Artist

Svartsyn

The band was formed in Sweden in 1991 as Chalice. The founding members were (guitar) and Tormentor (drums, vocals). However, Tormentor left the band in 1993 and changed the band's name to Svartsyn. In 1994 joined the band on second guitar. In 1995 the band recorded nine songs, five of which were released as the demo tape [r=3083057], while the other four remained unreleased. In 1996, of joined on drums. That same year they signed to and released their debut full-length [m=428824] (which the band later claimed to be the biggest mistake in their history). In 1997, Svartsyn went on a tour with Behemoth and ; after the tour was replaced by and they recorded the [r=2671315] 7" EP. Between 1997 and 1998 the band recorded their second album, [m=337718]; however, it remained unreleased at the time. Their third album, [m=357215], was recorded between 1999 and 2000 and released in 2000 by their new label, . After its release, Kolgrim was replaced by . [m=337718] finally saw the light of day later in 2000 when issued a double LP collection of both [m=337718] and [m=357215]. Since the dawn of the new millenium, Svartsyn has released six more full-length albums, a mini-album and an EP, with only remainaing as a full-time band member.