Pacific Northwest-based metal project IMAGINAERUS is headed in its entirety by Mikhail Thorne, who has been an independent artist under various names since 2009. The project started in Amarillo, Texas and continued to produce music until a medical hiatus as of 2016. However, IMAGINAERUS has returned with the announcement of a new single, THE TURNING OF SEPHIRIA, and a new EP titled OBITUARY, releasing late 2022.