Dissection was a Swedish extreme metal band from Strömstad, formed in 1989 by guitarist, vocalist and main songwriter Jon Nödtveidt and bassist Peter Palmdahl.

Despite a number of lineup changes, Dissection released The Somberlain in 1993 and Storm of the Light's Bane in 1995, before splitting up in 1997 due to Nödtveidt's imprisonment for complicity in the murder of Josef Meddour.

Nödtveidt and Öhman "were never very comfortable in Rabbit's Carrot, which also explains their short time in that band, as they wanted the music and lyrics to evolve on the extreme dark side.

Jon would write songs and arrange them together with Ole in the rehearsal place, but the other members didn't feel that the material would fit the band.

In April 1990, the first official rehearsal tape Severed into Shreds was recorded and sent to underground fanzines worldwide "to mark the birth of Dissection, a band that was about to make heavy impact on the scene".

During that time, the band’s members, who were temporarily living in different towns, all moved to Gothenburg after the summer of 1993, where they shared a steady rehearsal place with At the Gates.

In March 1995, the band returned to the Hellspawn/Unisound studios to record their second full-length, followed by a three date tour through the UK with Cradle of Filth and a few concerts in Sweden.

[10] During the summer of 1995, Nödtveidt and Norman joined the newly formed Satanic organization Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO, now known as Temple of the Black Light).

Back in Scandinavia, Dissection played at the Rockefeller in Oslo together with Darkthrone and Satyricon, marking the start of a co-headlining European tour.

After the summer Norman "suddenly 'disappeared' for several months without notice, with Tobias covering up for him claiming to know nothing (however remaining in close contact with Johan throughout this period).

Frater Nemidial,[13] then known as Shahin Nemesis Khoshnood-Sharis[14]) were arrested for the murder of a 37-year-old homosexual man, Josef ben Meddour, on 22 July 1997.

[17] Upon his release in 2004, Nödtveidt restarted the band with a completely new line-up, including only members able to "stand behind and live up to the demands of Dissection's Satanic concept".

The tour was scheduled to include two appearances in the United States, but these were eventually canceled after Nödtveidt was denied an entry visa to the country, due to his previous incarceration.

[21] It was later confirmed by band member Set Teitan to be a Satanic grimoire,[22] which is believed to be a copy of the Liber Azerate written by Frater Nemidial, leader of the MLO.

[10] Due to the band's turn towards melodic death metal,[25] Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg sees Dissection as a part of the Gothenburg scene.

[27][28] When the police investigated the MLO after the murder of Josef ben Meddour, they interrogated its former members, who described the organisation and narrated the occult ceremonies they had attended.

During the weeks that preceded the murder of Josef ben Meddour, Vlad had been more and more extremist in his speech, and the idea of performing human sacrifices, followed by a mass suicide, was discussed at length.

He/She must wholeheartedly sympathize and share the misanthropic and anti-cosmic values of the order, and then be ready to dedicate his/her entire existence to following his/her true will in accordance to the dark gods.