Växjö’s Hypnosia was born in 1995 guitarist/vocalist Cab Castervall and drummer Mike Sjöstrand (who had played together earlier) in order to play thrash metal and issued a demo called Crushed Existence in 1996 and another called The Storms in 1997. Iron Fist Productions issued an EP for the band in 1999. It was entitled Violent Intensity. The band next signed with Hammerheart and had a full-length in 2000. The band called it a day in 2002 even though the band was playing more shows than ever. Carnage’s Johnny Dordevic was in the band once and band’s drummer Michael Sjöstrand passed away in 2004 because of skin cancer.
