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Bait is a beast that really isn’t in any hurry. It first crawled in it’s embryonic form from the twisted wreckage that was the corpse of recently deceased UK crustpunks DEVIATED INSTINCT in the early 90’s. Bait had initially been created as a side project by ex Deviated Instinct members Mid (guitar and vocals) and Snapa (bass) who along with various other schemers sporadically got together to make some downtuned, sample laden cold and nihilistic noise.

Sometimes for years at a time the beast lay dormant as other bands and commitments took precedent. Over time though the bands disintegrated and the two original co-conspirators found themselves once again marching beneath the tattered Bait banner. As the end of the millennium approached they found themselves turning full circle and working from a similar punk/hardcore/metal blueprint that had fired Deviated Instinct’s rusted engines – albeit with a modern edge. Working as primarily a studio-based project with programmed dr...