Decapitated
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 Decapitated, ca. 2006
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| Origin |  Krosno, Poland |
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| Genre(s) | Technical death metal | |
| Years active | 1996–present | |
| Label(s) | Metal Mind Records Earache Records |
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| Website | Official website | |
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| Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka Marcin "Martin" Rygiel Adrian "Covan" Kowanek |
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| Former members | ||
| Wojciech "Sauron"/"Pig" Wąsowicz Jacek Hiro Richard Gulczynski |
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Decapitated are a critically and popularly acclaimed technical death metal band from Poland; their style places them towards the more extreme and technical side of that genre. They come from Krosno in southern Poland, and they formed in 1996 (when the band's average age was merely 14) whilst all the members were at music school. With "Vitek" aged 18 and "Vogg" being aged 22 they are one of the youngest bands in the genre to have had major success. "Martin" and "Vogg" also hold gigs with the Polish experimental symphonic/technical black metal band Lux Occulta.
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[edit] 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 softer, 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 to catch him and nearly faced going to court despite the rumours of problems concerning the label - which were untrue.[citation needed]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
 Cemeterial Gardens |
 The Eye of Horus |
[edit] Albums
 Winds of Creation |
 Nihility |
 The Negation |
 Organic Hallucinosis |
[edit] Compilations
 The First Damned |
 Polish Assault |
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka - guitar
- Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka - drums
- Marcin "Martin" Rygiel - bass guitar
- Adrian "Covan" Kowanek - vocals
[edit] Former members
- Wojciech Wąsowicz "Sauron" aka "Pig" - vocals (1996-2005)
- Jacek Hiro - guitars (live shows only)
- Richard Gulczynski - bass (US tour 2006)
[edit] Trivia
- "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.
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