Hämeenlinna Death / Thrash act DEAD SAMARITAN, mentored by 20/20 VISION, SHARPEVILLE and AGUSTA BELLS guitarist Marko Saarinen, started out under a formative title of THE BEAUTY OF DYING. In the beginning of 2001 the band was built up with the incorporation of singer Pasi Lehtinen, BLASHEMIA, JALOSTAMO and ARCADIAN drummer Janne "Homicide" Honkanen with the SHARPEVILLE credited Marcus Moberg on bass. Some six months later Teemu Raunio, of WITHERED GARDEN, was added on second guitar.

In September of 2001 THE BEAUTY OF DYING cut their debut, three song demo 'First Kill'. Their inaugural concert would be held at the Lahti 'Hellbound 3' event on 8th March 2002 sharing the stage with MUSTAN KUUN LAPSET, BEFORE THE DAWN, GLORIA MORTI, NOWEN and FUNERIS NOCTURNUM. Following this gig the band, drafting Jussi Leppänen to replace Raunio, adopted the DEAD SAMARITAN title. A promotional session entitled 'Dark Matter' was laid down in January of 2003. The demo 'Bone Hill Revelation', limited to 200 copies, was issued in July 2004.

Guitarist Jussi Leppänen exited in 2005.