There are 4 bands called MINOTAUR: 1) MINOTAUR was formed in the summer of 1983 by 3 young musicians from Hamburg / Germany. The band decided to play really fast and aggressive thrash metal like bands Slayer, Dark Angel, Possessed and so on. After a couple of line-up changes MINOTAUR entered the studio in 1986 to record their first Demo "The Oath of Blood" which got pretty good reviews among european metal critics and fans alike and was also voted the 7th best demo of 1986 by the German "Rock Hard" fanzine.