The band formed in 1994 as Tormentor with the line-up of Dariusz Styczen, Jack Hiro and Maciek Zieba. A year later the name was changed to Sceptic and some personnel changes occurred. Jacek Mrozek became a new guitar player replacing Dariusz Styczen while the vocal position was taken by Arek Strawiarski. It was this lineup that recorded the band's debut demo simply titled "Demo 96" featuring the intro and five tracks. The follow-up to this tape was recorded in 1997, after Pawel Kolasa (Athropia Red Sun) joined the band on bass. "Beyond Reality" comprised eight cuts and garned some serious underground following. Unfortunately, 1998 marked the rise of differences among the members and saw the emergence of the new line-up with Jacek Hiro, Kuba Kogut, Marcin Urbas and Pawel Kolasa. The following 2-tracker featured what were perhaps the band's most representative compositions, "Die From Within" and "Interior of Life", and proved to be the turning point in their career. Following a number of positive reviews in the underground press, Sceptic signed a contract with Massive Management.

In January 1999, the band recorded their debut album "Blind Existence", which also featured the second guitarist, Czesiek Semia. Sceptic became one of the contenders to the "best debut of 1999" title, topping many of the press annual charts. The fivesome also appeared and was well received at Thrash'em All Festival '99 and Mystic Festival '99. It wasn't, however, until November 1999 that "Blind Existence" saw the light of day , thanks to Mystic Productions. Highly technical death metal and Marcin Urbas's sporting success made both the band and their music very popular . Also, good reception in the Western press, including 8.5 points out of 10 in the German rock Hard, promised to further their career. All in all, the year 1999 was rounded with several concerts in Poland, a number of interviews and the title of the most promising new band.

February 2000, marked another round of line-up changes. The band re-acquired the old drummer Maciek Zieba, but lost Marcin Urbas, who was replaced by Michal Senajko. Sceptic started writing the new material, and also performed at Thrash'em All Festival 2000, and several underground events. On September 15, the band again entered the Studio Selani to record the second album tentatively called "Lost Identity". Produced by Szymon Czech, the material contained nine tracks, including the Nocturnus cover, "Arctic Crypt". The video-clip to the "Pathetic Being" track was also produced. Soon afterwards, the album title was changed to "Pathetic Being" while the cover artwork was commissioned to and subsequently delivered by Jacek Wisniewski (Vader, Decapitated, Dies Irae, Hades). As the session concluded, Michal Senajko left the band to be replaced by Michal Skotniczny from Crionics. Sceptic are one of the most promising young bands in Poland. Their musicianship, experience, composing talents and characteristic soloing make their death metal stunningly refreshing and mind-expanding.