Nefastus Dies officially took form in march 2002 when former members Void and Betrayal met drummer Tommy Mckinnon, bassist Auriel and finally keyboardist Iraabbas. It's at this precise moment that the band started composing as a whole and hence the primal conceptual direction was born. The band mainly focused for three years in creating new songs and doing shows when the opportunity presented itself. At that time there was enough material to record two full lengths album and they started gaining live experience on various occasions. Unfortunately, drummer Tommy Mckinnon was then asked to leave for personal reasons. Scythrawl (ex Trails of Anguish/Unquintessence) was afterward contacted to take over the drumming duties. This marked a step for the bands new direction. After lots of discussions the band agreed that drastics changes would have to be applied to the overall sound, concept and imagerie. Most songs we're butchered then restructured in a more vicious and agressive overall manner. The concept was also rebuilt from scratch. Betrayal dropped vocal and focused only on guitars. We then contacted ex Trails of Anguish live bassist, Ill-fate to come fill in the vocal works.

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