In 1984 Byrd and Pilot came together in Seattle to form a US-metal band. The band name was taken from a story in the Bible. A demo brings a Shrapnel contract and Fifth Angel is soon hailed as a new and important metal band. Instead of moving forward Byrd left and Mary found himself doing session work. With Macko and Bechtel now in the line-up the band got together again in 1989 and recorded an album for CBS and re-released the debut with new art and notes. The band again split up when Mary is off again. There were rumours of a reunion in late 2006 which came to naught to several members’ lack of desire.