claimed to have found it to be a fraud. In the mid 1990s, Martinez left the Christian faith, telling HM that he was a committed atheist in 1997. There were rumors at this time that it is possible that he was never a Christian and was putting on a performance. Today, Martinez has obtained rights to the band name for future projects. According to Scott Waters and Steve Rowe, Martinez began to make tapes counteracting the tapes he made during his Christian career. He created a website that renounced his previous output and posted articles portraying Christian leaders in a negative light. Martinez then began making death threats to individuals he claimed "stabbed him in the back", which included friend Steve Rowe of Mortification, a band Martinez helped get their first record contract. Although he has stated that he was working on an album to be released under the name "Vengeance Rising" with more of an anti-Christian, Satanic Atheism theme, the album, reportedly titled Realms of Blasphemy, has never been released. The album had a strong satanic and anti-Christian theme, sporting titles such as: "Synagogues for Satan" and "Blaspheme the Holy Ghost". Vocalist Scott Waters of Ultimatum and Once Dead stated on his metal music review website that He also claims that Martinez only kept the name of Vengeance Rising because of "continued curiosity from metal fans and Christians alike". In 2007, Shannon Frye did an interview where they mentioned his time in Vengeance. He stated After the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred, Martinez offered free albums from his website for military personnel to encourage a "holy war against Christians". Former fans and critics believe this to be an attack on former bandmates and Christianity, due to the straining situation of debt that he was left with when band members departed after the "Once Dead Tour". However, the former band members - Farkas, Thieme, Martin and Mancaruso - spoke out against the claims that Martinez put out. Martinez stated that the four of them had stolen from him. Despite this, the four of them stated that they never stole equipment and that he took all responsibility for the debts of Vengeance, which he agreed to. This was covered in an issue of Heaven's Metal Magazine, with Doug Van Pelt interviewing all of them. Former founding members of Vengeance Rising along with Ultimatum vocalist Scott Waters reformed in 2004 to play