Deuteronomium

death metal

Deuteronomium history in short: 1993 The band is founded by Manu Lehtinen and his brother Jarno Lehtinen. Very soon Miika Partala joined them and eventually Tapio Laakso completed the lineup as a fourth member. Deuteronomium played its very first show with this lineup and recorded their first demo Paths of Righteousness. 1994 It was either in the late 1993 or early 1994 when Tapio deciced to leave the band and Kalle Paju replaced him. Year 1994 was very difficult for the band. They lost their rehearsal place and everyone was quite fed up with the situation so the band was buried for a while. 1995 Manu, Jarno and Miika decided to put the band back together and they recorded the second demo Crosshope. 1996 Crosshope demo released. Deuteronomium played a few shows with new guitarist Jari Mantour and session drummer Johnny Pesonen. Jari left the band and the rest of the guys played a few shows. At the end of 1996 they recorded their first EP Tribal Eagle. 1997 Tribal Eagle is released and the feedback was very positive. J-J Kontoniemi joins the band and at the same time Kalle Paju re-joins. Deuteronomium plays many shows and rehearses material for their debute album. 1998 Street Corner Queen, Deuteronomium's first album, is released and people either loved it or hated it. Anyhow, it was a success and many more people became aware of the band. Deuteronomium played many shows and rehearsed new material. 1999 The release year of To Die and Gain -single and Here to Stay -album...