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Waldemar Sorychta
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Beyond All Reason", "One Thousand Cries", "Pattern Life

Biography

Following in the footsteps of Teutonic thrash titans like Kreator, Sodom, and Destruction, Germany's Despair featured guitarists Waldemar Sorychta and Marek Grzeszek, bassist Klaus Pachura, drummer Markus Freiwald, and vocalist Robert Kampf, who quit soon after the release of 1989's History of Hate debut, to run the band's own label, Century Media, instead. In the end, he proved to be the wiser, since neither of Despair's final two albums, 1990's Beyond All Reason and 1991's Decay of Humanity (both recorded with new vocalist Andreas Hentschel and also released through Century Media), distinguished themselves from the era's metal-thrashing masses. As for the label, it of course grew in time to become a heavy metal powerhouse, soon drawing Despair guitarist Sorychta to across the recording studio glass in order to become one of the most in-demand extreme metal producers of the 1990s. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Despair
Origin Dortmund
Genres Technical thrash metal
Years active 1986 - 1992
Labels Century Media
Former members
Markus Freiwald, Marek Greschek, Andreas Hentschel, Robert Kampf, Klaus Pachura, Waldemar Sorychta

Despair was a technical thrash metal band from Germany, featuring multi-instrumentalist Waldemar Sorychta. They released their first album "History of Hate" in 1988 with the following line-up:

  • Waldemar Sorychta – guitar, vocals
  • Robert Kampf – vocals
  • Markus Freiwald – drums
  • Marek Greschek – guitar
  • Klaus Pachura - bass

In 1990, they released their second album, "Decay of Humanity" with Andreas Hentschel as vocalist. Two years after, in 1992, "Beyond All Reason" album came out, but then Despair split, and Sorychta continued his work with Voodoocult and Grip Inc.. Sorychta and Kampf announced a reformation of the group in late 2004, but nothing definitive has come of this.

Discography

  • Surviving You Always (1987) – Demo
    1. Slaves of Power
    2. Slow Down
    3. Rainbow Fools
    4. Young And Uncertain
  • History of Hate (1988)
    1. The Enigma - 2:38
    2. Freedom Now - 3:37
    3. History of Hate - 4:23
    4. Constructing the Apocalypse - 8:09
    5. Slow Death - 4:11
    6. Outconditioned - 4:11
    7. Slaves of Power - 4:46
    8. Joy Division - 6:49
    9. Never Trust (Bonus Track) - 5:03
  • Decay of Humanity (1990)
    1. Decay of Humanity
    2. Cry for Liberty
    3. Delusion
    4. Victims of Vanity
    5. A Distant Territory
    6. Silent Screaming
    7. Radiated
    8. Satanic Verses
  • Beyond All Reason (1992)
    1. Beyond Comprehension
    2. Deaf and Blind
    3. Imported Love
    4. The Day of Desperation
    5. In the Deep
    6. Rage in the Eyes
    7. Burnt Out Souls
    8. Son of the Wild
    9. Crossed in Sorrow

 
 
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