Originally from Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, the quintet was formed with the intention of recording a trilogy of albums, entitled The Warren of Snares, based on an interpretation of the mythology present within the 1972 novel Watership Down by Richard Adams.
The band presents their political and social ideology, which includes references to animal rights (they were all vegans)[3] and deeply-held atheism; they also attack humanity's destructive habits, while analyzing their relationship with religion and fight against tyranny.
The second album, Elil (in lapine language, "the thousand", referring collectively to all the multiple enemies of rabbits), released the following year, is divided into 3 songs, all of them over 20 minutes.
The music moves through post-rock/post-metal passages and a slower more brooding melodic crust, expressing a bleak melancholic atmosphere, progressively taking inspiration from doom-metal.
The story begins with this record, a society on the brink of self-destruction, a maniacal ruler wielding theocratic ideology, oppressing and abusing, offering nothing in the face of a much greater threat, the encroachment of humanity upon their land.
In addition to the trilogy they have also produced 3 EPs: A split with Down to Agony (2007), Tharn (a collaboration with Paper Aeroplane) (2008), and The Burial (2009), and a DVD with footage of their only U.S. tour, their final show at Westhill Hall in Brighton, UK on 5 December 2009, and photographs and artwork (non-audio).