Diabolical Masquerade

Diabolical Masquerade was a Swedish avant-garde black metal project. All the music was written and played by Katatonia guitarist Blakkheim, whose real name is Anders Nyström, who wanted a band where he could compose more extreme music while Katatonia explored more melancholic atmospheres. Diabolical Masquerade's music is experimental melodic black metal with some death metal and thrash metal influences. Blakkheim sought to experiment more with song structure, themes, and composition. This can be seen on his last album as Diabolical Masquerade called Death's Design. This album is perceived as the soundtrack of a nonexistent Swedish horror film.