San Antonio, TX-based substitute metal band Encounter of Anger shaped in-may of 1997 around singer Frazier, guitarist Publio Casillas, bassist Adam Martin, and drummer Dave Elias. Of their initial month of lifetime, the group documented a six-song demonstration, soon accompanied by the self-released Following a Thousands of Years; as Encounter of Anger’s local popularity continued to go up, they were agreed upon to Noise Information, issuing Faceless in middle-1999.