Dissection was a melodic death/black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989 by Jon Nödtveidt, and released its first EP in 1991. In 1990, Dissection played their first live show with death metal act Entombed. In the same year, they also recorded and released a demo entitled, "The Grief Prophecy". In 1992, Dissection began work on a full-length album, "The Somberlain".

During November 1994, Dissection signed a record deal with the German record label Nuclear Blast. In 1995, the band's second full-length album, called 'Storm Of The Light's Bane', was released. The following year, Dissection also released a short EP entitled 'Where Dead Angels Lie". It was compiled from previous rare and import releases, and contained only cover songs and demo tracks.

The band first disbanded due to Jon Nödtveidt's murder conviction. He was serving time in prison until early 2004 and then reactivated the band.

In 2006, Dissection released their third full length album 'Reinkaos' through their own label, in association with The End Records. The lyrics in the "Reinkaos' album contain magical formulae from the book, and are based on the teachings of the "Misanthropic Luciferian Order."

The band played its final European concert in Stockholm on Midsummer, 24 June 2006.

Jon Nödtveidt (aged 31) shot himself somewhere between August 14th and 16th. Swedish police found him in his apartment the 16th of August 2006. He killed himself because he felt he had achieved all that he could and was meant to in this life. According to some who actually knew him this was probably planned ever since he got out of jail.