Malsain was started as a solo project by guitarist/bassist Tenebres in December 2001 in Bergen, Norway. It first became a complete band in early 2003.

Malsain plays mid-tempo extreme-metal with a unique nightmarish ambience and features the most disturbed female growls ever to be heard. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.