Decapitated

Origin	Krosno, Poland
Genre(s)	Technical death metal Progressive death metal
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Metal Mind Records Earache Records
Website	Official website
Members
Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka Witold "Witek" Kiełtyka Marcin "Martin" Rygiel Adrian "Covan" Kowanek
Former members
Wojciech "Sauron"/"Pig" Wąsowicz Jacek Hiro Richard Gulczynski

Decapitated is a technical death metal band from Poland. Their music and lyrics place them towards the more extreme and technical side of the genre. They formed in 1996 in Krosno in southern Poland, when the average age of the band was fourteen and all the members were still attending music school. They released their first demo Cemeterial Gardens in 1997 and their second demo, The Eye of Horus in 1998. After these releases, the band was considered as genuine contenders of the underground metal community, and eventually signed with Wicked World/Earache Records for the release of the debut album, Winds of Creation. With "Vitek" (aged 18) and "Vogg" (being aged 22) they are one of the youngest bands in the genre to have had success. "Martin" and "Vogg" conjointly hold gigs with the Polish experimental symphonic/technical black metal band Lux Occulta. Decapitated also toured the UK upon the release of Winds of Creation, and in light of a phenomenal response, the band was led to being voted "Best Newcomer" in Terrorizer Magazine's 2000 Reader's Poll, and a further European tour in 2001 with Immolation continued to contribute to the band's musical reputation.

Band history

Decapitated released their first demo, Cemeterial Gardens, in 1997 and released their debut album, Winds of Creation, three years later. Its successor, Nihility is a more condensed, brutal and technical album, with an almost industrial guitar tone.

Their 2004 album The Negation, and their latest, Organic Hallucinosis, both have a fuller, more classical death metal tone. In summer 2005, "Sauron", the band's vocalist, quit the band, due to "health complications", according to Sauron. Replacing him is a vocalist by the name of Covan, a previous member of Atrophia Red Sun. Currently Decapitated are signed to Earache Records. Their latest album, Organic Hallucinosis, was released on the 13th of February 2006. "Martin" rejoined Decapitated after the army wanted him due to conscription in Poland and nearly faced going to court despite the rumours of problems concerning the label - which were untrue.

Discography

Demos

Cemeterial Gardens (1997) Self-released

The Eye of Horus (1998) Self-released

Albums

Winds of Creation (2000) Earache Records

Nihility (2002) Earache Records

The Negation (2004) Wicked World Records

Organic Hallucinosis (2006) Earache Records/Teichiku Records

Compilations

The First Damned Demo compilation (2000) Metal Mind Productions

Polish Assault With Yattering, Lost Soul and Damnable (2000) Relapse Records

Band members

Current members

• Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka - guitar
• Witold "Vitek" (but recently changed name to "Witek") Kiełtyka - drums
• Marcin "Martin" Rygiel - bass guitar
• Adrian "Covan" Kowanek - vocals

Former members

• Wojciech Wąsowicz "Sauron" aka "Pig" - vocals (1996-2005)
• Jacek Hiro - guitars (live shows only)
• Richard Gulczynski - bass (fill-in US tour 2006)

Trivia

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• "Vogg" uses guitar model Vogg, created specially for him by RAN in 2004, after recording The Negation.
• Jacek Hiro was only a live guitarist for Decapitated, hence his omission from the promotional pictures for The Negation.

References

External links

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Decapitated

• Official website
• Official MySpace profile
• Decapitated at Earache Records website
• Decapitated at Encyclopaedia Metallum

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