 Defeated Sanity was formed in Dachsbach , Germany in 1994 by guitarist Wolfgang Teske and drummer Lille Gruber , initially as a side project . In 1996 , bassist Jonas Gruber and vocalist Robert Colnik joined the band as session musicians . This line @-@ up recorded the first two demos , Devoured by the Black in the same year , followed by Withdrawn from Beauty in 1998 . After undergoing a line @-@ up change , Defeated Sanity eventually recruited guitarist Christian Müenzner and bassist Tino Köhler . Colnik departed the band shortly after recording a demo in 2000 . He was replaced by Markus Keller , who re @-@ recorded a track from the demo ; the track was included on the split with Poppy Seed Grinder , released through the Czech label Grodhaisn in 2001 . Later that year , Münzner left the band to join Necrophagist . Defeated Sanity released a 7 @-@ inch split EP with Brazilian death metal band Imperious Malevolence through Merciless Records in 2003 . 
