Announced in October of 2005 with a promotional EP 'Swine Of The Times', Oakland, California's SANGRE ETERNA notably included SACRILEGE B.C., GRINCH and THE UNCALLED FOUR bassist Sean Smithson and the MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT, GRINCH, KONKHRA and VERBAL ABUSE credited drummer Chris Kontos.

Guitarist Ryo Shibata returned to Japan in February 2006. The band drafted Craig Locicero, of FORBIDDEN, MANMADE GOD and SPIRALARMS repute as stand-in guitar player for live work.