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Origin
  
Chorzow, Poland

Years active
  
1986–present


Name
  
Waldemar Sorychta

Role
  
Musician

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Genres
  
Thrash metal, gothic metal, progressive metal, extreme metal, gothic metal, symphonic metal, groove metal

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, songwriter, producer

Instruments
  
Guitar, bass, keyboards

Associated acts
  
Despair Grip Inc. Voodoocult Eyes of Eden Enemy of the Sun

Music groups
  
Grip Inc. (1993 – 1999)

Record labels
  
Century Media Records, SPV GmbH, Metal Blade Records, Massacre Records

Albums
  
Memorial, Under Satanae, Power of Inner Strength, Boaphenia, Jesus Killing Machine

Similar People
  
Gus Chambers, Johan Edlund, Alla Fedynitch, Dave Lombardo, Ricardo Amorim

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Waldemar Sorychta (born 1967) is a Polish heavy metal musician, songwriter, producer and artist who lives in Dortmund, Germany since 1982.

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He initially worked with the German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986.

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In 1993 he founded the band Grip Inc., which featured former Slayer's drummer Dave Lombardo. He recorded four albums with Grip Inc.: Power of Inner Strength (1995), Nemesis (1997) Solidify (1999) and Incorporated (2004).

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In 1994 he took part in the recording of the album Jesus Killing Machine by supergroup Voodoocult, led by German rock singer Phillip Boa.

Sorychta is also well known as a record producer, working with such bands as Lacuna Coil, Sentenced, Tiamat, Samael, The Gathering, Tristania, Moonspell, and many others. In 1995 he was nominated for a Grammi in Sweden as "Producer of the Year" for his recording of Wildhoney by Tiamat.

In 1999, he recorded the album Sleep of the Angels of the Greek metal band Rotting Christ as a session musician.

Following the activity suspension of Grip Inc. in 2006, he founded the gothic metal band Eyes of Eden. He recorded with this band the album Faith, released on 17 August 2007. Also in 2006, he founded the thrash metal group Enemy of the Sun, which recorded the album Shadows, released on 7 December 2007.

In 2009, He worked with Floor Jansen and Joost van den Broek, former members of the Dutch band After Forever, on their then new project called ReVamp.

He is also a well-known guest player for several bands, e.g. Therion on their tour in 2010.

Enemy of the Sun

  • Shadows (2007) - guitar, producer
  • Caedium (2010) - guitar, producer

    • Eyes of Eden

  • Faith (2007) - guitar, producer

    • Despair

  • History of Hate (1988) – guitar, vocals, producer
  • Decay of Humanity (1990) – guitar, producer
  • Beyond Reason (1992) – guitar, producer

    • Grip Inc.

  • Power of Inner Strength (1995) – guitar, backing vocals, producer
  • Nemesis (1997) – guitar, keyboards, producer
  • Solidify (1999) – guitar, keyboards, producer
  • Incorporated (2004) – guitar,bass, backing vocals, producer

    • Rotting Christ

  • Sleep of the Angels (1999) – guitar (session)

    • Voodoocult

  • Jesus Killing Machine (1994) – guitar, producer
  • Tiamat – The Astral Sleep (1991) – also guitar
  • Unleashed – Where No Life Dwells (1991)
  • Samael – Blood Ritual (1992)
  • Unleashed – Shadows in the Deep (1992)
  • Tiamat – Clouds (1992)
  • Samael – Ceremony of Opposites (1994)
  • Tiamat – Wildhoney (1994) – also keyboards
  • Moonspell – Wolfheart (1995)
  • Alastis – ...And Death Smiled (1995)
  • Samael – Rebellion (EP) (1995)
  • The Gathering – Mandylion (1995)
  • Moonspell – Irreligious (1996)
  • Samael – Passage (1996)
  • Sentenced – Down (1996) – also keyboards
  • Alastis – The Other Side (1997) – also keyboards
  • Borknagar – The Olden Domain (1997)
  • Samael – Exodus (1998)
  • Moonspell – Sin/Pecado (1998)
  • Lacuna Coil – Lacuna Coil (EP) (1998)
  • Alastis – Revenge (1998)
  • Sentenced – Frozen (1998) – also keyboards
  • Borknagar – The Archaic Course (1998)
  • Therion – Vovin (1998) – also guitar
  • Therion – Crowning of Atlantis (1999) – also guitar
  • Lacuna Coil – In a Reverie (1999) – also keyboards
  • Dismal Euphony – All Little Devils (1999) – also guitar, keyboards
  • Therion – Deggial (2000) – also acoustic guitar
  • Lacuna Coil – Halflife (2000)
  • Flowing Tears – Jade (2000)
  • Lacuna Coil – Unleashed Memories (2001)
  • Lacuna Coil – Comalies (2002)
  • Flowing Tears – Serpentine (2002)
  • Flowing Tears – Razorbliss (2005)
  • Samael – Reign of Light (2005)
  • Lacuna Coil – Karmacode (2006)
  • Moonspell – Memorial (2006) also bass guitar
  • Tristania - Illumination (2006/2007)
  • Samael – Solar Soul (2007)
  • Rusty Eye – Possessor (2009) also guest guitar, keyboards and mixing.
  • Witchbreed - Heretic Rapture (2009)
  • The Very End – Mercy & Misery (2010)
  • Sodom – In War and Pieces (2010)
  • The Other - New Blood (2010)
  • Samael – Lux Mundi (2010)
  • Exumer - Fire & Damnation (2012)
  • The Very End – 'Turn Off The World' (2012)
  • Sodom - Epitome of Torture (2013)
  • Charm Designer - Everlasting (2016)

    • Compilations

  • Metalmeister Vol. 2 (1997)
  • 21st Century Media Blitz Vol. 2 (1999)
  • Beauty in Darkness Vol. 3 (1999)
  • Metal Dreams (1999)
  • Metal Dreams Vol. 3 (2001)
  • Metal Blade Records 20th Anniversary (2002)
  • Anthems for the Rotten Vol. 1 (2003)
  • MTV2 Headbangers Ball (2003)
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse Original Soundtrack (2004)
  • Alone in the Dark Original Soundtrack (2005)

    • References

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