Decahedron

Decahedron emerged in 2002 from the dissolution of the band Frodus, with founding members Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher seeking to continue their musical collaboration. Initially, they enlisted Joe Lally, bassist for Fugazi, to join them. Unsure of the project's long-term potential, the band's direction began to solidify when Hamacher departed for a three-month excursion to Eastern Europe and Turkey in February 2002, after recording initial drum tracks. During his travels, Cinca and Lally developed songs based on these recordings, realizing the project held significant creative promise beyond a casual endeavor. Hamacher, from the Syrian plains, proposed the band name "The Black Sea."

In July of that year, under the moniker The Black Sea, the trio recorded three songs, which were later released as an EP on Lovitt Records. Following an extended break, the band reconvened in America and recorded a substantial amount of material. They had largely completed their debut full-length album, DISCONNECTION_IMMINENT, when they received legal notifications stating that the band name "The Black Sea" was protected under ASCAP, threatening legal action if they did not change it.