In the early years leading up to their first album, Overhate conquered their home region, getting on the tour circuit and firing up crowds in the principal cities of Venezuela, such as Valencia, Moron, Puerto Cabello, Margarita Island, Maturin, Puerto Ordaz, Cuidad Bolivar and even in Cali, a city in their neighboring country, Colombia. Once God in a Trench took hold, they opened for the Greek black metal gods Rotting Christ, toured Venezuela again and started receiving radio and magazine reviews throughout North and South America. Even as they gear up for the release of Relentless Is Our Strength and touring in Europe and North America, they've already expanded their international reach, mastering the album in Sydney, Australia (by Wolf Entertainment's Helmut Wolf) and performing on WOA Records' India Tour 2011. They played in Ecuador in September, 2011 and held their official release party at Caracas Corp Group Theatre in November.

Vettor assures the world that the band doesn't hate anyone, and its name, like a lot of his intensely poetic, call to action lyrics, has a touch of sarcasm behind it. "We're not pessimistic, just objective and sarcastic," he says. The band's been through a rough slew of changes over the past few years, but as the album title hints, they're stronger and more intense about their music as a result. Their previous guitarist left in 2009, and in 2010 Machado had an accident that caused three fractures to his left hand and took him five months to regain his former dexterity. When Ortega joined and took over the bass duties from Vettor (who switched to guitar, his original instrument), Overhate had to start from scratch-but were relentless in their determination to get their fiery groove back both live and in the studio.

As hard driving as Overhate is in the studio, they're even wilder onstage-an image that contrasts each member's alter-ego as they work various unrelated day jobs. Vettor is a pharmacist, Ortiz a mechanical engineer, Machado an electrical technician and Ortega a bank employee responsible for international transactions. As they say about these "day jobs" on their website, "Weird, isn't it?" Vettor says, "Overhate is definitely a band that loves live shows. Once on the Isle of Margarita in Northeastern Venezuela, we went onstage and a guy jumped in for the mic and started screaming the lyrics to our song ‘Blind War'. In Caracas, some fans showed up with our band`s name on their backs in different forms. These are really cool experiences and we hope we can keep the momentum going in other countries very soon".