[1] Formed in 2012 by N. and W., to escape the musical boundaries they had drawn in their former bands Northward and White Oak, Laster immediately drew attention by writing and recording their first demo, Wijsgeer & Narreman, within one day.

As a three-piece, Laster started playing shows throughout the northwest of Europe whilst writing and recording De verste verte is hier, their first full-length album.

The British Terrorizer acclaimed it album of the month due to a "surpassing [of] all expectations and growing into a magnificent, untameable beast.

The 36-page art-book version of this release also contains their previously unreleased Stadsluik EP, extended artworks, and an experimental short story named An introspection.

Having made their name as an original and genre-bending band, N. S. and W. were asked among others from the new wave of Dutch experimental black metal acts to partake in the Maalstroom collaboration for the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival.