Nasum is a Swedish political grindcore 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 latter released on the split 7" with Agathocles. Early on they were featured on a four way split MCD with Retaliation, Clotted Symmetric Sexual Organ, and 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 (Alriksson had left the band, and Jakobson took over on drums).