DEADLOCK was founded in summer '97, when Sergei Bostandjan and Andreas Uko jammed at a quiet afternoon and decided to form a metal band. Short time after they began to search for musicians to join the project.

With Genadz Batsyan on the bass guitar the first three man line-up was set. By the end of October the name DEADLOCK was chosen to mark a new brutal era in metal history.

The line-up was complete for the first time, when Markus Keller joined the band in November '97.

The first change on the bass guitar came in early '98, when Genadz Batsyan unexpectedly left the band. Bernhard Moser, a bass guitarist from Sergei Bostandjan's former project NEGATOR, took his place.

The second change on the bass guitar happened by the end of '99, when Bernhard Moser left the band because of musical differences. Johannes Hug took his place and ended the search for a complete line-up.

DEADLOCK recorded their first Demo-CD in November 2000 at the Mystic Vision Studios in Vienna. Featuring four tracks with a total length of 20 minutes it set a new record in the band's history.

Source : Official Website