All began in 1998 when Sathor (guitar) and Nero Baratro (bass) founded Ars Macabra.

In the beginning of 1999 they were joined by Abyss on drums and Azrael on vocals.

During winter 1999 they went in the studio to record their first self-financed demo tape
7 songs very raw of obscure hyper fast music with unconventional freezing riffs.

The tape was re-recorded during July 1999 in between the studio session two new songs were written and
Added to the tracklist, and it took the name of "Iter in obscuritates mentis" which contains also Latin lyrics.

After few live gigs Sathor and Nero Baratro take the decision to remain the only band members
and to start looking for a label deal.

During the summer of 2001 they sign a contract for two records with the Italian label Elegy Music
they record the their first full lenght album "Daemonolatria Hypnotica" 9 traks lasting over 40 minutes of new material.

Always on Summer 2001 the track "On the art of suffering" is included in the "Wild zine" compilation.

In the summer 2003 the official band web-site is created and after several auditions three new members join the band
Carnag_744 on drums ,Tehor on guitar and Myst on vocals.
During January 2004 the necessity to have a stable and reliable line up force Tehor to quit.
During March 2004, due to personal issues, Carnag_744 is left out from the band and replaced by the drum machine.
Ars Macabra choose to carry on as a 3 members line-up...waiting for better times and musicians to be part of the band