The initially anonymous Metal band POWERGOD debuted in 1999 on the Massacre label with their 'Evilution Part I' opus. The line up purported to be vocalist Leo. L. Sing, guitarist Riff Randall, actually former SODOM six stringer Andy Brings, and drummer Haan 'Hama Hart' Hartmann. For the sophomore release of 2000 'President Evil' (Alex Koch) of SPIRAL TOWER took the vocal position.

A third album, 'Bleed For The Gods', arrived in October 2001 and proved to comprise solely of cover versions of 80s Metal classics. Honoured artists included SAVAGE GRACE, AGENT STEEL, METAL CHURCH, CHASTAIN, MANOWAR, HEAR N' AID, WARLOCK, NASTY SAVAGE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, Q5, TNT, ANTHRAX, STRYPER, DRIVER, HALLOWS EVE and LIZZY BORDEN. Guest session players included ROUGH SILK keyboard player FERDY DOERNBERG, vocalist ROB ROCK as well as members of WARLOCK, AGENT STEEL, STORMWIND, HOLY MOSES and even 'Rock Hard' magazine head supremo Gotz Kuhnemund (a.k.a. 'Sir Pommes'). POWERGOD would head up a European set of dates during October of 2002 billed with CHINCHILLA, and VALLEY'S EVE. The band also cut a version of HELLOWEEN's 'Starlight' for a tribute album and also a take on BLACK SABBATH's 'Neon Knights' for the WW3 collection 'Back To The Stonehenge Gods - A Tribute To Black Sabbath'. Bass player Jörg Andraczek would be appointed for live work.

In December of 2002 Alexander Koch would be tapped as new frontman for Akron, Ohio Power Metal band WINTER'S BANE. Koch joined Progressive Metal band SCENES in March of 2004. POWERGOD featured their take on 'Big Teaser' for the 2005 Remedy Records SAXON tribute album 'Eagleution'.

The band returned with an all 80s set of covers for the 'Long Live The Loud – That's Metal Lesson II' released through Massacre Records in July 2005. Tracklisting comprised 'Fall Out / Long Live The Loud', originally performed by Canadian Thrashers EXCITER, ABATTOIR's 'Screams From The Grave', RAVEN's 'Mind Over Metal' featuring RAVEN's own John Gallagher on vocals plus J.B.O.'s Hannes "G. Laber" Holzmann on lead guitar, LOUDNESS' 'Heavy Chains' featuring LOUDNESS frontman Minoru Niihara and Rod Gonzales of DIE ÄRZTE on lead guitar, HIRAX's 'Bombs Of Death', ROSY VISTA's 'Rocking Through The Night', complete with ROSY VISTA members Andrea Schwarz and Anca Graterol on vocals and lead guitar, D.R.I.'s 'I'd Rather Be Sleeping', WENDY O WILLIAMS 'Ready To Rock', ANVIL's 'Motormount' with Lips of ANVIL on vocals and lead guitar plus ROUGH SILK's FERDY DOERNBERG on pedal steel guitar, HELLION's 'Better Off Dead', OMEN's 'Deathrider', DESTRUCTION's 'Total Desaster' with DESTRUCTION frontman Schmier on vocals, ROUGH CUTT's 'Cutt Your Heart Out' and TANK's 'The War Drags Ever On', featuring SODOM's Tom Angelripper on vocals.

POWERGOD headlined the opening night of the 'Earthshaker' festival in July performing a tribute set with onstage guests Schmier of DESTRUCTION, Tom Angelripper from SODOM, Minoru Niihara from LOUDNESS and Rod Gonzales of DIE ÄRZTE.