In 1987, Alik Granovsky, Andrey Bolshakov, Kirill Pokrovsky, and Igor Molchanov left the heavy metal band Aria, due to their conflict with the producer Victor Vekshtein.

Vocalist Mikhail Seryshev and guitarist Sergey Popov joined them to play live concerts.

The second album showcased this change, featuring hard aggressive riffs and fast tempos.

The next two albums with English lyrics continued in a traditional thrash metal style.

The following album Songs of the Dead turned out to have a more modern, groove metal sound, and the band returned to Russian as the language of their lyrics.