Umbra Vitae was conceived during Wear Your Wounds rehearsals. With all members having roots in heavy music, the band would often warm up playing aggressive riffs. Jacob Bannon (Converge, Wear Your Wounds, Blood From The Soul), Mike Mckenzie (The Red Chord, Wear Your Wounds, Stomach Earth), and Sean Martin (Wear Your Wounds, Twitching Tongues, ex-Hatebreed) soon recruited Greg Weeks (The Red Chord, Labor Hex), and Jon Rice (Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Job For A Cowboy) for the rhythm section and a new band was born.

Source: Official website