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Winds of Creation is the debut studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It was released through Earache Records subsidiary Wicked World on 11 April 2000. The album was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek (aka Peter), from Polish death metal band Vader.
Winds of Creation is notable for the ages of the musicians; despite the technical nature of the music, drummer Vitek (born January 1984) was 15, bassist Rygiel (born April 1983) was 16, guitarist Vogg (born December 1981) was 17, and vocalist Sauron (born June 1981) was 18 at the time of recording.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Chronicles of Chaos |    |
After its release, Winds of Creation received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Matthias Sheaks of Allmusic said, "the songwriting is extremely solid; even in the first listen, songs such as the manically frenzied 'Blessed' and the beautifully haunting 'Dance Macabre' stand out and away from the strange dissonance of 'The First Damned' and the call-and-response riffage of 'Nine Steps'." Chronicles of Chaos's Paul Schwarz described the guitars and drums as having "more than enough great hooky riffs, time changes, breaks and inspired solos between them to make up for the lack of involving vocals." Greg Pratt from Exclaim! praised the production, saying it "sounds great". He also said, "the songs themselves are all Florida/Poland-style death metal, but Decapitated are pushing the genre a bit with their technicality". Blistering's Shawn Wedel mentioned, "Despite this surgical precision, there is one setback: the lack of a unique identity emerging from the music."
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Sauron, except where noted; all music is composed by Decapitated
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winds of Creation" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Blessed" | 5:06 |
| 3. | "The First Damned" | 5:47 |
| 4. | "Way to Salvation" | 3:54 |
| 5. | "The Eye of Horus" | 5:25 |
| 6. | "Human's Dust" | 4:50 |
| 7. | "Nine Steps" | 5:11 |
| 8. | "Dance Macabre" (Instrumental) | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Mandatory Suicide" (bonus track; Slayer cover) | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 40:46 | |
Personnel
Decapitated
- Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz – vocals
- Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitars
- Marcin "Martin" Rygiel – bass
- Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka – drums
Production
- Piotr Wiwczarek – production
- Andy Bomba – engineering, mixing
- Bartłomiej Kuźniak – mastering
- Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art
References
- ^ Sheaks, Matthias. "Review: Winds of Creation". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Decapitated Biography". Decapitatedband.net. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ^ "CoC : Decapitated - Winds of Creation : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. 25 May 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- Pratt, Greg. "Decapitated "Winds of Creation" review". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- "Blistering.com Review: Decapitated - "Winds of Creation"". Blistering. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- "Jacek Wisniewski". Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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