The Quintessentials was founded in 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii, by Les Hernandez, formerly of The Catalogs and Crawling Chaos. They released their first full-length album, "The Horror Never Ends...", in 2001, followed by their second, "Pentagonal Revisionism", in 2004. In 2005 The Quintessentials released their third full-length album, "Legends from the Grave," then released "Sarah Alice is DEAD!" in 2011.

The album covers for both "Pentagonal Revisionism" and "Legends from the Grave" were featured in the History Channel documentary, "Hell: the Devil's Domain".

The Quintessentials have appeared on numerous compilations from Hawaiian Express Records, "The Horror of it All, Volumes 2 & 3" (World Horror Network), "The Black House: a Tribute to Anton S. LaVey" (Black House Tribute Records), etc.

In 2006 The Quintessentials relocated from Hawaii to Portland, Oregon, where they continue to melt faces off with their atomic sonic fire from Hell. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.