The Mystery, founded in March 1996, baptized their style as Female Fronted Melodic Metal.

In contrast to many who use this or similar terms, The Mystery focuses on a warm, but powerful and rasping voice instead of opera vocals as it is done so often in this days.

After two own-produced demo-CDs 2005 the debut album “Scars” was released and was followed in 2008 by the second album “Soulcatcher” (LAR / Rough Trade / Intergroove).

Another opportunity to prove their special position concerning „melodic female rock voices“, showed up for THE MYSTERY by contributing to the 2008 Pure Steel Records sampler „Tribute to Steel“ - an homage to the german female fronted rock legend „Warlock“ & “Doro”, for which THE MYSTERY frequented the well known Woodhouse Studios by Siggi Bemm to record a cover of Doro Pesch's classic „Bad Blood“.

With the current line-up -Iris Boanta (Vocals, „Black Thunder Ladies“), Alex „Thunder“ Martin (Guitar), Stefan Weitzel (Guitar), Christian J. Rüther (Bass), Daniel Kahn (Drums) – the new album “Apocalypse 666” was written and recorded in 2011 / 2012.