Genre: Rock
Xysma was a Finnish band that was founded in 1988 in Naantali, a small town near Turku. The band split up in 1998.
In the beginning Xysma played grindcore and death metal. The bands played at the legendary Turku underground center Panimo, and created a short-lived but intense scene. Soon after, the death metal/grindcore influence spread to the Helsinki area, with bands such as Abhorrence (which soon evolved into melodic death metal classic Amorphis).
Xysma's first demo, Swarming of the Maggots, was shared widely via tapetrading and became a cult classic (it was remastered and released on the 2004 Xysma compilation CD).