Abated Mass of Flesh is project that was started in 2011 by Zack Plunkett. For the first year he performed all the instruments and vocals and released an EP titled, Moth and Rust in the Temple of Putridity on July 6, 2011. In 2012, Zack hired his brother Matthew to take over Vocals and his friend Logan Hayworth to play Bass. In January 2013, Zack worked at a store and found Drummer Kade Dodson when he came in one day and commented on Zack's shirt, a T-shirt that had the name of the Brutal death metal band, Dying Fetus.