[1][2] The band's musical style has been described as consisting of "sweeping keyboard orchestrations, chugging riffs, blinding guitar solos, frantic rhythms, and soaring vocals".
[4] Following the band’s inception, the founding members began composing original music and searching for additional musicians.
By 2007, the band’s lineup had been completed with the acquisition of guitarist Gunsen, vocalist Simon Kostro, keyboardist Slavomir Belak, and drummer Kamil Ruth.
[5] 2008 saw the independent release of a 4-track demo CD entitled The Beginning to positive reviews from the international metal world.
[1][4] As a pre-album release, in the same year 2009, Pathfinder independently published a power metal cover of Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow via their YouTube channel.
Throughout late May and early June, Pathfinder continued to release the tracks from Fifth Element for free through their YouTube channel.
My main quarrel is with the overly long instrumental sections that the band is fond of incorporating in their songs; most end up sounding dull and stray too far from the main portions of the song in question" and also noted that the band's musical style "isn’t a very original one when considering its individual parts," though "it’s remarkable that multiple styles of power metal are pulled off while still retaining Pathfinder’s signature symphonic sound".