DETRIMENTIUM comprises vocalist / bassist Eddie Ruffles, of INFECTED DISARRAY, guitarists Paul Wilkinson and Jon Butlin with Jon Rushforth, of GOREROTTED, BRUTAL INSANITY and INFECTED DISARRAY, on drums. The band was formed in 1996 under the name ZARATHUSTRA. A debut EP, entitled 'A Monument To Suffering', emerged in 1999 through Grindethic Records. Full-length album 'Embracing This Deformity' saw release in 2007.

Paul Wilkinson joined German act SAMSAS TRAUM in 2007.