Excess was founded in the summer of 1988 and after a short time the first line-up was formed with Harald Heine (bass, vocals), Thorsten "Smog" Aschenbrenner (guitar) and Markus Jüllich (drums). The guitarist of Sudden Darkness recorded the first Excess demo 'Torment Of Death' which was met with acclaim. Reinforced with singer Clausi (later active with the band Blood) and with a change on the drums, they offered a real quantum leap, but without leaving the simply kept mix of death, thrash and in places doom, before renaming to Malignity. This LP has all their recordings, including a live track.