Out of the Ashes of the Berlin Underground Band Mortal Viruz, Spawn was formed by Matt (vox), Olli (guitars), No. (drums) and Chrille (bass) in 1998, A year later the demo- CD “Headhunter” was released. Early 2000, Hardy (Ex- Nuclear Tribunal) joined the band as guitar player and Chrille (bass) left Spawn in August 2001. He was replaced by Fux and the Promo- CD “Veritas” was released. Finally the last member of the present Line- Up bass player Alf joined Spawn in 2001.
The recording of the debut album “Systems Full Of Victims”, which was released by Bruchstein records, began immediately and the next step towards Spawn´s concrete idea of Death Metal was taken. The album was presented live at the"Fuck The Commerce IV" Open Air concert in Neiden, Germany, where Spawn gained lots of attention for their musical direction:Deep growls, a wall of guitars and an incredible battery were kind of an astonishing Death Metal assault.
This lead directly to the “Blasphemy And Violence” Tour with Krisiun and Damnation in Germany 2001, where Spawn improved their Show and took it to the level it has nowadays.
After several single Shows Spawn recorded the Split- Ep “Hybrid Manifestation” with Berlin´s Harmony Dies in February 2002, which was another musical progression for the band.
In April 2002 Spawn toured again for four weeks in Europe, celebrating “The Art Of Sickness” together with Cryptopsy, Haemorrhage and Profanity; another big success for Spawn.
Alf split with the band in oct 2003. The next replacement is not worth to mentioned it here. But then, SPAWN found the right girl! Janice claimed the bass position. Finally a next solid line-up was build.
Now finally the songwriting for new material is finished and Spawn recorded their most devestating output “Human Toxin” which was released in dec. 2004. “Human Toxin” is another intense Death Metal statement of Spawn without any compromises and you should expect nothing but a massive slap in your face again! Lots of good reviews declared that SPAWN did it well. After some deep grinding club gigs, Spawn will enter the stage of With Full Force Festival in summer 05. After supporting Arch Enemy / Trivium in Berlin the band rejected itself writing the final chapters for next output.
Time goes by and Hardy left the band in Oktober 06, he was replaced by Dirk ( ex-Postmortem, ex-Enslaved ).
Fresh ideas, the will to kill and the chance to rewrite the songs lead into the best lineup SPAWN ever had.
In 2007 SPAWN concentrated all their time into the writing process and did not play on stage this year.
This time is over now ! With new material SPAWN will finally record the next album and enter the stages.
DiscograpHy
Mortal Viruz
Demo `Abigothismania` /April 1998
Demo `Sphere of Influence` /October 1998
SPAWN
Demo CD
`Headhunter`/ June 1999
CD´Systems Full of Victims´/ May 2001 on Bruchstein Records
Promo ´Veritas` / Aug 2000
Split EP with Harmony Dies´Hybrid Manifestion´ / Feb 2002 on Poserslaughter Records
CD ´Human Toxin´ / Dec 2004 on Morbid Records