Changer was founded in October 1999 in Akureyri, Iceland, by drummer Kristján B. Heiðarsson, as a one-man project.
Changer started rehearsing and writing new material, and in May 2006 the band toured Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
[4] Later in 2006, the band toured Iceland in support of Cannibal Corpse and Rotting Christ at Eistnaflug.
[5] Also during this time, they were featured in a web series which focuses on the Icelandic scene called 'Sleepless in Reykjavik' in which their music video for "Recaptured Sanity" was used in the first episode.
Changer planned to travel abroad to record their next album; however, in November 2007 the band unexpectedly broke up.