They displayed a strong do-it-yourself attitude and work ethic from the start, touring across the entire United States four times and issuing self-released EPs in 2001 and 2002, the second of which was produced by Eddy Garcia of Pissing Razors.
The band entered the studio to record their debut album, Route 666 (mixed by James Murphy of Testament, Death and Obituary fame), which was released in April of that year.
[5] Their second release, Behind Eyes of Hatred (2004)[6] featured guest performances by Matt Thompson (King Diamond) and James Murphy (guitarist) (Death, Testament, Obituary).
In support of Behind Eyes of Hatred, the band ventured across the US and Canada with Amorphis, Into Eternity and Beyond the Embrace in March 2005[7] and also released its second music video for the song "Hollowed Out" (filmed and produced by Jay Bones).
[8] After a series of lineup changes, a brief period of record label negotiations, and spending nearly two years writing material for what would become their third album; On Broken Wings was finally completed in 2007.
However, in the spring of 2008 due to various internal and external struggles, founding member Matt DiFabio decided to call it quits and put SBT to rest.
[11] During the downtime, DiFabio had written songs for what would become the band's fourth full-length album, aptly titled IV, which was released in 2011 on the newly emerged Goomba Music.
[15] A highlight track from IV is "The Auctioneer", a ten-minute instrumental featuring 18 guest guitar solos from 14 well-known metal guitarists, including Tim Roth (Into Eternity), Jeff Loomis (Nevermore), Pete Blakk (King Diamond, Disasterpeace), John Perez (Solitude Aeturnus), Mark Simpson (Flotsam and Jetsam), Jack Frost (Seven Witches, Savatage), Rob Doherty (Into Eternity), Riggs (Rob Zombie, Scum of the Earth), Curran Murphy (Annihilator, Nevermore), James Murphy (guitarist) (Testament, Death), Metal Mike Chlasciak (Sebastian Bach, Halford), Attila Voras (Nevermore, Leander), Carlos Alvarez (Shadowdance), and John Ruszin III (Carfax Abbey).