Watain is a black metal band from Uppsala, Sweden.
Formed in the summer of 1998, Watain was named after a song by the American black metal band
After the first demo Go Fuck Your Jewish God and the live cassette Black Metal Sacrifice, the 7" EP The Essence of Black Purity was released in April 1999
on the Swedish label Grim Rune Productions
This is considered by Watain to be the first official release. In 2000 the debut album Rabid Death's Curse was recorded and released,
in addition, the guitarist C. Blom was released from the band, whose core has since consisted of the other three founding members.
The live cassette The Ritual Macabre and the split single The Misanthropic Ceremonies followed in 2001 with the Swedish band Diabolicum.