Switzerland's Darkrise hailed from Lausanne and played death metal. The act was formed in 1998. The original line-up was : Yann (drums), Wils (bass), Nico (vocal & guitar) and Luc (guitar). Inaugural shows happened in the winter of 1999 and the band entered Castle Life Studio in Fribourg and recorded a six-track demo was called Slaves Of Death which was released in 2000. Things ground to a halt to allow the band members to serve in the Swiss army. A change of drummer to Steeve (who also sang for Disaster) later and the band was up and running again. Steeve left several weeks before the recording of the band's debut and the guys recorded the CD using a drum machine at Studio Full-Moon.
The CD was released by Frost Creation, a division of DeadSun Records of France. The band performed live in the summer of 2004.