The members of epic doom metal band DOOMSHINE from Southern Germany have known each other since at least 1990, but it wasn't until 2000 that they started making music together. Initially under SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL moniker, Markus Schlaps (drums), Sven Podgurski (guitar, at that time playing in SPIRAL TOWER, and previously in VARIETY OF ARTS and TRAGEDY DIVINE) and brothers Timmy and Sascha Holz (guitar and vocals respectively), joined soon by Carsten Fisch (bass), started writing songs and played their first gig in Marbach, in October 2000.