Crystal Lake was formed in 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. The demo "Freewill" was released in February in time for the show in Korea which they were invited to by Gmc Records. A second demo "One Word Changes Everything" came out in July, and a self-released 4 track EP, also entitled "Freewill" was released in September, 1000 copies were made and sold. September 2003 also saw Crystal Lake play 5 shows with Day Of Contempt.
On March to June, 2004 they toured with Loyal To The Grave and Extinguish The Fire. This tour later saw the release of a 3way split CD and DVD.
In 2005 the band released a split CD[1] with Risen and Unboy.On September 7, 2015, Crystal Lake announced they had signed to Artery Recordings in America and JPU Records in the UK and Europe and would be releasing their following album The Sign on these labels.