I have never found out if the band deliberately misspelled its name. Born in Boras, Sweden in 1989 Cemetary was a typical death metal band. The Incarnation Of Morbidity and Articulus Mortis demo tapes attracted Boss of Black mark to the band and the band was off to a death metal start. The band sounded closer to Paradise Lost on its second album though and eventually turned into a goth act. Uncertainty regarding style wasn't the band's only problem. The band had to deal with strife and a lack of musicianship. This was something that had come to the fore during the band's tour. The latter is obviously partly responsible for the constant band member changes. Eventually to escape the past and the ever-deteriorating Black Mark band leader Lodmalm changed band names and bands!
An album was issued in 2000 as Sundown and then Cemetary 1213. The band was back in business, as Cemetary, in 2005 with the release of a new album called Phantasma on Black Mark. Mathias Lodmalm officially announced his departure from the scene in May of 2005. He claimed disaffection as the cause for his farewell.

CEMETARY - PHANTASMA - BLACK MARK
Sweden's Cemetary, i.e. Mathias Lodmalm, is back after several years of absence and following some experimenting with monicker changes. It must be humiliating to be back with Black Mark Production after all the criticism leveled at the label by Christian. As bad as that might be, it is not quite as bad as the new style presented on Phantasma. The new Cemetary is an amalgam of dance, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and especially Marilyn Manson. In all honesty, the band's music is not bad. It just is not remotely heavy metal any longer. Cemetary now relies heavily on triggered and sampled sounds, as well as loops. Beautiful melodies are buried under harsh and mechanical beats which in turn are encased in a mostly slow rhythm. On Coma Burn Mathias uses mystic melodies which smack of the orient, while the song 2nd Last To Nowhere finally features some guitars and is generally faster.
Fundamentally, the only good reason why this band could still be called Cemetary is that the band leader has buried the band's old sound and metal orientation. - Ali "The Metallian"