SOULBENDER, formulated in Seattle, Washington during 2004, is a side project of QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton, featuring ex-MY SISTER'S MACHINE singer Nick Pollock, erstwhile TIN PAN and FALLEN ANGEL guitarist Dave Groves, bassist Chuck Miller, of PEACE AND SILENCE and DR. UNKNOWN, plus former ASSAULT and FALLEN ANGEL drummer Wes Hallam. An eponymous album arrived in 2004.

For a batch of January 2007 shows SOULBLENDER employed the services of NEVERMORE drummer Van Williams.