Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka

Blastfest-Competition As previously posted, Metal Shock Finland and Norway’s newest indoor metal festival, BLASTFEST joined forces to launch a contest where metalheads had the chance to win a 3-day festival pass. Now, time is up and we are glad to announce the lucky winner.
DECAPITATED is one of the many great bands, who will play their metal awesomeness in this years BLASTFEST. The band’s guitarist Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka has joined us to help with finding the winner. We gave him the numbers of participants and Vogg chose 22, who is Suzanne Degreef.

Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka also shared his thoughts about the band’s appearance at Blastfest 2015:

“I need to say that I’m more than happy to be a part of Blastfest,
I love Norway Soooo much! I love people from there, And everything from there! Norway is a unique land!“

More information on tickets and festival passes HERE. Visit Tickemaster HERE for all information regarding purchasing tickets.

Feb 18th – Wednesday: GARAGE & SHOWLINE (fjord cruise)
BÖMBERS (NO)
GEHENNA (NO)
GRIMFIST (NO)
KALL (SE)
NAER MATARON (GR)
THE 3RD ATTEMPT (NO)
THE SICKENING (NO)
FALLOCH (UK)
ASPHERIUM (NO)
PURPLE HILL WITCH (NO)

Feb 19th – Thursday: USF & GARAGE
WATAIN (SE)
PRIMORDIAL (IE)
DARK TRANQUILLITY (SE)
CRAFT (SE)
SAMAEL (CH)
ROTTING CHRIST (GR)
MOONSORROW (FIN)
MELECHESH (IL)
SATURNUS (DK)
DEN SAAKALDTE (NO)
ORANGE GOBLING (UK)
HECATE ENTHRONED (UK)
DEAD TO THIS WORLD (NO)
DJEVELKULT (NO)
TORTORUM (NO)

Feb 20th – Friday: USF & GARAGE

AT THE GATES (SE)
BORKNAGAR (NO)
DARK FUNERAL (SE)
PARADISE LOST (UK)
CRYPTOPSY (CA)
SATAN (UK)
SCHIRENC PLAYS PUNGENT STENCH (AT)
DESTRÖYER 666 (AU)
ENDSTILLE (DE)
BAPTISM (FIN)
MORGOTH (DE)
BÖLZER (CH)
BYFROST (NO)
ALFAHANNE (SE)
SARKOM (NO)

Feb 21st – Saturday: USF & GARAGE
SATYRICON (NO)
FINNTROLL (FIN)
DESTRUCTION (DE)
DECAPITATED (PL)
ASPHYX (NL)
TSJUDER (NO)
IMPALED NAZARENE (FIN)
SARKE (NO)
VALLENFYRE (UK)
DEMILICH (FIN)
BLOOD RED THRONE(NO)
WINTERFYLLETH (UK)
ESOTERIC (UK)
CRIB45 (FIN)
WYRUZ (NO)

Interview by Tarja Virmakari

Formed in 1996, Polish Tech Death masters DECAPITATED have built a reputation over the years as one of the international leaders of their genre. Throughout their near 20-year career, DECAPITATED has released five studio albums, which are considered to be some of the most influential death metal releases of the 21st century.

For their sixth full-length record, “Blood Mantra”, the band returned to Hertz Studio, located at Bialystok in their native Poland. Recording the new creation has proven to be an extremely demanding process for DECAPITATED, as they have never before faced a challenge so testing as the new songs turned out to be. The band cross-bred various styles and sounds, setting the bar higher with this new release. Flirting with various tempos, mixing Death Metal with Grindcore, Black Metal atmosphere with more groove laden beats and Stoner-Rock vibes, there are also modern Metal rhythmic riffs on DECAPITATED’s latest output that hark back to their 2006 release, “Organic Hallucinosis”.

“Blood Mantra” is set for release on September 26, 2014 via Nuclear Blast, and that was the main topic during the interview Tarja Virmakari had recently with the founding member Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka. But of course Tarja and Vogg talked about the band’s first years and the metal scene at that time and how they have changed over the years. To discover more about it and much more, please join the chat below.