On a summer festival in Sweden, Johannes Andersson and Mikael Pettersson comes up with the idea to start a band in the veins of Autopsy and Repulsion in order to play old school Death Metal as straight forward and brutal it should be played. They engage guitarist and songwriter Jonathan Hultén and the name "Stench" is taken to represent the raw and unpretentious intentions.

With this insight, the first song "Reborn In Morbidity" comes out of nowhere and paves the way for a new musical direction; just as raw as it was intended from the beginning but faster and more furious, yet with a distinctive eerie atmosphere.

In April four song are written and Stench enters Hvergelmer studios together with Olof Wikstrand. With the new material in their hands, Stench establishes contact Soulseller Records and takes part in the compilation Resurrected In Festering Slime.

Stench recruits Seb and Anton (Necrovation) as livemembers and carries through an intense first live performance at the RIFS-fest Kafé 44, Stockholm.

Stench stops negotiating with Soulseller about a future cooperation, and comes in contact with Agonia Records.