Consisting of singer Bastian Sobtzick, guitarists Thomas Buschhausen and Bernhard Horn, bassist Thorsten Becker, and drummer Maximillian Kotzmann, the band made their debut in 2005 with the EP Chonos. Their first full-length, Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé, arrived in 2006, and was followed by Zombieactionhauptquarter, their first album for Nuclear Blast, in 2008. Their third full-length, Videodrom, arrived in 2010, and would be the band's last album with Nuclear Blast before signing on with Four Music, which released 2012's Blitzkreuz and 2013's Man Spricht Deutch.