N'afọ 1994, ndị guitarist Mark Morton na Matt Conner, bassist John Campbell na drummer Chris Adler malitere otu ìgwè a na-akpọ Burn the Priest. Ndị òtù ìgwè ahụ maara ibe ha site na kọleji ha niile na-aga, Virginia Commonwealth University, na Richmond, Virginia. Morton na Conner hapụrụ ìgwè ahụ n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe e guzobere ya iji nweta akara ugo mmụta ma rụọ ọrụ na ìgwè ndị ọzọ. Adler na Campbell dochie Morton na Abe Spear. N'ime afọ ise sochirinụ, ìgwè ahụ na-eme na Richmond na gburugburu Virginia. Na 1995, ìgwè ahụ wepụtara demo mbụ ya.
Afọ 1995