believer was formed in early 1986 by kurt bachman and joey daub. originally starting out playing a melodic metal style they switched to thrash when "we realized that we could write thrash better than we could write anything else." believer saw their share of controversy as many christians had a problem with the fact that they wore "secular" band's t-shirts. they also did alot of shows with acts such as bolt thrower, causing more controversy. although believer became very well recieved in the "secular" world which gave ample opportunity to show people the Lord. ironic.

believer was also known for innovation. as a senior in high school, bachman met scott laird, who was a first year music instructor. when it was time to record extraction from mortality they asked laird to write and play the intro to extraction... (the song). they used violins and orchestral type arrangements. on the next two releases these elements were used and they brought in scott's sister, julianna laird, a bona fide opera singer, and combined all this with thrash. as far as i know nobody else had done that type of thing previously.

last i heard believer was working on some new material (this was about '94 or '95), not necessarily in the thrash style, however, i have not seen or heard of them since...