Ralph "Rat" Tillman and Max "Tuck" McDonald soon joined and changed the name to Tyrant and then later to Wrathchild.
[2] The band amended their name by adding America, and Climbin' the Walls, finally released in August 1989,[3] peaked at No.
[4][5] Their second album, 3-D (1991), coincided with the decline of the thrash metal scene and did not chart, although it did spawn two music videos that received regular airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball ("Spy" and "Surrounded by Idiots").
[1][6] Around 1992, Wrathchild America was dropped from Atlantic Records, and changed its name to Souls at Zero and revamped its style and approach.
The group's musical style is said to be a blend of Leger's biggest influences: doom, old Voivod and Italian horror soundtracks (Goblin, Fabio Frizzi).
In a June 2021 interview on the Somewhere in Time podcast, vocalist and bassist Brad Divens revealed that, during the band's near-reunion in 2017, plans were made to play at least one show at the reopening of the Hammerjack's club, but were ultimately scrapped because of scheduling conflicts, particularly including drummer Shannon Larkin's commitments with Godsmack.