Their music has been compared to Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, and Black Sabbath,[2] and the band has cited Pentagram, Lucifer's Friend, The Sisters of Mercy, and Bauhaus as influences.

[3] Scorpion Child was formed in 2006 as an acoustic duo, consisting of Aryn Jonathan Black and guitarist Asa Savage.

They signed with the Nuclear Blast label and worked with Grammy-nominated producer Chris “Frenchie” Smith on their first two albums.

One reviewer described Scorpion Child as "a heavy-riffing behemoth that takes the current glut of guitar-slinging retro-copyists and punches them through the pavement.

In late 2018, Black and Cowart reformed the band with former guitarist Asa Savage and former drummer Shawn Alvear, plus new bassist Garth D. Condit.