Fiendish is the first album released by composer Phideaux Xavier.

(Their previous album Friction isn't considered official by the band.)

In 2002, Phideaux began to work with Gabriel Moffat on a series of new demos.

He got back together with drummer Rich Hutchins and recorded songs for what would become the album Fiendish.

The longest track, "Soundblast," took its lyrics from a leaflet dropped over Japan shortly after the detonation of the Little Boy atomic bomb at Hiroshima.