'''Nasum''' (pronounced Nah-sum) was a [[sweden|Swedish]] political [[grindcore]] and [[deathgrind]] band that was formed in 1992 by Anders Jakobson (guitar) and Rickard Alriksson (drums/vocals), two former members of the [[goregrind]] band [[Necrony]]. Two weeks before their first recording they added Mieszko Talarczyk as a guitarist. The tracks they recorded at this time were later released on the split 7" with [[Agathocles (band)|Agathocles]]. Early on, they were featured on a four-way split MCD with [[Retaliation (band)|Retaliation]], [[Clotted Symmetric Sexual Organ]], and [[Vivisection (band)|Vivisection]]. They released the demos ''Industrislaven'' and ''World in Turmoil'' before being signed to [[Relapse Records]] in 1997 and releasing their first full-length album, ''Inhale/Exhale'', as a two-member band, as Alriksson had left the band and Jakobson took over on drums. They later added a third member, Jesper Liverod, to the group so that they could tour with both a bassist and a gutarist, and released the album ''Human 2.0'' (''Human 2.01'' in [[Japan]]) in 2000. There have been some recent line up changes to the band which now includes a member of the grindcore/goregrind band [[Regurgitate (band)|Regurgitate]], and they have released their third full-length album ''Helvete'' (which basically means ''hell'' in [[Swedish language|Swedish]]). Both ''Helvete'' and ''Human 2.0'' show a change in direction away from the more traditional grindcore-oriented sound that they had on ''Inhale/Exhale'', and towards a much cleaner, technical deathgrind sound.
Lead singer/guitarist, [[Mieszko Talarczyk]] was reported missing as a result of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. On February 17th 2005 it was confirmed that his body was identified, and that he died as a result of the Tsunami Disaster on December 26th. The band therefore decided to break up.
