MINOTAUR was formed back in summer of 1983 by three young musicians from Hamburg, Germany. The band decided to play really fast and aggressive Metal like bands as Slayer, Dark Angel, Possessed, etc. After a couple of line-up changes MINOTAUR entered the studio in 1986 to record their first Demo "The oath of blood".

In 1988 MINOTAUR decided to release a self financed and produced album. This LP was limited to 2.500 copies which were sold out after a few months (re-release on CD in the 90's).

Even in spite of their great success the band members decided to take a break in 1992 cuz of private and health problems. In 1993 Minotaur reformed for a short period of time to record & release the "Welcome to..." album through "Molon Lave Records". For several reasons Jörg was the only original `Taur member taking part on this album.

Since 2003 and with a little help of the world wide web and the release of all the old Minotaur demo classics as 7" singles through "To The Death Records" the band became well known pretty soon after their long time out. Minotaur began touring throughout Europe again.

Finally they recorded their long awaited comeback album "God may show you mercy...we will not" which was released on I HATE Records in March 2009 – 2016, followed by the EP “Beast of nations”