In the year 2010, guitarist Maik Jegszenties and drummer Kristian Tamm founded MESSERSCHMITT in Remscheid, Germany. Having played in various bands previously, Maik sought to realize his own vision of Speed Metal as a musical blend incorporating the relentlessness of German thrash and speed pioneers as well as melodic elements known in US American heavy and speed metal. The name MESSERSCHMITT came to mind as a spontaneous idea, paying homage to the speed and aggressiveness that was bound to be the leading musical characteristics of the band. The duo found bass player Daniel Ohliger as their partner in crime and soon enough the first live concerts and recording of „Demo‘lition“ were in store for 2011.
Later that year, Daniel left the band and was replaced by Florian Piwek, who used to play together with Maik in a former band and additionally functioned as a helping hand during the production of „Demo‘lition“. One year and several national and international shows later, MESSERSCHMITT released their second demo, „Speed Demo‘n“, in late 2012. Just like their first demo, „Speed Demo‘n“ displayed the brand of attacking-yet-melodic Old School Speed Metal MESSERSCHMITT was all about to the public. Both demo productions were made available as a package in 2013 on MESSERSCHMITT‘s first 12“ vinyl release. More concerts and festivals were played in order to suppord this record.
Sometime during 2013, the power trio toyed with the idea of expanding their lineup by adding a second guitarist, in order to give the live audience a broader guitar sound spectrum. As a result, Thorben Schulz of REZET served as stand-in guitarist for several shows before the decision was made to indeed acquire another guitarist permanently. After loosely being on the look for a new player throughout 2013, the band joined forces with Christian Fass in winter.