Composed of Ben Hogg from Beaten Back to Pure on vocals, Erik Larson from Alabama Thunderpussy and Bo Leslie from The Last Van Zant on guitars, Summer Welch from Baroness handling bass duties and Dave Witte, from numerous bands including Municipal Waste, Burnt by the Sun and Discordance Axis on drums.
Shortly after the new year started Relapse Records, which is home to many of the band members other projects including Baroness, Alabama Thunderpussy and Burnt by the Sun signed Birds of Prey and set out to release their debut album internationally.
Despite the band member's other commitments, Birds of Prey soon returned to the studio to record their second full-length album entitled Sulfur and Semen.
This time the album was recorded at Sniper Studio's in North Carolina with Vince Burke producing the project.
[4] Still with all the continued success Sulfur and Semen brought the band, Birds of Prey were unable to play a live show because of each member's commitment to their other projects.