Waldemar Sorychta

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Origin Chorzow, Poland Years active 1986–present		Name Waldemar Sorychta Role Musician

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 DespairGrip Inc.VoodoocultEyes of EdenEnemy 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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Career

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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

Waldemar Sorychta Wikipedia

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