Near completion of that project fall was coming and it was early September 1999 when at a rehearsal Nick mentioned that September 15th was his birthday and we should have some big old fat grilled beef steaks to celebrate. Matt and John looked puzzled for a minute and realized that they too had the same birthday ninefifteen. Of course all of us were not born the same year and Greg did not share our good fortune. Drivers licenses were pulled out and the paradox played out to form the band ninefiftteen.

After the first CD Matt Chambers had interest in his own project and the band developed the second CD cold day in hell. With the release of cold day in hell life changed for all of us and priorities with family and work divided our way. Since that time Nick and John had worked off and on developing over 30 new riffs for the band with no singer. They had opportunities to enjoy a variety of possible singers never committing to any one in particular.  Since the recording of the Anvil with Martin Quintin , and the youtube release of the Anvil video in mid February of 2012, it has become clear that Martin might very well fill the vacant spot exceeding all expectations and energizing the band to new levels.  Martin and the band has been working on two songs , the peasant a power ballad and Black knight a grove jam of valor. The band is undertaking a wide stance with this new project the dawn of pain. It’s just not another metal band that forms into the same mold as most. With innovative thought and attention to harmony and melody you can find a cross section of poly rhythms that stand out to define old school metal meshed to a new style of song . A song structure that defies the norm and shows the possibilities of alternate time and syncopations