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TEUTONIC has been formed in 1991 as TEUTONIC CRUELTY by Ventor (guitars), Lothar (drums/voc), Holger (bass/voc) and Volker (guitars). In 1994 the band changed their name into TEUTONIC and two members, Holger and Volker, were replaced by Wersi (guitars), Benny (vocals) and Roland (bass). Roland left the band in 1995 and Benny took over the bass. In late 1996 the band broke up due to to internal problems.During that time and even before Wersi, Benny, Roland and later on Ventor were active in another band called Himmelfarth (formed in 1989). Himmelfarth had a cult following amongst the local people! The band split up in ´98 due to the same reasons, after recording a debut CD!
TEUTONIC has been finally reformed in August of 1999 by Wersi (guitars, now vocals as well), Ventor (lead guitar), Stef (bass) and Lothar (drums). After months of searching for a real Metal vocalist Wersi took over the vocals and delivered a real deadly voice! The old songs that have been written during the first period of the band, such as "Death Machinery", "Path of Fear" or "Throat Cut" have been slightly revised and work has began on new tracks, including "Slaves of Hate", "Victory" and our hymn "Metal Forever!".
August 2000 finally saw the band playing their first gig and got the chance to play with American brothers of Slough Feg and UK brothers of Solstice! Two more gigs followed until the end of the year!
In the beginning of 2001 the struggle for a vocalist finally had an end and so Mark Phantom joined on 16th of January as the new vocalist! A true Heavy Metal vocalist that has been in bands since over 10 years!
TEUTONIC finally entered the studio in May/June 2001 in order to record their debut MCD! Featuring 5 of their newest tracks plus intro in almost half an hour of pure Metal power!
In November 2001 longtime guitarrist Wersi decided to put and end to his musical career and left TEUTONIC! Bassist Stef changed to guitar (since he´s been playing guitar previous to TEUTONIC) and they found a new session bassist named Daniel!