1984-86
Before SORCERY, Magnus Karlsson-Mård (b) and Paul Johansson (g) played in a band called CURSE. They didn't record anything. This was around 1984/1985. CURSE then split up and Magnus and Paul went on to form ACID QUEEN in late 1985 and then Ola Malmström (v) joined them in January 1986. In Summer 1986 they hooked up with Fredik Nygren (g) and his cousin Patrik L. Johansson (d) and changed their name to SORCERY. The music was then influenced by the thrash scene at the time with bands like EXODUS, SLAYER, METALLICA and BATHORY.

1987-88
This line-up released their first demo in 1987 called "The Arrival". Shortly afterwards Patrik and Fredrik was dismissed from the band. After various of line-ups and people come and went within the band, finally, Fredrik decided to join the band again. The music had changed dramaticly since the first demo and was now very fast and lesser complicated. The second demo "Ancient Creation" was released in Spring 1988 and carries the legacy of the bands fastest period. The drummer at the time, Joakim Hansson, was very much influenced by bands like CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER and it is much due to him that the band started to pace up.

1989-90
After "Ancient Creation" Joakim left the band and the members started to switch instruments with each other. Paul went from guitar to drums and Magnus changed to guitar from bass, leaving the bass spot empty. Mikael Jansson joined the band as a bassplayer and the music went a little bit slower heading towards a more traditional death metal style. In August 1989 the band recorded it's third demo "Unholy Crusade". This demo got the french label Thrash Records interested and they offered the band a deal for a 7". "Rivers Of The Dead, as it would be called was released late 1990 and the first press of a thousand records was soon sold out and by the end of the year another thousand was made.


1991-92
It was through that 7" that the band at first came in touch with Underground Records. A deal was set up and the bands first LP "Bloodchilling Tales" was released in August 1991.
In November 1991 Mikael left the band founding another band with Ola called FEAR MY SOLITUDE. Peter Hedman was the new guitarist hired by the band, Magnus went back to playing bass and so it carried on for a while. After a gig in April 1992 Magnus was sacked by the band and shortly afterwards they recorded a final demo as a fourpiece. This demo was actually never released but it contains three songs that up until today may be the strongest the band ever recorded.

1997
Not even this time the band would be holding on together. Fredrik left shortly afterwards and is now found in a band called GADGET which he has released some albums with. The final release of the band was in 1997 when they participated with one song, "Inhabitants Of The Tomb" on the "Voices Of Death" compilation. At this time the band was a three piece unit with Ola, Paul and Peter. Paul went on to play in IN AETERNUM, Peter dissappeared from the scene and SORCERY called it a day after 11 years.

2001
In 2001 Paul, Mikael and Ola started to play together in a band called OUTREMER. Paul have since then put his guitar on the shelf but Ola and Mikael is still playing on.

(stolen from "www.myspace.com/officialsorcery" and edited)