Sweeping Death was founded 2012 under the name \"Order of Priority\" by vocalist Elias Witzigmann and guitarist Simon Bertl. In the beginning there was the passion to play hard music together and so the band started out as a coverband, paying their tribute to classic acts like Metallica, Motörhead and Manowar.
Soon the will to create own material was getting stronger but not all bandmembers at that time shared this same interest. With a few line up changes (Tobias Kasper on Drums/Piano since 2014, Markus Heilmeier on Guitar since 2015 and Andreas Bertl on Bass since 2016) the band was complete.
The mid of 2016 can be seen as the actual start of Sweeping Death. The name was changed and in august 2016 the band started recording their first EP \"Astoria\" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcUUIjMU2gA) including six own songs. For their first output the band was able to get a lot of reviews and a solid reputation in the german underground metal scene. The german Metal Hammer elected them \"Heroes of tomorrow\" in their april 2017 issue and the guitar magazine ratedtheir EP: \"this album is nothing less than an unbelievable strong release!\"
Sweeping Death released two music videos so far and two new music videos for the upcoming album are already planned.
Over 40 self-organized gigs were played in 2017, including support shows for well-known scene acts like Sepultura, Destruction, Dust Bold and Evil Invaders.
With their win in the metalonly contest the band could finance their new album, which was produced at the empire studios in bensheim, together with the producer Rolf Munkes (Crematory, Empire, Razor Back..).
35shows in 2018, including a mini tour through eastern europe with Night Demon and support shows for Loudness (JPN), Skull Fist (CAN) and Striker (CAN).
