Eskilstuna Thrash act founded in mid 2001 as a METALLICA covers band. The original formation included erstwhile DARK DECEIT members vocalist Per Humbla and guitarist Kenneth Nielsen. Humbla would also be active with HATETERNAL. Following an initial set of drummers, founder member and drummer Göte bowed out in February 2003. Jan Urbeck of LOW LIVES WITH HI FIVES stepped in as replacement for the 'Astral Carneval' demo that September. ASTRAL CARNEVAL returned in January 2006 with the 'Chaos' demo.