Being one of the main project for many other german industrial projects like Asche, Morgenstern, Synapscape, M.o.a.t.a. Omen or Templegarden's made Ars Moriendi important to the history of the Ant-Zen label. Founded in 1989 they released several tapes and vinyl recordings on Ant-Zen and the label Fich-Art run by members of the band. When they split up in 1994 the former "sideprojects" became more important to the members, but they released a "final compilation" called "Memorandum" in 1997.
In 2002 the band decided to work again together as they were still friends and most of them worked together in other projects. The concert at the Maschinenfest 2002 in Aachen was the first public appearance after the split up. The first publication in 2002 was the 7" "In Memoriam".