The EP was created entirely independently by Panchiko as a demo, and only about 30 copies were made, all of which were burnt onto recordable CDs.

Panchiko was formed by a group of high school friends in Nottingham, England in the late 1990s.

[1][3] After its completion, Panchiko produced around 30 CD copies that were mainly sent to record labels and music reviewers, but the EP received virtually no attention and would fall into irrelevance.

Despite the name, D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L does not feature death metal music, and sonically, it resembles indie rock or shoegaze,[1][4][5][6] and has inspirations from Radiohead, Nirvana, and Joy Division.

[4] Lead singer Owain Davies has dubbed the EP's sound "weeb Indietronica".

listening to it, now, track 1 is like hella lo fi shoegaze with noise panning back and forth.

The album, at the time claimed to be somewhat lost media, gained a slight cult following without the members of Panchiko knowing.

[10] The only positive review the EP received upon release was from Simon Williams, owner of London-based record label Fierce Panda.