Waldemar Sorychta
Waldemar Sorychta is a Polish heavy metal record producer and musician who has lived in Germany since 1982.
Career
He initially worked with German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986.In 1994 he took part in the recording of the album Jesus Killing Machine by supergroup Voodoocult, led by German rock singer Phillip Boa featuring former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo among others. Later on, Sorychta and Lombardo founded the band Grip Inc. He recorded four albums with Grip Inc.: Power of Inner Strength, Nemesis ''Solidify and Incorporated.
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.
Discography
Despair
- History of Hate β guitar, vocals, producer
- Decay of Humanity β guitar, producer
- Beyond Reason β guitar, producer
Voodoocult
Jesus Killing Machine β guitar, producerGrip Inc.
Power of Inner Strength β guitar, backing vocals, producerNemesis β guitar, keyboards, producerSolidify β guitar, keyboards, producerIncorporated β guitar, backing vocals, producerRotting Christ
Sleep of the Angels β guitarEnemy of the Sun
Shadows β guitar, producerCaedium β guitar, producerEyes of Eden
- Faith β guitar, producer
As producer
- Tiamat β The Astral Sleep β also guitar
- Unleashed β Where No Life Dwells
- Samael β Blood Ritual
- Unleashed β Shadows in the Deep
- Tiamat β Clouds
- Samael β Ceremony of Opposites
- Tiamat β Wildhoney β also keyboards
- Moonspell β Wolfheart
- Alastis β ...And Death Smiled
- Samael β Rebellion
- The Gathering β Mandylion
- Moonspell β Irreligious
- Samael β Passage
- Sentenced β Down β also keyboards
- Alastis β The Other Side β also keyboards
- Samael β Exodus
- Moonspell β Sin/Pecado
- Lacuna Coil β Lacuna Coil
- Alastis β Revenge
- Sentenced β Frozen β also keyboards
- Therion β Vovin β also guitar
- Therion β Crowning of Atlantis β also guitar
- Lacuna Coil β In a Reverie β also keyboards
- Dismal Euphony β All Little Devils β also guitar, keyboards
- Therion β Deggial β also acoustic guitar
- Lacuna Coil β Halflife
- Flowing Tears β Jade
- Lacuna Coil β Unleashed Memories
- Lacuna Coil β Comalies
- Flowing Tears β Serpentine
- Flowing Tears β Razorbliss
- Samael β Reign of Light
- Lacuna Coil β Karmacode
- Moonspell β Memorial also bass guitar
- Tristania β Illumination
- Samael β Solar Soul
- Rusty Eye β Possessor also guest guitar, keyboards and mixing.
- Witchbreed β Heretic Rapture
- The Very End β Mercy & Misery
- Sodom β In War and Pieces
- The Other β New Blood
- Samael β Lux Mundi
- Exumer β Fire & Damnation
- The Very End β Turn Off the World
- Sodom β Epitome of Torture
- Charm Designer β Everlasting
- Samael β Hegemony
- baαΉ£nia - ''No Falling Stars And No Wishes''