History

Christ Aborted In Nativity (aka C.A.I.N.) was formed in September 2000 by vocalist Quinton Gardner and guitarist Nate Satkewich. Previously, Gardner was in a gothic outfit while Satkewich played in a thrashing power metal quartet. However, their vision for Christ Aborted was remarkably simple: To form a death and black metal crossover band that maintained clarity and definition no matter how heavy or complex the individual parts became. After approximately a month of writing and arranging songs, it was decided that a bass player and drummer were needed to take the band to its next phase.

Enter drummer Dan Brunnemer and bassist Jon Dilks. Brunnemer was a highly touted session player in the area and Dilks was the mastermind of Kinma, another local death metal band. When the two were invited to jam with Gardner and Satkewich, undeniable chemistry and magic were felt by the band's originators - so much that the two were asked to join immediately. With a full four-piece line up, Christ Aborted began to rehearse material and write new songs.

Following several months full of practice sessions, both as a band and on the individual level, Christ Aborted played their first show on February 17th, 2001. The set included immediate crowd pleasers such as 'Imprisoned in Flesh' and '...Of Razor Blades and Membranes'. After the band's second performance the following weekend (at which they played before a much larger audience), Christ Aborted decided to add a keyboard player in order to beef up their sound. Immediately, thoughts turned to Tommy Soden, whose ambient/experimental set had served as filler before the band's first show. Tommy was invited to attend a practice session and he quickly picked up the material, improvising parts while setting others in stone. The rest of the band, quite pleased by the new dimension added to their music by the keyboard, quickly whipped up a four-track recording of several of their songs for Tommy to play along with on his own. Just days after his first practice session, Tommy played with the band at their third show.

Over the course of the next several months, the band continued to perform regularly - even performing an acoustic set during a blizzard-induced power outage. Over this time the band developed a significant following, particularly among other bands of the local music scene; members of Dub