the group first came together in 1993, featuring original members martin quist on vocals and guitar, magnus carlsson on guitar, anders brorsson on bass, and fredrik wenzel on drums. the group recorded a demo before drummer alex bengtsson replaced wenzel and guitarist roger johansson joined the group, both playing on their 1996 debut for no fashion records entitled "if emotion still burns". after the release of the record, quist and johansson left the group, and were replaced by fredrik arnesson on vocals and dennie linden on guitar in time for their follow-up effort, 1997's "the plague". after "the plague", the group went on a temporary hiatus, and replaced fredrik arnesson with new vocalist kristian lönnsjö and electronic bagpipist chris kojali. in 2001, they returned with their third album, "anger, hate and fury". the cover of the album featured artwork by niklas sundin, a renowned album cover artist. in 2004, the group played the swedish 2000 decibel festival. on august 16, 2006, the group announced it was breaking up. in january 2013 the band reunited.