In 1996, exceptional guitar player Mikael Fitrzyk formed INVICTUS (then, under the name QUARK7) - soon, he gathered talented musicians around him. Even the first pieces, still influenced by Yngwie Malmsteen, UFO and Savatage, impressed with their elegant and original mixture of progressive, symphonic and melodic Metal parts. The music and the band carried a fair amount of aggression, too - everybody could witness that at the first INVICTUS live gigs, where fists flew regularly - the result of that: in many places, they weren´t allowed to play. But, hey, that´s Rock´n´Roll...