Mystic Charm

Mystic Charm - Dutch Death/Doom Metal

Group from Netherlands

Genres: Death Doom Metal, doom metal, death metal, dutch, death-doom metal

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About Mystic Charm

Mystic Charm was formed in December 1989 by Herwing Schulling and Rini Lipman. Inspired by old Celtic Frost, Black Sabbath and Trouble, the band started playing heavy doom riffs with many breaks and ultra-rough vocals courtesy of female vocalist Rini Lipman. After some line-up changes, which brought Mystic Charm one and a half year down, it was in January 1992 when they have completed their line-up again. Due to this, Mystic Charm strongly improved in writing and arranging songs, and had matured a lot. They recorded a low budget live tape and discovered that there indeed was a lot of interest in the band. They decided to record a real demo in a professional studio, which resulted in the Endless Sickness demo. This release generated a lot of interest from various people, magazines and labels and when the band was offered a 7" EP deal by Shiver Records, they decided to pursue it. They entered the studio again to record a more new tracks which resulted in their debut 7" Lost Empire. The reactions towards the EP were positive, praising the band for it's talent and musical abilities. The EP showed that Mystic Charm to be a very promising and talented group. After several negotiations between the band and Shiver Records, they decided to go for a bigger deal and Mystic Charm signed a 3 album deal with Shiver Records. The band has recorded 8 new tracks plus an intro for their debut CD. Some of the tracks are indeed brand new, other were also on the demo and EP, but they are heavily altered because the band wrote new arrangements for all those tracks. Not only does this give a new edge to the music, it also made the songs better than on any of the previous recordings. Not only were their songwriting abilities improving, but Rini Lipman's vocals were exceptionally devastating. The debut album was entitled Shadows of the Unknown and it was released in 1994. The band also released a split recording after the release of their debut album.

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