Attempting to stray from the over-exposed trends that plagued Cincinnati, Ohio's music scene, guitarist Chris Towning and drummer Joey Ray created Suffocate Faster in the fall of 2001. With pride in the straight-edge lifestyle Suffocate Faster sought to create music far more aggressive than what was heard on radio and television. On April 20, 2004 the band released its first full length album, "Only Time Will Tell." The album caught the attention of many and showed the world Suffocate Faster was here to be heard.

From May to November of 2004 Suffocate Faster did just that, playing all over the U.S. and sharing the stage with acts such as Hatebreed, Atreyu and Between the Buried and Me. Suffocate Faster was also featured on the Kevin Lyman Says Stage on the 2004 Vans Warped tour.