Diabolical Masquerade
Diabolical Masquerade was a Swedish one-man band with black metal influences . The band was founded in Stockholm in 1993 as a side project of Anders Nyström (aka Blakkheim), known for his work as the guitarist of Katatonia .
history
All the music was written and played by Katatonia guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström, who wanted a band where he could compose more extreme music while Katatonia explored softer moods. The music makes use of melodic black metal with some death metal and thrash metal influences. Blakkheim wanted to experiment more with structure, theme and composition. This can mainly be seen on the last album Death's Design . This album is designed as a soundtrack to a non-existent Swedish horror film , with 61 tracks divided into 20 movements, each with a specific feel and theme. Death's Design contains many passages with different genres and styles experimenting with progressive rock, progressive metal, ambient, classical music and rhythmic, percussion-based passages. Nyström worked on the album together with Dan Swanö . In early September 2004, Nyström announced that he had finished the project after failing to find the necessary inspiration while working on a fifth album.
Discography
- Promo 1993 (1993) (demo recording)
- Ravendusk in My Heart (1996)
- The Phantom Lodge (1997)
- Nightwork (1998)
- Death's Design (2001)
Band members
- Diabolical Masquerade
- Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström - vocals , guitar (1993–2004), bass , keyboard (1993–1998)
- Dan Swanö - keyboards (1996, 1998-2001), drums (1996, 1998), guest vocals (1997), backing vocals (1998), guitar (2001)
- Session members
- Sean C. Bates - drums (1997, 2001)
- Ingmar Döhn - bass (1997-2001)
swell
- ↑ a b c d Diabolical Masquerade - biography . Prog Archives. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
- ↑ Diabolical Masquerade - Promo 1993 - Encyclopaedia Metallum . The Metal Archives. Retrieved August 11, 2015.