Norway's Fester was formed in 1989 and released two demos before signing to No Fashion and releasing Winter Of Sin. This album was also an earlier demo. This band specialized in doomy death metal.
The band then signed to Austria's Lethal and released Silence. With Lethal's vanishing act, Fester seemed to go into slumber until 2000 brought news of the band's return. Simultaneously in 2000 No Fashion re-released Silence with bonus tracks. Elsewhere Bassist Jørgen Skjolden passed away in 2000 due to an overdose.