Biography

The band in its original form was founded in autumn of 1993 by now former members. Bass player Arioch

Daniel Rostén

Daniel Rostén is a Swedish black metal vocalist, guitarist, and bassist. He is perhaps best known for having been the vocalist for renowned Swedish black metal band Marduk since 2004 under the stage name Mortuus. He also is the frontman for Funeral Mist under the stage name Arioch, and under this...

 was added in the summer of 1994.

In summer 1995, Funeral Mist’s first demo entitled Darkness was recorded but was released in early 1996. The second demo Havoc followed was recorded in summer/autumn 1996, with only Arioch being left of the old line-up, and new drummer Necromorbus (Tore Stjerna

Tore Stjerna

Tore Gunnar Stjerna has played guitar and drums in the following bands; Watain, Chaos Omen, Corpus Christii, Funeral Mist , Ofermod, Zavorash, Desolation, In Aeternum . He is also a producer who owns Necromorbus Studio....

). In late 1997, they recorded the debut EP Devilry which was released in summer 1998 in both CD and vinyl format. The vinyl edition was limited to only 300 copies and featured an exclusive track, Hellspell 2. This track was later included on the 2005 re-release which also includes the Havoc recordings.

Their first full-length album, Salvation, was released on the Norma Evangelium Diaboli label in 2003, while the second album, entitled Maranatha, was released in February 2009 on the same label, after 6 years of silence.

Musical style and ideology

Funeral Mist plays a black metal style characterised by Norma Evangelium Diaboli as violent, chaotic and “musically bizarre”, to which Arioch added “complex layers of ill sounds” on Maranatha. The lyrics deal with devil worship and often use (sometimes slightly changed) quotes from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. Arioch points out that “A band that claims to play Black Metal must always have Satanism

Satanism

Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...

 and nothing but Satanism as the highest priority in their music and concept as well as in their personal lives” and that neither the voice, nor the sound and musical style make a black metal band.

Past members

• Nachash - Guitars
• Necromorbus (Tore Stjerna)
  Tore Stjerna
  Tore Gunnar Stjerna has played guitar and drums in the following bands; Watain, Chaos Omen, Corpus Christii, Funeral Mist , Ofermod, Zavorash, Desolation, In Aeternum . He is also a producer who owns Necromorbus Studio....
  
  - Drums
• Typhos - Guitar
• Vintras - Guitar
• Velion - Drums

Discography

• 1995 - Darkness (demo)
• 1996 - Havoc (demo)
• 1998 - Devilry (EP)
• 2003 - Salvation
• 2009 - Maranatha

External links

• Official homepage
• Norma Evangelium Diaboli label homepage
• [ Allmusic discography entry]