Mysticum

Mysticum
Mysticum at Roadburn Festival 2017
Background information
Origin	Asker, Norway
Genres	Industrial black metal
Years active	1992 (1992)-present
Labels	Peaceville Records
Members	Preben «Prime Evil» Mulvik, Benny «Herr General Cerastes» Laumann, Robin «Dr. Best» Malmberg
Past members	Jan Axel «Hellhammer» Blomberg, Ivar Bjørnson
Website	www.mysticum.com

Mysticum is a Norwegian industrial black metal band from Asker. 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 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 - guitars

Discography

Name	Year	Type
Medusa's Tears	1993	Demo
Wintermass	1993	Demo
Mysticum / Ulver	1994	Split album with Ulver
Piss Off!!!	1995	Demo
Mysticum (Best Of)	1995	Compilation
In the Streams of Inferno	1996	Full studio album
Black Magic Mushrooms / The Habit of Fear	2003	Split album with Audiopain
Lost Masters of the Universe	2004	Compilation
Planet Satan	2014	Full studio album
Never Stop the Madness: The Roadburn Inferno	2018	Live album

External links

• Official website
• Mysticum at Facebook
• Mysticum at MySpace