intended for the "In the Streams of Inferno" album. The songs are either of an early mixing process, or even pre-takes of the versions later used (as history is a bit unclear on this matter), but they're not properly mastered at this moment. As a consequence, "Piss Off!!!" becomes a great taster on the new direction and sound of the band, as well as a promotional-tape for the still cursed and unfinished debut album.

August: The recording of "In the Streams of Inferno" is finally finished, but in typical Mysticum-style, the band manages to use half a year (or so) to send the master tape to Full Moon Productions.


1996

Autumn: The wait is over: Mysticum's debut album "In the Streams of Inferno" is finally released. The album not only receives ecstatic responses from the listeners, but also great critics and reviews from all over the world. "In the Streams of Inferno” is quickly defined as a landmark and a classic, thus the genre Industrial Black Metal is born.

September 24-October 19: Mysticum successfully tours Europe together with Marduk and Gehenna and 24 gigs are played in 25 days. A brand new and unheard song called "Eriaminell" (Here I Am in Hell) is introduced to the audience and it quickly becomes a classic.
On October 17, the show in Bradford, UK, is filmed by a fan with an amateur camera. Later on it gets a transfer to DVD-R. A primitive bootleg version of it is still circulating among fans and on the Internet.


November 9-30 (circa): Mysticum travels to the USA on what they believe is a 3-weeks' tour together with Cannibal Corpse, Immolation and Angel Corpse. Unfortunately, Mysticum only gets the chance to play two shows during these three weeks, due to economical obstacles. Again, one of the shows (in New York) is filmed by a fan with an amateur camera. A VHS bootleg version of it is still circulating among fans and on the Internet.


1997

February: Mysticum enters an unknown studio to record the song "Eriaminell".

Summer: The sampler-CD "A Tribute to Hell - Satanic Rites" is released by Full Moon Productions, featuring Mysticum's "Eriaminell".


2001

Spring: Mysticum enters FIA studios to record a brand new song called "Black Magic Mushrooms". Again, things are slowly moving forwards, hence the recording is finished close to a year later.

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