As teenagers, Taint formed in 1994's South Wales DIY punk/metal scene. After a string of formative demo cassettes the 'Die Die Truthspeaker' mini-album was released in 2000, on London's Household Name records.
Playing national shows with such bands as Acrimony, Avail, Boy Sets Fire, Canvas, Capdown, Cathedral, Consumed, Converge, Clutch, Earth Crisis, Hard To Swallow, Iron Monkey, Stampin' Ground, Spirit Caravan and Will Haven gave the band great experience in honing their craft of sludge-y discordances and emotionally charged outpourings.
‘Die Die Truthspeaker’ garnered the band comparisons to such diverse bands as Black Sabbath and Slint, and preceded the glut of similar bands that broke through soon after.