History

Mystic Circle was formed in 1992 in Ludwigshafen. They released several EPs before their debut LP was issued in 1997. Following their 1998 release they toured with Marduk

Marduk (band)

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 and Old Man's Child

Old Man's Child

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 and played several large rock festivals. After their 1999 release Infernal Satanic Verses, their original drummer, Aarrrgon, left the group, and they had to use a drum machine

Drum machine

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 to complete their tour.

Beelzebub has left the band to pursue another long-awaited project called Gloomball. It was unknown whether Mystic Circle will replace Beelzebub and trudge on, or call it quits, but according to Beelzubub on his personal myspace page, Mystic Circle is "history".

Current line-up

• Ezpharess (Stefan Heintzelmann) - guitar
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• Astaroth (Gianni Cutrona) - drums
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• Vike Ragnar (Tobias Drabold) - Guitars

Former members

• Baalsulgorr - keyboard
• Aaarrrgon (1992-1999) - drums
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• Abyss (Marc Reign) - drums
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• Necrodemon (Alex Koch) (2001-2005) - drums
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• Dementum - drums
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• Isternos (Thomas Pfänder) - guitar
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• Xeron (1999) - guitar
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• Agamidion (Thorsten (Smog) Aschenbrenner) - guitar
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• Mephisto (Mark Foltz) - guitar
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• Sarah Jezebel Deva
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   - Female vocals
• Graf von Beelzebub (Marc Zimmer) - vocals
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  , bass guitar
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Discography

• Dark Passion (1994)
• Von Kriegern und Helden (1995)
• Morgenröte - Der Schrei nach Finsternis (1996)
• Die Götter der Urväter (1996)
• Schwarze Magie (1997)
• Kriegsgötter (1997)
• Drachenblut (1998)
• Infernal Satanic Verses (1999)
• Kriegsgötter II (2000)
• The Great Beast (2001)
• Damien (2002)
• Open the Gates of Hell (2003)
• Unholy Chronicles 1992-2004 (2004)
• The Bloody Path of God (2006)