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1993 The band is founded by Manu Lehtinen and his brother Jarno Lehtinen. Very soon Miika Partala joined them and eventually Tapio Laakso completed the lineup as a fourth member. Deuteronomium played its very first show with this lineup and recorded their first demo "Paths of Righteousness".
1994 It was either in the late 1993 or early 1994 when Tapio deciced to leave the band and Kalle Paju replaced him. Year 1994 was very difficult for the band. They lost their rehearsal place and everyone was quite fed up with the situation so the band was buried for a while.
1995 Manu, Jarno and Miika decided to put the band back together and they recorded the second demo "Crosshope".
1996 "Crosshope" demo released. Deuteronomium played a few shows with new guitarist Jari Mantour and session drummer Johnny Pesonen. Jari left the band and the rest of the guys played a few shows. At the end of 1996 they recorded their first EP "Tribal Eagle".
1997 "Tribal Eagle" is released and the feedback was very positive. J-J Kontoniemi joins the band and at the same time Kalle Paju re-joins. Deuteronomium plays many shows and rehearses material for their debute album.
1998 "Street Corner Queen", Deuteronomium's first album, is released and people either loved it or hated it. Anyhow, it was a success and many more people became aware of the band. Deuteronomium played many shows and rehearsed new material.
1999 The release year of "To Die and Gain" -single and "Here to Stay" -album. And again the feedback was either positive or negative. Many didn't like the change in music style but it also gave the band new fans.
Deuteronomium played their first concerts in other countries. They spent one week in Holland and played two shows there, plus many more in Finland.
Cover version of One Bad Pig's "Red River" was recorded and a digipack re-release of Street Corner Queen (which included "Red River" and brand new artwork) was released.
The band had difficulties again. There were disagreements in certain things. It caused pressure, and eventually...
2000 ...Miika Partala decided to leave the band, which was a shock to everyone. The band was in a really difficult situation. It would have been nearly impossible to find anyone like him. Six months later J-J Kontoniemi decided to leave. Both of the guys were very kind and played all the remaining shows with the band. Great shows in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Holland and Germany.
Markus Vainionpää wins the air guitar world championships, the song was "Crosshope".
2001 The band is officially split up.
2006 In June, Deuteronomium plays one live show at OHM-Fest '06.
2007 Deuteronomium is back!
The band played a couple of shows here and there and released "Spelled Alive" DVD.
2008 Band signed a record deal with Bullroser Records and entered the studio at March to record a brand new studio album titled "From the Midst of the Battle". Band played as co-headliner at Elements of Rock festival in Switzerland with Seventh Avenue and Drottnar.
"From the Midst of the Battle" was released on August 13th as a 500x limited special edition CD+DVD box as well as a regular jewel case version. After a week of its release it reached #11 on the finnish official TOP 40 -chart.
Later that year Deuteronomium did a tour with Immortal Souls called Wintertour 2008, playing in 9 different countries.
2009 After "some" troubles with the factory that printed it, Deuteronomium's latest effort Retaliatory Strike was released in the format of a 12" vinyl in August. The EP was titled after the cover song (originally) recorded (by The Betrayal) exclusively for this release. The 3 other songs were b-sides from the FtMotB -sessions.
In November, yet another version of Street Corner Queen is released, this time as a 2-CD edition with the long out-of-print second album Here To Stay plus the Tribal Eagle EP and a bunch of previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Official site: www.deuteronomium.net
The Fall
Deuteronomium Lyrics
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Tired of walking with the boots of lie
Betrayed and crying his destiny
Stucked to last hope, he stucked to death
He betrayed himself and runaway
Was afraid of wounds and lost everything
The priest uttered "Rest In Peace"
His father never loved him at all
Lots of money but never mother's warmth
He wanted to make others feel guilty
Self-destruction, he run away from humanity
He betrayed himself and runaway
Was afraid of wounds and lost everything
The priest uttered "Rest In Peace"
But after death pain starts to scream
When the fall comes, leaves are dropping
From the trees, onto his grave
He will never feel the peace
That was wished to his soul
He continues his endless running
Screaming his pain into eternity
In Deuteronomium's song "The Fall," the lyrics depict a character who is exhausted with living in a world built on deception. He's walking in boots of lies and feels betrayed with tears running down his face like a symbol of his destiny. The character has been pushed to his limit and is left with his last hope, which is his own demise. He betrayed himself and chose to run away, from the truth that he cannot handle. He was scared of feeling the pain from the wounds that life had caused him, and in turn, lost everything.
The character's father never loved him, and all the money in the world could not replace his mother's warmth. He wanted to make others feel guilty for his self-destruction and chose to run away from humanity. The priest mentioned, "rest in peace," but there was no peace for him after death. The fall came, and leaves started to drop from the trees onto his grave, and in eternity, he continued to run, screaming his pain.
The lyrics of "The Fall" by Deuteronomium reveals that sometimes people want to run away from the truth, and in the end, it does not lead to the peace they desire. It's a cautionary tale that reminds us that running away only prolongs the inevitable and causes us more pain.
Line by Line Meaning
He is tired of living in the world of lies
He is exhausted from living in a world where deception is the norm
Tired of walking with the boots of lie
He is weary from constantly moving forward while wearing the heavy burden of deceit
Betrayed and crying his destiny
He feels deceived and is weeping because he believes his fate is bleak
Stucked to last hope, he stucked to death
He desperately clings to his final chance, even if it means accepting his own demise
He betrayed himself and runaway
He turned his back on his own values and ran away from his problems
Was afraid of wounds and lost everything
He was too afraid to risk getting hurt and ended up losing everything as a result
The priest uttered 'Rest In Peace'
The clergyman wished for him to find peace in death
But after death pain starts to scream
Unfortunately, the pain didn't end when he died and instead became even more unbearable
His father never loved him at all
His father never had any affection for him
Lots of money but never mother's warmth
He had wealth, but his motherly figure was absent from his life
He wanted to make others feel guilty
He sought to place blame on other individuals for his problems, even if they weren't at fault
Self-destruction, he run away from humanity
He resorted to self-destructive behaviors and severed ties with society
When the fall comes, leaves are dropping
As autumn approaches, foliage separates from trees and falls to the ground
From the trees, onto his grave
The leaves fall onto his final resting place
He will never feel the peace
He won't be able to experience tranquility
That was wished to his soul
Despite the desire for him to find peace, it isn't possible anymore
He continues his endless running
He is constantly escaping from his problems, but they always catch up to him in the end
Screaming his pain into eternity
He is forever vocalizing his anguish, and it will never be silenced
Contributed by Hunter Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.