believer was also known for innovation. as a senior in high school, bachman met scott laird, who was a first year music instructor. when it was time to record extraction from mortality they asked laird to write and play the intro to extraction... (the song). they used violins and orchestral type arrangements. on the next two releases these elements were used and they brought in scott's sister, julianna laird, a bona fide opera singer, and combined all this with thrash. as far as i know nobody else had done that type of thing previously.
last i heard believer was working on some new material (this was about '94 or '95), not necessarily in the thrash style, however, i have not seen or heard of them since...
