Diabolical Masquerade

Diabolical Masquerade is the avant-garde black metal solo project of Anders Nystr?m (aka Blakkheim), guitarist for Katatonia and Bloodbath, origins from Stockholm, Sweden. Nystr?m wanted to have a band where he could compose more extreme music while Katatonia were exploring more mellow themes and moods. All of the music on the first two albums were written and performed by Nystr?m, with guest vocal appearances from longtime collaborator Dan Swan?.

All of the music on the first two albums were written and performed by Nystr?m, with guest vocal appearances from longtime collaborator Dan Swan?. Swan? later became an integral part of the project, as co-writer and co-arranger, performer, engineer, mixer and producer on the 'Nightwork' and especially 'Death's Design' albums.

Diabolical Masquerade has released four full length albums: Ravendusk In My Heart (1996), The Phantom Lodge (1997), Nightwork (1998) and Death's Design (2001).

Since long journey from 1993, Diabolical Masquerade was laid to rest in September of 2004. But recently Anders Nystr?m stated that he is working on a new Diabolical Masquerade album and he is also looking for more members for live performances.