1993 Deuteronomium was founded in Jyväskylä by brothers Manu and Jarno Lehtinen. Tapio Laakso came to the band by following the ad in a Finnish magazine MusicMission, and soon after that Miika Partala also joined the band. So, formed in 1993, Deuteronomium is one of the oldest Christian metal bands in Finland. They recorded "Paths of Righteousness" -demo the same year. 1994-1996 The band lost their training facilities and that seemed to be the end for the band.. No! in 1996 came out "Crosshope"-demo, which proved that there still is something going on under the name Deuteronomium! This is where the way to success begins! 1997 CD-EP "Tribal Eagle" was recorded in June '97 with Manu, Miika and a session drummer Johnny Pesonen, since Jarno had to move because of his studies. Soon after the release of "Tribal Eagle" J-J Kontoniemi joined as a permanent drummer and Kalle Paju came to play the second guitar. Kalle had previously worked as a mixer on gigs. 1998 During the winter D made gigs around Finland and also thought of making a full-length CD. Decision was even easier as Manu and Miika started a record company called "Little Rose Productions". "Street Corner Queen" saw daylight in May 20. Deuteronomium got a honorary mention as they participated Gospel music competition, which was a month before the release of SCQ. 1999 Deuteronomium made 16 gigs this year, two of which in Holland! And played with great bands like Mortification and Sentenced (a secular Finnish metal band) etc. For Sentenced fans it was hard to believe that these guys are Christian, I mean before the speeches :) In 1999 they recorded "To Die and Gain" -single to support their second full-length "Here to Stay". Later same year they released a special edition of "Street Corner Queen", which as bonus tracks had all songs off "Tribal Eagle" and a cover version of "Red River", the old One Bad Pig hit! In November Deuteronomium played in "Alternatiivipommisuoja", Maata Näkyvissä Festival's alternative/metal section with bands like Jacks of All Trades and Jumpin' China. Maata Näkyvissä is said to be the biggest Christian music happening in the Northern lands with over 10,000 visitors every year. 2000 Deuteronomium's first school gigs were played in Seinäjoki the 17th of March, In the day there were two gigs and in the evening was the main gig together with Hallowed supporting them and Päivi Niemi having a speech in the middle, letting guys have a little rest. :) That was the last gig they played in Finland; they still played the long-ago scheduled gig in Bobfest and did the mini-tour in Central Europe and Norway. At that point Miika and J-J had made the decision of leaving the band, but they still were kind enough to help with these last gigs. 2001: APRiL 27 This was a hard day for all of us; Deuteronomium announced to stop the search for new members to fill the space Miika and J-J had left. Here's the obituary from the official site: You were our beloved child. You were a big part of our life. We spent very special times together. We shared the vision of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ for this lost world. We shared the passion of playing loud tractor pulling death'n roll for God's sake! You gave us many great moments. Now is the time to let you go. You have reached the end of your path. You will always live in our memories. Farewell, our child. Rest in peace. with love, all the past and present members of Deuteronomium Deuteronomium is dead. Long live Deuteronomium!
Taken from http://mfinnil.tripod.com/deu/
- All right, DEUTERONOMIUM was started back in 1993 by me doing bass and vocals and my brother Jarno playing the drums. When Miika Partala joined us as guitarist, the musical journey of DEUTERONOMIUM begun. Soon the lineup was completed by another guitarist Tapio Laakso. Our musical style used to be very fast death metal/ grindcore, heavily influenced by bands like MORTIFICATION, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CARCASS etc. We recorded our first demo tape "Paths Of Righteousness" in late '93 and played a couple of gigs also. In spring '94 we lost our rehearsal place and that killed the band for almost two years, until in the beginning of '96 DEUTERONOMIUM rose from the dead, releasing a new demo titled "Crosshope". At that time the lineup consisted of Miika and me. My brother had to leave the band due to his studies in another city in Finland, and we played a few gigs with a session drummer. Some other changes in lineup also took place at those days. We went to studio again in early '97 with plans to record a promo tape, which, however, ended up sounding so good that we decided to release it as a mini-CD. The release, entitled "Tribal Eagle" saw the daylight in June '97. Shortly after that we found a full-time drummer J-J Kontoniemi, and during the next winter the lineup had it's last addition this far, when another guitarist Kalle Paju, who had been in the band for a few months in the early days, re-joined the band. Since that we have been playing quite a few gigs and have released two full albums, "Street Corner Queen" in '98 and "Here To Stay" in '99. We also released a CD-single "... To Die And Gain" to support the new album. During this year we've played our biggest gigs this far: in February we played as a support act for SENTENCED, and in June we played two gigs in Holland, which of one with Australian metal masters Mortification. In early July we played with them again, this time in Finland. Well, then Little Rose Productions... the company was started in March '98 by me and Miika. I'd been dreaming about importing and selling quality Christian metal and other hard music in Finland for years, and Miika had had a dream about a metal label for years, too. Sometime in late '97 we just started chatting about our dreams and after a while we thought, "why not combine our dreams?" and so Little Rose was born. During the first 16 months we have released 5 full albums plus a new printing of the "Tribal Eagle"-EP and also the CD-single by DEUTERONOMIUM. We have 4 bands in our roster; namely DEUTERONOMIUM, LAMENT (melodic death metal from Mexico, formerly on Rowe Productions), IMMORTAL SOULS (melodic death metal in veins of IN FLAMES and Taneli Jarva-era SENTENCED) and MORDECAI (atmospheric and melodic black metal). We plan to put out 2 or 3 releases on Little Rose during the '99 and a couple more in early 2000. We also have just started a new HC/punk sidelabel, Bullroser Records, that will release 1 or 2 CDs this year. Besides publishing records, Little Rose is selling Christian metal, hardcore and punk, as well as some other alternative music by mailorder (catalog, website) and from our own little store. Plus that we distribute our own releases and also some other label's stuff in Finland. We also make graphic designs like album cover layouts, band logos, posters, brochures etc.
Taken From http://www.rusmetal.ru/vae_solis/deuteronomium.htm