The band was formed in 1999 by the will of the guitar player Nicolas and the bass guitarist Max with the name of "Devoured by Vermin". As every new band, they spent the beginnings composing and reharsing their material and tons of covers,while many musicians entered and left the band because of various problems. In the same year the band decides, thanks to the help of some friend, to record a three-trax promotape but the sound quality was too low to publish it as a promo. In the May of 2000 the vocalist Seb(a long time friend of Nicolas), the drummer Raphael and, after a couple of months, the new axeman Nick joined the band, that changed the name in Abiura(in italian,the act of who denies his creed) "cause the old one was considered restrictive for the sound they were trying to obtain. The group renewed the songs with up-to-date arrangements, this time thanks to the efforts of all the members.In the late summer of 2000 Abiura started to play live having the chance to improve under the musical and, at the same time, scenical point of view, encouraged by positive comments everywhere. The band has now recorded "Nursery rhimes for the unborn", the first official promo featuring 4 killer Obscure Death Metal songs and a video track, a sum of their work during these years. Anyway stay tuned,"cause the best is yet to come...