History & Biography Swedish multi-instrumentalist Viktor Jonas (born in 1984) founded Mylingen as a solo act, following the demise of his previous doom-death act, Apathy Noir. The idea behind Mylingen was to expand on the previous act and incorporate more non-metal influences.
Viktor released a digital-only demo, called At Night I See Demons, in January of 2023. He felt that something was missing and switched to songs featuring Swedish lyrics and titles. He also incorporated more elements of Scandinavian folklore in both music and lyrics.
Viktor recruited Eric Holmberg, vocalist for heavy metal band Shiverpush. Mylingen’s first full-length demo, Under En Svart Himmel, was released on June 21st, 2024. Mylingen uploaded a song called Månens Kraft on October 4th before the Svartsyn demo, which was released on March 7th, 2025, which also featured a self-cover version.
The act began blending in more elements of space rock and progressive rock next.
This shift is also reflected in the artwork, which is based on Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden Of Earthly Delights, reinforcing the album's themes of contrast, ambiguity and layered meaning. The 2026 album was scheduled for release on CD and LP through Elasticstage.
In Scandinavian folklore, the 'mylingar' are the apparitions of the souls of children that had been forced to roam the earth until they could be properly buried.
Reviews MYLINGEN - DET INRE MÖRKRET - ELASTICSTAGE 
The problem with Det Inre Mörkret ('The Inner Darkness') is not so much that it is bad. The issue is that it is neither my style nor special enough. There are a million bands roaming the land and this one is an average effort from two musicians. It is better than the flood of solo acts, which Mylingen itself once was, but is not a full band either. Thankfully, the bio's threat that the band borrows from and leans into space rock and progressive rock does not really bear fruit, although there are synthesisers and drum machines here as far as bothersome elements go.
The duo does a fair enough job of its doom/death, and the growls are fairly convincing, but if that is what the publicist refers to as "progressive" then I have news for her. Well, no one knows what's what anymore and everything is automatically tagged 'progressive' so we can safely ignore that and just be thankful that the bio, at least, skipped calling this the standard issue 'black metal' or 'blackened.' Hell, progressive music should be virtuosic and show off the musicianship and this album suffers a drum machine!
What else? The titles are in Swedish and the melodies, softer passages and keyboards give it an air of gothic music. There is a dreamy quality to the music sometimes. No wonder the band cites In The Woods… as an influence. - Anna Tergel
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