The Firstborn’s roots go back to 1995, when the band formed – under the monicker Firstborn Evil – and recorded their very first song for a sampler CD entitled «Southern Assault Vol. 1». The demo-tape «Awakening Of Evil» follows a year later, as well as a participation in the (in)famous underground compilation «Sometimes... Death Is Better» (released through now defunct Dutch indie Shiver Records in 1997). Gathering momentum, «Rebirth of Evil» hits the shelves shortly. Originally intended as a re-release of the 1996 demo, eventually the group decides to record eight songs and the debut album takes form. By the turn of the century the band decides to shorten their name for the release of their sophomore full-length, «... From the Past Yet to Come» released in 2000. Incredibly intense live shows and a strong will to break the chains that kept them under the black metal tag sets The Firstborn as one of the most interesting and groundbreaking projects coming out of the Portuguese scene. After four years of silence and intense writing, «The Unclenching Of Fists» – a concept album based on the Tibetan “Book Of The Dead” – is finally recorded and released in 2005. Its thirteen songs represent a dramatic shift in both style and content for the band, digging even deeper into their own personalities. The record gets excellent reviews and, among other things, was voted the best Portuguese album of the year in the national leading metal mag, Loud!. Regardless of all the good press, distribution wasn’t up to par and the album remained an obscure underground classic.