Held In Scorn was formed in the late Spring of 2003 by Derrick and Ray. Soon Philip joined the band and took over bass duties. At the time, Mike Butler of ex-DeadEyedStare and Mike Chavez of ex-Lythic were members of the band. Butler was on Lead Guitar and Chavez was on Drums. Shortly, both Mikes departed from Held In Scorn with musical differences. With short time , Matt joined for Guitar and then later came Hobart for Drums.